The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-08

this money being distributed by the 90
| cicty known as the Assistance Publique
The poor have benefited considerably
from the increase of revenue. In 1850
they obtained only Sl3S 900, but in 1911
their benefits had jumped to Sl,,275,00o.
The Inauguration of the official Har-
ward Foundation, calling for an addition
al exchange of professors between Har-
ward university and the various French
universities, marks an important for
ward step in what might be called the
institution Of a foreign policy" for the
universities of France. The ministerv
OF public instruction has opened spe-
cial department devoted to finding out
what France may offer to the foreigner
who desires to study in France, and 10
the practical establishment of French
instruction abroad There are $500 for
eign students to-day in French institu-
tions of learning. and the courses of
study of the universities at Rennes. Di-
jon and Lille have been arranged to
suit the needs of the foreign students.
At Tours a special summer course is
to be arranged, and at the girls college
there special department will be opened
for young women from abroad similar
to that which exists already at the school
at Versailles.
The other development is in the prop
agation abroad of French university in
fluence. French professors and teach.
ers have been placed in large numbers
in various European colleges, including
Leipzig, Budapest, St Petersburg, and
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NAL college OF New York.
This foreign policy" of the French
universities is also made possible by
such organizations as the Alliance Fran
caise, the FrancoAmerican committee,
the French Institute of the United
States, and of course by the new rela-
tions between Harvard and the French
universities. Other countries in which the
French influence is spreading are Rou.
mania, Seryia, Norway, Sweden and
Chile.
The new Harvard Foundation signal
ICES a movement to create even wider
bonds of sympathy between the United
States and France. II is planned to
send French students to the United
States and the creation of a French mu.
scum at Harvard is project of the
near future.
By the recent death of Madame
Edouard Andre there passes one of the |
most interesting figures in the brilliant |
French society of the second empire. As |
Mile, Nelly Jacquemart she won fame |
as a portrait painter, carrying all be- |
fore her at the Salons of 1868, 1862 |
1870, and at the universal exposition of |
1878. Among her best known works |
are portraits of Marshal Canrobert, |
President Theirs, General Palikao. Count |
le Chambrun, Duke Decazes, Baron G. /
lie Montesquiou, Count de Saint -AmanI |
Ind of host of celebrities of the period. |
After her marriage to the financier.
Edouard Andre, she ceased exhibiting at
he Salon and devoted herself to com
,leting her collection, which she made
me Of the finest in Paris, comprising
antiquities, bronzes, sculptures, worries
II the ogival PERIOD Limoges enamels,
Moorish lustre ware, Italian
avence, middle-age and renaissance fur
liture and very choice gallery of paint
ngs, including excellent examples of
Rembrandt. Rubens, Vandyck, Jordaens.
Fragonard, Greuze and many
,thers.
Madame Andre has left her Paris man.
ion in the boulevard Haussmann. her
ountry seat, the chateau de Chaalis,
nd her personal fortune amounting to
yer 100000 to the Institute of France.
~ the terms of her will, $l000000 is I
0 be devoted to the upkeep of the boule-
ard Haussmann mansion and the art
contained in it. Another mill
on is to be applied to the upkeep of ]
he chateau of Chaalis. Finally $780,. '
90 is to be distributed by the insti- {
ute in accordance with certain private
equests. The remaining 100000 is to t
e devoted to whatever purposes the in :
titute shall deem fit.