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ST. ANDREWS.—At the autumn graduation ceremony on Frida, Oct. 7, the Vice-Chancellor, Sir James Irvine,announced that the donor of the gift of £100,000 to the University was Dr. E. S. Harkness, of New York, well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his generosity in the cause of education. More than one-foufth of the he gift was allocated by the donor towards the cost of building a new residential hall for men students. The intention is to restore the old collegiate system which was a feature of university life untila century ago. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon Prof. John Burnet, who has just retired from the Chair of Greek in the University; Sir Richard Gregory; Dr. Knud Rasmussen, Copenhagen, the Arctic explorer; and Mr. Benjamin Thomson, Rector of Forfar Academy.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 120, 569 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120569b0
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