Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-26

: THE EDUCATORS NOTEBOOK :
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One Of the most interesting courses Of
lectures ever prepared by "A collcg Is
the college Nights at Brown Universe
". which gets under way tonight. when
Roger w. BabSon. the noted statiStl.ian
Of BoStin will address the college men
on How 10 Get Along" Major General
Leonard Wood. Warden Thomas NJ.
Osborne Of Sing Sing and others are
slated To speak at succeeding college
Nights" An interesting speaker i SEIZED
uled for Nov. .. in the person Of Capt.
Hans RnSel Of the German liner Water
land. which is informed al New York.
Capt. RuScl will tell of his experiences
i'm the South Polar regions while in
command Of an expedition.
The government If Bengal has ap-
proved a plan for the establishment Of
the "Indian Eton' where the Son Of gen
Element in India may be prepared for
Oxford and Cambridge and for the five
large Indian universities controlled hv
the government. The Bengal government
has given n building for the new school.
10 accommodate 30 boys and I'm English
head master is assisted BY four native
scholars.
The explorations Of two members Of
the faculty Of tie University Of Okla
homa who have spent two wears in their
work of Investigation. have resulted in
the conclusion that the countless thou
sands Of mounds Of Oklahoma were each
the ruin Of a timler-framed. dome
shaped. turf-covcred human habitation'
built and inhabited BY a race leaving ne
traditions but which occupied the terri
tory IT least 600 wears ago These pre-
historic people. Judging from the many
pieces ~ pottery and the implements
recovered. antelated the aboriginal
tribes Of the United States and cXccllcl
them. especially III the making II pot
terry. These mound dwellings exist on
an average az .UD0 to the square mile.
The mounds were previously thought to
le remains of building sites for Indian
wigwamS.
That fewer college students and fewer
high school students are taking M the
study Of German this fall il one Of the
features of the early reports Of enroll
mentS. The Instructors lay the blame ~
the war ia Europe. In some collegs il l.
sand the German courses have had heavy
falling off. In the high school the same
thing il noticeable. The only figures M
hand were gathered in the four high
schools Of Minneapolis. where in the
fase of an increased total enrolment of
iG5, only TO in all took German. rs
against lnl taking the German courses
last year. The drop il H. per cent in
, numbers in the classes. in the face Of
vastly larger entering claSScf. While
French and Latin are holding their own.
German felt the drop acutely. Spanish
gaining much popularity. The increase
in Spanish classes indicates the path of
trade aS IN INFLUENCE i'm the language
classes.
Reports from Mct;iil University. the
great Canadian center If learning. show
an astounding decrease in the number
of men taking up science. TIE enroll
mcnt this fall is 100 below that Of last
year and 900 below that Of two years
ago. The biggest decrease is in the fac
ulty Of Applied Science. where the total
has dropped from 1913 last year and G0i
in 1881. TO only 80 this year. There
j. 4 loss Of 100 in the Farulty Of Arts
and in Medicine and Dentistry the loss
reaches nearly a hundred from last
wears CURES. The law school has de
crease, from ~ last year and ~ the
year before To ~ this year. To the ed
ucdicr tHiS HtN~ >I"i> y 'h''N ~ ~
great growth Of Canadian education.
which has kept pace with the movement
in the United States.
The proposed Michigan Union blild-
ing at the University If Michigan. for
which Il million dollars il being donated
by the alumni. will undoubtedly be ded-
icated to President Emeritus James Il
Angcll who has been for II wears titular
head of the university and has served
GO years as IN educator. Or. Angel has
always had III heart the complete de-
mocracy of the students and the social
~izaticn Of the for O. If the university
faculty. undergraduate. alumni and cit
liens. DIR. Angelo il nearing his S7th
birthday and he has rendered notable
public service aside from his great work