The Gavelyte, October 1906

TH~~ l~AVRLYTE, Music and the Drama, attached to the only institution devoted to the the Comedi Francaise, the Higher propagation and development of oe– Normal ehool for the education of ial scienee iri the world, and it is re– teachers for the public chools; the ceiving considerable attention. It is Colonial School, for the education of a part of the University of Paris, and men {or the civil service in the French the gradua es receive their degrees colonies, giving instruction in admin- from the rector and under it§ seal. istration, agriculture, botany, com- It has the largest collection of works merce, engineering, industries, min- on socialism in existence, and they eralogy, languages, transporation, I are consulted by statesmen, scholars etc., the School of Commerce, Schools , and politicians from every part of I of Engineering, Agricult.ure, Indus- Europe. It was founded by an aris- trial Arts, Arts et Metiers, which tocrat, by a member of the nobility deals with the sciences as applied to whose object was to purify and pro– the arts; a Sehool of Industrial Chem- mote national socialism. istry, a Special School of Architect- There are thirty-two other libraries ure and Construction Engineering; a connected with the University of Special School of Electricity, a Paris, comprising altogether several School of Dentistry, the Pasteur In- millions of books. Most of them re– stitute, which covers biology, bacte- late to special subjects. The School riology, hygienic chemistry and the of Electricity, the School of Archi– sanitary sciences. There is also a tecture, the School of Chemistry and free School of Political Science with some of the other special schools a department of journalism and a probably ha,e the most complete se– museum founrled by the late Count lections·of books upon tho e special de Chambrun, with the largest library subjects that were ever gathered. of books, periodicals, etc., in the In addition to the 15,000 or more world relating to social science. tudents in the University of Paris This in titution sustains a regular there ~re 2,000 or 3,000 more tudy– lecture course for the public on po- ing under private tutor , including litical economy and kindred topic ; 200 or ~00 Americans. The latter it publi ' hes hook , and phamphlets, are chiefly 1n art and mu ic, and and is endeavoring to correct the among them are ' everal very promis– fal e impre. ' ions created by the wild- ing young people." eyed fanatics who mix snciali.'m with anarchy. This ::-('h,wl ii-; probably Don't fail to read the f;AYELYTE!