Word: bolivia
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Seven foreign countries are represented, led by China with 9 men. Canada follows with 6, while Japan, Brazil, Bolivia, France, and Egypt have one each...
That the Latin-American peoples are lovers of liberty their history shows. Bolivar, not content with liberating his own Venezuela, likewise liberated Colombia, Bolivia, Equador and Peru. More than one Porto Rican died in the Cuban "manigua" fighting for the liberties of the sister isle. And it is this very love of liberty, I honestly believe, that has caused friction and misunderstanding between the great republic of the North and the peoples south of the Rio Grande. They believe that the rights of Colombia, Santo Domingo, or Porto Rico, are every bit as sacred as the rights of Argentina...
...purchases, four private collections are the most important. These were bought in Caracas, Venzuela, La Paz, Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Ascension, Paraguay, all of which contained hundreds of books, pamphlets and newspapers, covering exhaustively the histories of these particular countries. Dr. Lichtenstein's last purchase, bought in Paraguay, has not yet been received; but the other three are here and during the past few weeks Mr. David Heald of the College Library, Dr. Lichtenstein, of Northwestern University, and Dr. Clement W. Andrews of the John Crerar Lib- rary have been unpacking and dividing the collection...
...Holyoke House at 8 o'clock this evening. Fourteen foreign countries will be represented. Among the speakers will be Mr. W.T. Reincke of Germany, Mr. J.C.J. Flam and of France, Viscount deV. da Costa of Portugal, E.S. Mansfield '68 of Belgium, and A.P. Cushing '78 of Bolivia...