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...Rockhill has served in various diplomatic positions, having been Secretary of the United States Legation in Pekin, charge d'affaires in Korea, first assistant secretary of state, United States Minister to Greece, Commissioner to China, and plenipotentiary of the United States to the Congress of Pekin (1901). During his residence in China he made two journeys in Mongolia and Thibet, of which some account will be given in his lecture. After the lecture members of the club and their friends will have opportunity of meeting Mr. Rockhill at an informal reception in the Assembly Room of the Union...
...Sargent '62, Director of the Arnold Arboretum, will return next Saturday from an extended trip through Europe and northern Asia. The itinerary of the trip, as planned by Professor Sargent last May, included Holland, France and Germany, St. Petersburg and Moscow, and thence over the Trans-Siberian railway to Pekin, making stops at frequent intervals along the route. Java and Hong Kong were visited and the return was via San Francisco...
...about the sinking of the Merrimac, and how he succeeded in landing in Havana, where he was arrested and not released till be promised to discontinue his newspaper work in Cuba. Mr. Paine then told about his experiences during the Boxer uprising in China, and described the occupation of Pekin by the allied forces...
...have been made for two entertainments to be given in the Living Room of the Union next week. On Monday, November 16, the Florida Academy Quartet will sing plantation melodies. On Tuesday, November 17, Mr. Ralph D. Paine, Yale '94, will speak; probably on "The Journey from Shanghai to Pekin." Mr. Paine was recently a correspondent, of the Boston Herald, and has travelled much in Eastern Asia. The entertainments will be open to Union members only...
...John Muir, the distinguished naturalist of the Pacific coast, for an extended trip through Europe and northern Asia in the interest of the Arboretum. Landing at Liverpool, the party will travel through Holland, France and Germany to St. Petersburg and Moscow, and thence over the Trans-Siberian railway to Pekin, making stops at frequent intervals along the way. From Pekin they will go to Hong Kong and Java, and then returning to Hong Kong will sail for San Francisco, arriving in Boston late next autumn...