Evening star., 1925-06-07

Navy must remember that the "domi-
nant traits of mankind are truth and
justice and Righteousness, and that
the appeal to reason must ultimately
prevail"
Geography.
The intention of Donald B. MacMil.
Ian to place the American. flag" on
the unclaimed and mythical territory
, known as Harris Land" or "Crocker
| Land in the Arctic Ocean, provided
| ne nndS that such q land exists, has
brought out an interesting angle in
the fact that Canada may lay claim to
all lands North Of the Dominion be-
tween Alaska and Greenland and ex-
tending to the North Pole If such a
claim were justified, and If Macmillan
louno Harr1s Land to exist in reality
ana Is the first man to set foot on 1t
as dlscoVerer, an interesting point
IN international law might have to be
settled.
Science.
with the establishment of an In
stitute Tor Biological Research at
biologists will endeavor to discover
the underlying biology of life which
might result in lengthening the span
OF me OF the average human befng-a
span which is not being heightened
now, despite the progress in preven.
i've ana curative medicine, but which
SHOWS tendencies to decrease The in
s,ltute is made possible through dona-
tlons from the General F,ducation
Board and Rockefeller Foundation.
Swedish mining enplneers have per-
fected ''divining rod" of peculiar
merit. BY the use of electricity and
the 1act that beds of mining ore are
better conductors than rock, the en-
gineers have located several rich de.
| posts or ore in places where none
was suspected to exist The system
Is peing used in different parts of the
! United states. Canada, South Africa,
finland, Spain and Norway.
Educational.
! Twenty graduates of British uni
Verslties have been selected for the
commonwealth fund fellowships. which
| permit them to study in American
colleges or universities. Three women
were among those who won the
| awards, which amount to about SO, 900
| year.
Howard University probably will
operate on budget of 81 900 900
Tor the next year. which will consti-
| tute the largest budget for any color.
| ed institution in the world, according
| 10 the annual report of DR.. Emmett
j. scott, treasurer of the institution.
which was made public last week.
In enforcing their compulsory edu-
| cation laws, States may compel all
| children to attend school. but that at.
| tendance cannot be confined by the
! state TO public schools, to the eX.
| cluslon or private and parochial insti.
| tutlons. This is the ruling Of the
United States Supreme Court. hand
| ed down last week in the famous
! oregon case, which was brought into
| the courts when Oregon attempted to
force all children to attend public
schools. Such a law, the court held
| would 'unreasonably interfere with
the liberty of parents and guardians
| to direct the upbringing and educa
! ton of children under their control
| As often heretofore pointed out
| rights guaranteed by the Constitution
| may not be abridged by legislation
| which has no reasonable relation to
some purpose within the competency
! Of the State"
The newly formed trust fund board
| authorized by Congress to pass upon
and accept gifts for the Library OF
! Congress, considered an offer of q
| 100000 gift from an unnamed donor
! last week. There was little doubt the
| gift would be accepted. With the ex
| ception of two gifts in the past. both
| from women, the Library of Congress
has never received income from
sources other than the Government
| Congress, however, has provided q
new holding body TO receive such gifts
| Educational recreational social and
medical activities in the United
States and abroad received gifts to-
falling $6,5S0.9S7 from the Laura
Spelman Rockefeller Memorial dur
ing 1924. according to that institu-
tion's annual report made public last
week.
Fifteen scholars and educators in
the United States, including one
woman. will spend the academic year
of 192526 in a wide range of studies
which will take them as far afield as
MeSoptamia, India, the Far East and
Africa. The funds for their studies
come from the Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation, which last week an
Inounced it's fellowship appointments
The foundation was established with
a fund of 100000 by Simon Gug-
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