22 JUNE 1929, page 16

American Notes Of The Week

(By Cable) [The American Notes which have been appearing in the SPECTATOR for the last few weeks are written by Mr. Ivy Lee, the well-known American publicist, who has agreed to......

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MRS. HOOVER'S HOSPITALMr. It will be remembered with what commotion many Americans regarded President Roosevelt's invitation of the late Booker Washington, a negro, to dinner at......

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ACTIVITIES OF CONGRESS. President Hoover's Farm Relief Bill minus the debenture clause has been enacted law. Congress has also passed the Bill providing for a national census in......

Fundamentalism.

The Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton has been considered the last redoubt of " Fundamentalism " in religious thinking and teaching in America. It is controlled by......

Conferment Of Honorary Degrees.

This is the week of college commencements in America; when five hundred odd colleges and Universities confer degrees upon probably one hundred thousand students. Numerous......

Prord:ution Enforcement

From President Hoover's Press Conferences comparatively few direct quotations emerge, and when the President therefore this week undertook to " deplore " the shootings which......

Mr. Owen Young's Return

The return of Mr. Owen D. Young has been marked by a renewal both of tributes to his work in Paris and of speculation as to the part he may take in public affairs in future. In......