Education: Hall of Nations

A Methodist institution, opened in 1914 on Washington's northwest side, American University has ever since been trying to live up to its imposing name. To most Washingtonians it is merely a trim collection of white buildings. Students of the social sciences know and respect its School of Public Affairs and its earnest Graduate School. To diplomatic Washington, however, American University is notable as the school where Ellery Cory Stowell teaches international law.

Last week American's Professor Stowell, a gracious, greying cosmopolite who has lived and studied in Russia, Berlin and Paris, and has more...

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