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University in Chile saga stirs Yankee pride and doubt
W A Young critiques a Chilean will that left 125 million dollars to found a Valparaiso university, noting North American named executors and the irony of sugar fortunes tied to war. He muses on Chilean education, hats, burros, and the practicality of campus life in a hot, road-poor country while wryly commenting on American policy and a California senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perderico Santa Marie
Chile
Valparaiso
United States
Edwaris, van Buren
Geddes
Juan Browne Caces
Senor van
Paris
Senor
Frederico Santa Maria
University
Three Continents
League of Nations
James Papez
Cornell University
Burt G. Wilder
Papez
Professor Wilder
Pella
Pacific Coast
California
South California
Europe
Haram Johnson
Hoover
Iowa
The
Los Angeles Times
Johnson
Chronicle
W. A. Young