Word: canal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...following subject has been selected for the first triangular debate between the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton freshmen on May 5: "Resolved, That the United States should fortify the Panama Canal (legal right being conceded)." The first trials will be held in Harvard 5 and 6 next Tuesday, at 7.30 o'clock...
...George Alvin Loud, Congressman from the tenth district of Michigan, delivered an illustrated lecture on "The Panama Canal" in Emerson J. yesterday afternoon...
...people realize the tremendous importance of the Panama Canal and the magnitude of the task undertaken by the United States in building it. The distance by water from New York to San Francisco is 13,000 miles, but when the canal is finished it will be but 5,000 miles, and whereas the battleship Oregon in the Spanish war made the trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic in 66 days, after the canal is completed but 15 days will be required for a similar trip...
...civilians present at the battle of Manila Bay and Cavite, when Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet. Mr. Loud was also a member of the party which accompanied President Taft on his tour of the Philippine Islands. He has made several trips to the Canal Zone, and is thoroughly acquainted with the work on the Panama Canal...
...LECTURE. "The Panama Canal." (Illustrated). Hon. George Alvin Loud, Congressman from the Tenth District of Michigan." Emerson...