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...Cuba, 'which he reached as Colonel of Rough Riders, General Wood was officially responsible for elimination of yellow fever. Even more to his credit, he taught the Cubans two entirely new ways of life ? sanitation, self-government. Typical of the esteem of his subjects was the occasion when he, a Puritan, was invited to assist at the elevation of a Cuban archbishop...
Prudent medical students, with June term-end in sight, have already placed their applications for internships with hospitals throughout the U.S. Some hospital staffs have gained high esteem in the medical schools not only for their knowledge but, more important, their tutoring ability. Such hospitals are already flooded with applications, while most others, generally of poor teaching facilities and low prestige, will later have to advertise and wheedle for interns...
...JUAN?A Play in Three Acts?James Elroy Flecker?Knopf ($2). This bit will be of interest to those who esteem Flecker's genius of the first order, and to whom even an incomplete sketch from his pen is of value. In the first scene of the play there is a shipwreck. The stage in complete darkness, a shrieking wind carries terror to reader or audience; the lights of a pitching steamer appear and on the instant a grinding crash is heard; the lights shudder, become fixed. For a moment only, the moon escapes from heavy clouds to shine...
...Annunzio. His brutally successful amours and the beauty of his poetry captivated them long ago. His capture of Fiume fired the awakening Nationalism of his countrymen to a pitch of frenzy at which he became almost deified. Last week there occurred a striking demonstration of the passionate esteem in which he is still held...
...Republic also adds its word of praise and esteem for Professor Murray and hopes for the spread of internationalization of scholarship "Gilbert Murray is the first scholar chosen to hold the Charles Eliot Norton annual professorship of poetry at Harvard, and he is certainly the most distinguished of all who are available. The world of American letters will cordially welcome Professor Murray when he arrives in Cambridge next fall. The exchange professorships and scholarships which are growing common in modern education are an excellent sign of the increasing internationalization of scholarship. From that the movement will spread into other fields...