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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Dean Le B. R. Briggs '75 will be the toastmaster, and many distinguished guests will be present, several of whom will speak informally. Among the guests will be Professor W. R. Spalding '87; Mr. A. W. Foote '74, Mr. A. Stienert, and Mr. H. Gebhard of Boston; and Mr. A. Whiting '90 and Mr. F. W. Surette sp.'91 of New York...
...Mr. T. L. Dee of the Sullivan Machinery Company, will deliver a lecture on "Diamond Drilling" this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Mineralogical Lecture Room of the University Museum. The lecture will be illustrated by the stereopticon...
...concluding, Mr. Riis urged that college men should aid in this movement to uplift the masses in our large cities. It should be an essential part of the creed of all people, he said, that we are our 'brothers' keepers and are responsible for their lives and deeds, especially when we are cognizant of their need for help...
...Mr. Jacob A. Riis of New York, delivered an effective lecture in the Living Room of the Union last night on "The Battle with the Slum." He outlined the work which has been undertaken through the energy of a few citizens, and illustrated with excellent stereopticon views some of the important changes that have been brought about in the excessive crowding of population, the most important factor in the slum problem of New York, and in concluding he urged college men to aid in this work for the social betterment of the city masses...
...investigations made by a committee for the purpose, 360,000 rooms were found which did not have any external openings for light or air. Now the laws forbid the erection of any structure in which there shall be a single room which does not have an external opening. Mr. Riis showed many interesting views of the poorer quarters of New York under the old and the bettered condition, with the remarkable differences they exhibited, to illustrate the progress which has been effected by these laws...