The Archive · 1939

Only in Name

Arguments on this score have been numerous, and there are many Ruse Sluis who hold pessimistic views on the subject. Many hold that the denationalization of Russian youth so far that in ten years' time sian colony will be Russian only in name, Linguistically it with be English, while im spirit it will be eosmopolitan—Shanghal brand. This question is far from being a light one.

vitally important and even alarming, Recently, new light on the question was shed' by a report from Paris, Where the famed journalist Andel Sedykh, on investigating the same questions asked above, came to the conclusion. that children of Russian femigrés. in France ¥emain and want to remain Russian in every way. Even numerically the Russian colony Paris proves the national saying that "the poorer the man the bigger his family." Twenty years ago, however, Russian emigration all over the world was, comparatively speaking, neatly childless, az very few Russians fled over the border with small ehitdren.

Russians in France The older the Russian child sri France ets, the bigger becomes his Interest ju the homeland he has never seen, When they reach the axe of twenty most of them are able 10 speak. brolly. correct Russian. Of course they seem to consider French heir own TanguiaKe, but with their parents they speak' in their native tongue, As Frenchmen in Canada, Russians in France eavefully conserve the Russian language, teach it to their children, treasure memories of the past and teach their children Russian history and the necessity of going 10 Russian ehureb, The result is that 16 the question, "Are you French or Russian?" these youns boys and girls always answer, "Russian." house. Each lighthouse is at the same time a sort of meteorological tation, and in the course of being transferred from one lighthouse to another, Mr.

who is a specialist in higher mathematics, started to study the relation between wind-currents near the surface of the earth and movements of clouds. Furthermore compiled special tables which eased the work of meteoro in higher levels of the atmosphere. These tables were also of service to aviators, aid ing them in estimating the "cell prior to making flights. An base of Mr. Groodin's research work was studying the duration of fogs, using the data of one meteorological station, this being of signal service captains of ships, Not content with that, Mr. Groodin published a work fon, approximating the compensation of temperature at different times of the year, based on observations made last winter. After working on these lighthouses for ten years, Mr. Groodin vesigned for reasons of health and received an invitation to work in the Meteorological Institute of the Aca~ \demia Sinica. Mr. Groodin was, incidentally, the first foreigner to be included in' the staff of that institution. Prior to the present hostilities hho was detailed on the highly responsible" work of investigating what caused the height of Yellow River foods, for which purpose he was sent 19 Sian. The outbreak of hostilities in August, 1997, however, made this work impossible. Continuing is earch work in Shanghai, Mr. Groodin receiving the cooperation" of the Ziceawel Observatory and has founda Bureau of Scientific Research.

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