The Washington herald., 1920-11-23
DOCTOR JOINS
SCHOLARS
Noted Frenchman Prefers
America to Mother
Country.
ny GEORGE FERRY noRAIs.


The University Of Pennzyivsns
last March imported Or. Leon Le-
grain Of Paris. a member Of the
stan OF that university. He vsx 20
do expert work In connectior win
the Babyionisn collections OF the
Philadelphia institution. which are
among the best in the world he
came expecting TO return 10 Paris.
But he decides that Philadelphia and
American university standards are
preferable. and 80 he has permxn-
emily Joined the ranks Of American
scholars. He has had predecessors
in this process Of Americsni1stion-
and he will have successors. II con
ditions allowed Thousands OF highly
trained scholars and scientists from
Germany and Russia would join our
university and college faculties IN
stanter. One Of Columbia's profes-
sors. with a wide circle OF friends
among European szvsnts, has had
50 many applications from friends
in Europe to gf them teaching posi-
tions here. that he has quit answer
ing personal letters. and nov
sends a printed. circular letter.
whitney warres's New Job
whitney Warren. Of New York
City. during the war was one OF
the most militant of Americans in
Paris He -antedated Mr.. Roosevelt
in his desire to have tie United
States enter the war; and In his
denunciation of ofhcials and his
countrymen who delayed action un-
til 1917. he has had only one rival
in objurgaion. namely. william
Roscoe Thsyer. With the war ended
Mr.. Warren shifted his fidelity to d
Annunzio and became his ardent ad-
vocate for a free Plume Iudeed he
recently returned TO New York a.
sort of diplomatic representative o.
the poet patriot" But New York
has not reacted sympathencaliy.
and Mr.. Warren probably wiz turn
with some sense OF relief to tending
TO strictly professional work again.
He has been selected TO design the
new buildings OF the UniversHy OF
Louvain. and has accepted the post
A Specialize I'm Education.I Hirtcry.
] President Thwing. Of Western Re-
serve University, Cleveland, Chic.
when last heard from was in Aus
trslia- He is touring the world.
/ studying educational problems in
4 the many countries he VIII whit
1 Possibly he is doing IL -on ais
OWL" and possibly il is in behalf
of the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement OF Teaching. OF which
| for many years he has been an
o1icial in an advisory capacity. DR..
Thwing's loyalty TO Harvard Uni
versity led him while yet a clergy
man 10 begin accumulating mate
rial for a history OF that institu'
Hion, which IL is to be hoped syii
Iappear in due time. In the course
of this quest he accumulated q col
lection of Harvard memorabilia
that must be one OF the largest
I outside OF Cambridge. Later his
Il range of interest as a collector
widened. and he began 90 accumU-
late facts about the history Of high-
er education in the country at large.
4 These facts he has used in mags-
/. zine articles and in books II IL
this training in comparative study
of educational methods and achieve
ments that fits him for his present
duty. He is reported as writing
from Australia that the popular i'm
preston of our national educstionsi
system is that il is autocrstic and
monzrchicsl in type There are not
a few university and college pro-
fessors in the United States who
will assent
Unknown Here's Renowned Abroad
d Baltimore is an academic com
| munity with a great university. II
has long been a city OF note in the
social and financial world, II never
, has been a literary capital such as
Philadelphia was early in the his
tory of the country. or as Boston
hong was and still is. and as New
York has come 70 be. Bus on tho
/, other hand. is il a city Of more than
) average culture in its upper and
middle classes" A lecturer re-
Gently quoted Lizette woodworth
! Reese's sonnet. Tears" to q group
Of Baltimorezns in audience assem-
bled. and incidentally told them thai
/. good Judges considered il one of the
. twelve best sonnets in the English
language That may be so snd il
may not be; but the point is that
when the Baltimore sun starred
reporter out to see how many out
siders knew the poem or the author
J who is a Baltimorean. he found a
surprising state of ignorance among
educators and persons OF eminence
: in the community. Miss Reese, who
teaches in a Baltimore school T.
ranked high among our poets. But
she happens TO be old fashioned in
the technique Of her art and in be-
; disinclInation for publicity. She dees
not d&bble in vers libre or poly
phonic prose or sell her verse to
syndicates" and magazines written