Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...resolution be introduced in Congress to change the name of the Panama Canal to the Roosevelt Canal in commemoration of the late Theodore Roosevelt. The idea of such a memorial is excellent; as the Governor expresses it is "to link together for all time the name of this great American leader with the great American contribution to the world...
...Roosevelt's life long State, has set the example which other governors are following in rapid succession, the Governor of Rhode Island being the first of the New England governors to set the day apart, by formal proclamation for services commemorative of the life and work of the great American. A committee of citizens headed by Mr. Taft, Secretary Lane and Cardinal Gibbons has called upon the governors to join in making the day a truly national memorial, and today came a wireless message of approval from President Wilson...
...Demetrius Kalopothakes '88, of the American Legation at Athens and friend of Premier Venizelos of Greece, will lecture on "Greece in the Peace Conference" in the Fogg Art Museum next Thursday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock: Dr. Kalopothakes has spoken recently at several colleges in the country, including Yale and Cornell, and his lecture is one of a series given for the purpose of informing the American people about national aspirations and the present situation in Greece. It will be open to the public as well as to the members of the University...
...Kalopothakes studied at Boston Latin School, received his A.B. degree from the University in 1888, and the degree of Ph.D. at Berlin in 1893. He has been for some time a close student of the affairs of Greece through his connection with the American Legation...
Thomas William Lamont '92, of New York City, has been selected by the Secretary of the Treasury as one of the two financial advisors of the American delegation at the Peace Conference. It is understood that Mr. Lamont has been asked to proceed as promptly as possible to Paris and thence to Spain and Belgium to advise in regard to the armistice conditions in conjunction with Marshal Foch and Admiral Browning. Mr. Lamont has assisted the Federal Government during the war at frequent intervals in an unofficial capacity, especially in matters of international finance...