Word: persia
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Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Gold-Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, will speak in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock on "Travels and Adventures in Persia". His lecture, which is open to all members of the Union and their guests, will be illustrated by colored slides. Professor Julian L. Coolidge '95 will introduce the speaker...
Yesterday, General Sykes outlined what he intended to discuss this evening: "I shall first have a map of Persia thrown on the screen and will give an account of the importance of Persia's location. I will next devote a few minutes to an explanation of why Persia became a war area...
...shall make reference among other things to Omar Khayyam of Nishapur and to the game of polo, which originated in Persia and which I revived again in Persia 25 years ago. Before closing there will be a short account of curious Persian customs and several slides depicting famous scenes of Persian stories and legends...
Major-General Sir Percy Sykes will speak at the Union on Tuesday, November 27, according to word received at the Union yesterday. He will speak on his travels in Persia and will illustrate his address by lantern slides...
General Sykes, who is an Englishman and who has been in His Majesty's army for many years, was commander of colonial troops in southern Persia during the war. He has come to the United States to lecture during the coming season and has already given two lectures of a series of eight at Lowell Institute in Boston...