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...Andre Honnorat, member of the French Senate and president of the Cite Universitaire, struck the keynote of the entire trip in a speech given at a dinner at the Union Interalliee. He said in part: "In times such as these, when the world is in such a state of chaos, all the hopes of the future are centered upon youth...
Since the War, a community called University City has sprung up on the site of the old defensive walls of Paris. Senator André d'Honnorat gave it form and became its president. France, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, the U. S. and other countries built houses there for students. What was needed was a central administration building. Last fortnight, John Davison Rockefeller Jr. contributed $2,000,000 for that purpose. He had looked into University City last summer and Senator d'Honnorat had come to the U. S. last winter to study university methods...
Senator Andre Honnorat of France, to tell President Coolidge about the Cite Universitaire foundation in Paris, to which many countries, including the U. S., have been invited to contribute dormitories for their nationals...
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