Word: americans
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Under the auspices of the Camera Club, several lectures on subjects connected with photography will be given during the year. Mr. F. H. Day, of Boston, will give the first lecture on November 17, in the Union, on a collection of photographs by prominent American photographers. For a week, beginning November 18, the pictures will be on exhibition to members of the University in the museum room of Robinson Hall. At the December meeting of the club there will be a demonstration of "Argo" paper...
SEMINARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS. "Classification of Materials in American History," Professor Hart. Pierce...
...Democrats now say that the gold standard is firmly established. They are in a position to know. Under Cleveland the national finances were trembling on the precipice of free silver. The gold reserve was the lowest in American history. Cleveland defended this reserve in spite of the unpopularity of his measures. As a result, the Democratic party put up for its next candidate a strong silver man, thus repudiating Cleveland for having performed as great an act of bravery as any president has ever done. On the other hand, the Republican party has always stood for monetary safety and security...
...time of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, the Democrats controlled one-third of the Senate, enough to defeat the measure. But the treaty was ratified and as a result the Philippines became American territory. Thus the Democratic party is equally responsible with the Republican for the annexation of the Philippines. There are three solutions to the Philippine problem. First, we can fit the islanders for statehood and admit them to the Union. This, however, is scarcely feasible. Secondly, we can hold them as subjects without constitutional rights. In the third place, we can endeavor...
...Anthropological Club has arranged a series of four lectures, to be given in the Fogg Lecture Room on the following dates: November 2, "The Art of the American Indian," by Dr. Clark Wisler, of Columbia; November 16, "Ghost Worship and Buddhism in India," by Dr. J. H. Woods '87, instructor of Indic Philology; December 2. "The Characteristics of Primitive Culture," by Dr. Franz Boas, of Columbia, and head of the Field Columbian Expedition; December 7, "The Maya Hieroglyphs," by Mr. C. P. Bowditch...