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1. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895. In Five Volumes. Volume V -- In Two Parts. Part 1 [Report of the Commissioner of Education]

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)

Abstract

This is the Report of the Commissioner of Education, part of the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895. The Bureau of Education report is contained within volume five, which is in two parts. Part one contains: (1) The Commissioner of Education's Introduction; (2) Statistics of State Common-School Systems; (3) City School Systems; (4) Statistical Review of Secondary Schools; (5) Statistical Review of Normal Schools; (6) Statistical Review of Higher Education; (7) Statistical Review of Professional Schools; (8) The Educational Systems of England and Scotland, with Statistics for 1893-94; (9) Manitoba School Case; (10) Education in France; (11) Public Education in Belgium; (12) Education in Central Europe; (13) Education in the Netherlands; (14) Education in Italy; (15) Report of the Loyal Commission on Secondary Education; (16) Papers Accompanying the Report of the Loyal Commission on Secondary Education; (17) Higher Education in Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Poland; (18) Art education in the public schools; (19) Facilities for the University Education of Women in England; (20) Educational Status of Women in Different Countries; (21) Chautauqua: A Social and Educational Study; (22) Pensions for Teachers; (23) Coeducation--Compulsory Attendance--American Students in Foreign Universities--Continuation and Industrial Schools; and (24) Educational Directory. [For the first part of the Commissioner of Education's 1894-95 report, see "Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1894-95. Volume 2. Containing Parts II and III" (ED622083).]

Published
1896

2. Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1892-93. Volume 1. Containing Parts I and II

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)

Abstract

This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1892-93, containing Parts I and II. This volume begins with the Commissioner of Education's Introduction. Part I covers the topics: (1) Statistical Summaries; (2) Illiteracy in the United States; (3) System of Public Education in Belgium; (4) Elementary Education in Great Britain; (5) Education in France; (6) Education in Ontario, New Zealand, and India; (7) Recent Developments in the Teaching of Geography in Central Europe; (8) The Common School System of Bavaria; (9) Education in Uruguay; (10) Child Study; (11) Bibliography of Herbartianism; and (12) Name Register. Part II, Education and the World's Columbian Exposition, covers the topics: (1) Programme of the International Congress of Education and Addresses of Welcome; (2) American Views and Comments on the Educational Exhibits; (3) German Criticism on American Education and the Educational Exhibits; (4) French Views upon American Education and the Educational Exhibits; (5) Medical Instruction in the United States as presented by French Specialists; (6) Notes and Observations on American Education and the Educational Exhibits, by Italian, Swedish, Danish, and Russian Delegates; (7) American Technological Schools; (8) Higher Education of Women in Russia; (9) Papers Prepared for the World's Library Congress; and (10) Notes on Education at the Columbian Exposition. [For "Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1892-93. Volume 2. Containing Parts III and IV," see ED622070.]

Published
1895

3. For a Price.

Subjects
PRESS & politics, NEWSPAPER editors
Published
1942

4. A Vocation for Grandeur.

Subjects
POLITICAL systems, FRENCH politics & government, ELECTIONS, EIGHTEENTH century, HISTORY
Published
1962

5. France & Germany: Two in Tandem.

Subjects
FRANCE-Germany relations, INTERNATIONAL cooperation on economics, PUBLIC administration
Abstract

The article offers information on the relationship between France and Germany. It scrutinizes the relationship of German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, which claimed it was misinterpreted by several public officials and French mass media. Schmidt objects regarding the use of the term tandem as the media's description to his relationship with d'Estaing. It mentions that the intention of Giscard and Schmidt, who are both members of the European Economic Community (EEC) is to create better relationship for the welfare of the countries' economy.

Published
1974

6. Going Around De Gaulle.

Subjects
INTERNATIONAL economic relations, INTERNATIONAL economic integration
Abstract

The article focuses on how Jean Rey, president of the European Economic Community (EEC), has transformed the divided commission into a cohesive team. It states that Rey has managed to restore the Common Market as an independent organization by demonstrating his willingness to make compromise solution with French President Charles de Gaulle without totally submitting to him. Moreover, Rey has also sought for closer cooperation between the U.S. and the Common Market.

Published
1968

7. American in Paris.

Subjects
JOURNALISTS, MARINES, PERIODICALS
Abstract

The article features columnist Art Buchwald, who is most sought after by American tourists traveling to Paris, France. Buchwald, who is also known as the American in Paris, was born in Mount Vernon, New York and was running back and forth from foster homes to orphanages as his mother was struck by illness after his birth. He writes the column "Europe's Lighter Side" in the newspaper "Paris Herald," which is a break he took when he landed in Paris after being discharged from duty as a Marine and studying at the University of Southern California.

Published
1953

8. Aristocrats of the Continent.

Subjects
HEALTH resorts
Abstract

The article reviews several hotels including Negresco in Riviera, France, Grand-Hotel de 1'Europe in Austria and Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, Biarritz.

Published
1967

9. Testing the Market.

Subjects
INTERNATIONAL economic integration
Abstract

The article focuses on issues involving the Great Britain joining the six-nation Common Market. It notes that Charles de Gaulle of France bluntly vetoed the application of Great Britain. It adds that while the Labor Party opposed the entry all along, many British merchants find good relief at having escaped immediate Continental competition. On the other hand, it mentions that Prime Minister Harold Wilson plans to visit all of the capitals of the Six especially Paris, France.

Published
1966

10. A Step Toward Sharing.

Subjects
FRENCH presidents, NUCLEAR energy, ARMED Forces
Abstract

The article focuses on the complaint by French President Charles de Gaulle to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that the U.S. might not respond with its full nuclear power if a Communist aggressor attacked Europe. It mentions that De Gaulle wants to leave French forces in Germany under the old occupation status. In response, Germany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard refuses to be bullied, claiming that the French troops must have a definite task within defense planning.

Published
1966