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THE CUBA REVIEW 





knowledge was of great value to the court 

 of inquiry. He rendered distinguished 

 service during the Spanish-American war 

 as commander of the converted liner St. 

 Paid, with which he captured the collier 

 Restormel, securing Cervera's coal supply 

 on May 24th, and on June 22d defeated 

 the cruiser Isabella II and the destroyer 

 Terror, off San Juan, Porto Rico. 



Subsequently he was ordered to com- 

 mand the Texas in 1900-2, and was chief 

 officer of naval intelligence; in 1903 was 

 made commander of the navy yard at 

 League Island, Pa., and was promoted to 

 the grade of rear admiral. He was com- 

 mander of the South Atlantic squadron, 

 1904-5; second division of the North At- 

 lantic fleet, 1905-6. He was on special 

 duty during 1906 and retired in 1907. 



That the rear admiral had some mastery 

 of literary style is demonstrated by his 

 description of the burial of the Maine, 

 March 16, 1912: 



"The Mame lies in water clear and cold. 

 She floats desolate, but flying her national 

 ensign above the rusted hull. Again and 

 again the waves incHne her very gently 

 by the head and the water washes her for- 

 ward deck each time a little higher. Then 

 she bows to her fate. At last she pauses 

 a moment on her deepest incline and then 

 glides solemnly down to her eternal grave. 

 A sheet of ruffled water rolls its white 

 mantle over the spot. The waves resume 

 their rhythm and the material Maine 

 merges into the memory of her dead." 



President Harding 



News of the death of President Harding 

 spread gloom over the island of Cuba, 

 where the American Executive was held in 

 high esteem both by the Americans and 

 Cubans. 



The first American institutions to hoist 

 the flags of both countries to half-mast 

 were the Havana Telegram and The Ha- 

 vana Post, both English language news- 

 papers. Every American firm in Havana 

 followed suit. President Zayas immedi- 

 ately ordered by Presidential decree that 

 all public buildings on the island place their 

 flags at half-mast for a period of three 

 days. The American Chamber of Com- 

 merce and other organizations closed for 

 the day. 



Schools 



University Rules and Regulations. — 

 A proposal made by the mixed commis 

 sion of professors and students, seconded 

 by the faculty, and approved by the uni- 

 versity council, provides for the formation 

 of a university assembly to consist of pro- 

 fessors, graduates and students, whose 

 duties shall be to elect the rector of the 

 university; make changes in the curricu- 

 lum, but without encroaching upon the 

 rights of the faculty; propose amendments 

 to the rules and regulations; and fulfill any 

 other obligations assigned to it by law. 

 This paragraph will be added to Article II 

 of the rules and regulations of the uni- 

 versity after its publication in the Gaceta 

 Oficial. 



Model School. — The Bureau of Educa- 

 tion has received from the municipality of 

 Habana a fine building for the Model 

 School, built with municipal funds. Ha- 

 bana is the first city to present a school 

 building to the bureau. 



School Gardens and Schoolhouses. — 

 According to the last reports from pro- 

 vincial principals, the following school 

 gardens, devoted to both vegetables and 

 flowers, have been established: 102 in Pinar 

 del Rio, 109 in Habana, 83 in Matanzas, 

 40 in Santa Clara, 10 in Camagiiey, and 43 

 in Oriente, making a total of 387 gardens. 



Dr. Su'arez Bruno Prize 



The Academy of Sciences of Cuba of- 

 fers the Dr. Suarez Bruno prize, consisting 

 of a diploma and 300 pesos, for the best 

 work on anaemias of parasitic origin; the 

 Canongo prize of 250 pesos for the best 

 work on an unspecified subject; and the 

 Gordon prize of a gold medal for the best 

 work on the respiratory functions and the 

 circulation in Cubans. The competing 

 papers, written in Spanish, English, or 

 French, must be sent anonymously, with 

 the author's name in an accompanying 

 sealed envelope, and must be received be- 

 fore March 30, 1924. 



Treasury Department 



Sr. Oscar Perez Fuentes of the editorial 

 staff of La Discusion has been appointed 

 chief of the coining section of the Treasury 

 Department by President Zayas. 



