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...Moreover we look to America to be the leader in the formation of an International Consortium which shall finance China. For three reasons the formation of such a partnership is essential to our welfare. First, in order to secure the large sums of money which are necessary to finance new railroads, and other forms of communication, to reform the monetary system of China, and to develop industrial and commercial enterprises. Secondly, to insure the expenditures of money so loaned to us upon the objects for which it is borrowed by the Chinese government...
...Bayard Dodge of the Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, Syria, will speak at the First Congregational Church of Cambridge on Sunday at 4.30 P. M. This address will be of special interest, as Mr. Dodge witnessed the course of the war in Syria; he will tell of his personal experiences there. As a result of the suffering which he saw during the war he has been especially interested in the orphans and refugees of Syria. A very cordial invitation is extended to members of the University and their friends...
Professors Haskins and Lord, speaking on "Problems of the Peace Conference," will be the first to give one of these courses, and will speak on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 o'clock at Huntington Hall, beginning January 6. The topics will be as follows...
Admission to Huntington Hall will be by ticket, although sometimes a few seats are vacant after the time expires for the ticket-holders to pass the gate. Admission tickets to the first lecture of each course will be mailed, one to each applicant, in the order of application, until the supply is exhausted. Applications must be received at least two days before the beginning of any course by the Curator of the Lowell Institute, 491 Boylston street, Boston, and must be accompanied by stamped, addressed envelopes, one for each ticket desired...
Professor C. T. Copeland '82 will deliver the first of his 1919-20 readings on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union. He will read selections from Dickens, Kipling, O. Henry, and Leacock. This is practically the first public reading for University students which has been delivered by Professor Copeland since pre-war days...