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...early, Premier Mussolini went out first to the capital ship Conte di Cavour, received the Realmleader and the King-Emperor when they came aboard. The Rex, Roma, Saturnia and eleven other Italian liners carried members of the House of Savoy, bigwigs of Germany and Italy. In one of the fastest naval getaways ever executed, the Italian fleet dashed out of the harbor with intervals of only a few seconds between each ship, got away in 25 minutes flat, each warboat dipping colors to the Conte di Cavour...
Some of the most recent speakers were: Mr. Rufus Jones (Venice), Professor Einaudi (Cavour), Professor G. Salvemini (Mazzini), and Professor Giuseppe Prezzolini (Machiavelli). This year the Circolo's list of speakers includes Professor C. R. Post, who will speak on Art, and Professor Salvemini, who will explain "The Geographical Position of Italy, and its Historical Implications." One evening will be taken up by a recital of Italian instrumental music. There will also be several farces and short plays acted by members of the Circolo...
Replacing the lectures previously scheduled for last week, Mario Nineudt, instructor in Government, has announced that the final two lectures of his series on "Cavour and the Beginnings of Parliamentary Government in Italy" will be given tomorrow and Thursday in Harvard 3 at 4 o'clock...
Combining great foresight with tireless devotion to the course he saw necessary, Count Camillo Benso Cavour, after helping to bring about the institution of constitutional government in Italy in 1848, worked incessantly and successfully to make this government run smoothly from the beginning. This story of Cavour's accomplishments was told by Mario Einaudi, government instructor, yesterday, in the second of a series of lectures based on Cavour and his contributions to constitutional government in Italy...
...Einaudi told how the king was forced to issue an edict on February 7, 1848, granting the constitutional government Cavour advocated, when a revolution broke out in Austrian dominated Piedmont in that year. Cavour's greatest work took place when the preparations were made for the inception of the democratic system of a Senate and Chamber of Deputies. At this time Cavour was the only figure of the day to work on the specific problems involved, and by his efforts and wide knowledge gained by studying first-hand the parliamentary bodies in England and France, he brought the new system...