The Louis Clark Vanuxem Foundation of Princeton University
was established in 1912 with a bequest of $25,000 under the will of Louis Clark Vanuxem, of the Class of 1879. By direction of the executors of Mr. Vanuxem's estate, the income of the foun- dation is to be used for a series of public lectures delivered in Princeton annually, at least one half of which shall be on subjects of current scientific interest. The lectures are to be published and distributed among schools and libraries generally.The following lectures have already been pub- lished or are in press:
1912-13 The Theory of Permutable Functions, by Vito Volterra
1913-14 Lectures delivered in connection with the dedication of the Graduate College of Princeton University by Emile Boutroux, Alois Riehl, A. D. Godley, and Arthur Shipley
1914-15 Romance, by Sir Walter Raleigh
1915-16 A Critique of the Theory of Evolu- tion, by Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Publication Information: Book Title: Romance: Two Lectures. Contributors: Walter Raleigh - author. Publisher: Princeton University Press. Place of Publication: Princeton, NJ. Publication Year: 1916. Page Number: *.
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