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Show OF EDUCATIONAL INTEREST. Courses In the history of modern art will be Introduced at Dartmouth college under tho direction . Tlomor Eaton Keyea. In 1899 Argentina had 4,291 primary schools, with 427.311 pupils. There are two national and three provincial 'universities. 'uni-versities. . Official statistics show that there aro 17,000,000 children In Russia between the ages ot six and 14 receiving absolutely abso-lutely no education. The Frankfurter Zeltung reports that tho number of foreign students at the French universities Is steadily Increasing. Increas-ing. During the past academic year the total was 2.610, and of theso l.j)03 wore womon. Tho coeds nf tho University of Call fornla decided recently to go bareheaded barehead-ed In the campus and In tho streets, regardless re-gardless of weather But tho senior girls have now decided to wear tho mortar mor-tar board, nnd the Juniors, sophomores and freshmen accuso them ot breach ot faith. His excellency, Shong, mightiest of all tho great men In China, has been Induced by Prof John Fryer, of tho California ntate university, to provldn Ave scholarships for Chlneso students now at tho university. These are tho first scholarships ever given by a Chinese official to students ot any American or European university. Dr. J. Mackintosh Belf; ot Ottawa, an Austin Instructor at Harvard, has Just been appointed geologist for tbo government ot New Zealand. Dr Bell, who received his Ph. D. at the last Harvard Har-vard commencement, was formerly attached at-tached to the geological survey of Canada. Can-ada. A few years ago while leading a government expedition In tho extreme north In search ot minerals he had somo unusual adventures in the Arctic region. |
