New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1920, Page 17

INVESTIGATORS IN APPEAL TO ENGLAND ; Committee ol 100 Wants to Visit Ireland Washington, Dec. 10—Hope that the decis.on of the British government not to permit the speclal committee of Americans 0 visit British terri- tory to obtain Information about con- ditions in Ireldnd Is not final is ex- prossed In & letter sent yesterday to the British embassy by the commission of the Committee of 100 investigat- ing the Irish .question “If your letter weore to represent the final opinion of the British govern- \ committes = ,.klng to wend our commlt(ee we have but followe s x‘ntlon originally given us by pos pnmenuu\u of various groups ,xomlnem in both English and !-Ml, fe,” the commission’s letter said. | ylmeum commission appointed by the We had expected that this slepl 'rmlld meet with your approval in view of the fact that in his letter of October 23d, Sir Auckland Geddes stated that the British government | !has more to gain than anyone in | ensuring that ' known to the whole world. the truth is made “It was and is our firm conviction | “that such a committee as we had in- tended to send might make plain to the peoples both of England and Iréland the compelling reasons for America’s interest “The commission will continue its works In copformity with its original purpose. It cannot but hope that both in England and in Ireland there will be a full understanding of its COLLEGE STUDENTS INTELLIGENGE ll]W| Lower Type of Graduale Now Being Turned Out 8t. Louis, Ma., age intelligence of college students is' lower than that which prevailed years ago, according to the annual report of Dr Frederick A. Hall, chancellor of Washington University. This conclusion the report explains, coincides with that of authorities in other educational institutions, as as- certained through correspondence. The Dec. 10—The :\\'cr-’ in the near future,” continues the re- | port, “the colleges will have to watch caretully in order to prevent turning | out a lower type of graduate than that which has characterized colleges hitherto. “It is only fair to say that, so far as I can learn from the faculty, it is thought that the work of the student body has not this year been as good as that of previous years; that con- Lamps for Christmas 'lf'ht;re is Laa.in individuality about each one of these Lamps that wil' ~4d greatly to the Charms of Home. Gl Come in and see our unusual duplay trary to the people’s expectations that | the young would be more purposetul and earnest by reason of war exper- ience, they seem to be less inclined to serious labor, and that an unusual proportion of students had to be drop- ped because of the inferior quality of their work." The report asserts that until two years ago the proportional increase by { women in the college section of the university was gaining notably in the proportional increase in the number of men, but that in the last two years the proportional increase by men has friendly purposes, as each day’s events make more evident the tragic possi- | humber of college students has been | increasing st v, the report states. “If the present growth of numbers ‘ is indicative of what may be expected been greater. Men, the report adds, usually are reluctant to continue in classes in which they are outnumber- ed by women. ment,” the commission wrote, “cer- taln regrettable conclusions would seem to follow. 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