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Under the title of "Vestiges of Premetric Weights and Measures in Metric-System Europe" the Harvard Bureau of International Research is publishing the results of a year's research conducted in Europe by Professor A. E. Kennelly Hon. '06. The book has gone to press and will be published early in April...
...purpose of the research was to determine to what extent the metric system has failed to replace older forms of measurement in the countries where it has been adopted. Professor Kennelly spent last year in Europe investigating weight and measure practices in the 30 nations which have adopted the metric system. It was found that only two older units of measure were in common use in any of these countries. In the Balearic Isles the inhabitants still use the old Spanish ounce, and in parts of Germany the old Rhenish inch is still used in lumber measurement...
Twenty years ago, Pope Pius X commissioned a scholar to head a research into the text of the Vulgate, the 1500-year-old standard Latin version of the Bible. The scholar whom he chose for this task was his Eminence Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet. Since the Vulgate is the universal biblical authority for all Roman Catholics and since modern discoveries have posed questions against the validity of its sacred interpretations, Cardinal Gasquet's task is one of enormous value as well as gigantic labor. This year the jubilant festival of Easter will wear for Roman Catholics an additional brilliance...
...return of the dominance that the German University system held over American education until comparatively recent times has been raised by Dr. Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve College in a book entitled "The German and American University." The German institutions have been noted particularly for their thoroughness of research work and the freedom with which the courses are conducted; and in spite of the losses suffered during the war, Dr. Thwing cites these as qualities important enough to make such a return of the German influence possible...
...Carl Stephenson '12, professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, will conduct a research in French and English archives in the preparation of a volume of studies in municipal history...