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Show oc MME. CURIE TAKES DUTIES SERIOUSLY PARIS. March 25 Madame Curie, discoverer of radium, appears to be taking her duties as member of the academy of medicine very serloush . I She was present when the academy ' discussed reforms In secondary sdu- calton and spoke In favor of shorter ; hours oY study In hlch schools The ' motion under discussion was to the effect that the time devoted to classes i and home work should not exceed ' eight hours for he lower classes and I nine fox the higher. Madame Curie gave her opinion that eight hours was too long for the smaller children and the motion w .s therefore :ent h ii k to B sub-commit-tee for reconsideration |