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...There is no doubt whatever that the French nation, as a whole, is heartily in favor of the League of Nations." These were the words of Professor Lucien Levy-Bruhl, the exchange professor from the Sorbonne, in an interview given to a CRIMSON renorter yesterday...
Asked how he thought American university students could best aid reconstruction in Europe, Professor Levy-Bruhl replied: "First of all, you should become better informed on European problems and history. Americans have a fair knowledge of the British Empire, but of France and Germany they know little. France needs economic and financial help very badly. The war was a terrible blow to us; our most productive provinces were pillaged, and the debt we incurred is a heavy burden to carry...
Professor Levy-Bruhl said that Americans had heard much about the efficiency of German education, because the Germans themselves talked about it, but little about French schools, because they were rarely mentioned in this country. "Judging by results, however," said Dr. Levy-Bruhl, "I prefer the French education...
...Levy-Bruhl is conducting two courses at present in the University: Philosophy B and Philosophy 16. He is one of the best known of contemporary philosophers, and is the author of a number of authoritative philosophical books. During the war Dr. Levy-Bruhl served under the French Minister of Munitions, and later during the Peace Conference was with the Foreign Office...
Professor Levy-Bruhl is a distinguished French philosopher, and the author of many books, including a study of Auguste Comte, and a History of French Philosophy...