Education: Columbia, China, Iraq

When Professor Paul Monroe looks up from his Director's desk in the International Institute of Teachers College at Columbia University, his eye falls fondly and proudly on a thickly dotted map showing the number of students from foreign lands who have studied under his guidance. Last week white-haired Dr. Monroe, who looks like the late Warren Gamaliel Harding in spectacles, was triply honored. From Baghdad came an invitation to be president of the Iraq Educational Survey. From Persia came a decoration—the Order of Science Achievement, 1st Class—for his services to international...

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