Word: russian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Edwin Emerson, who as war correspondent for several American papers, was with both the Japanese and Russian armies during the late war and gained the distinction of being the only man to interview General Stoessel during the siege of Port Arthur, will speak tonight at 7.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union on "Running the Port Arthur Blockade." B. K. Stephenson '06 will introduce the speaker. The lecture will be illustrated by a large number of stereopticon views from photographs taken by Mr. Emerson at the front and will be open only to members of the Union...
...course of the fighting he ran the Russian and Japanese lines six times, interviewing Japanese and Russian prisoners as well as soldiers, riding with Kuropatkin's staff, and visiting Nogi's headquarters. His greatest feat, that of interviewing General Stoessel, was accomplished by runnings the Japanese blockade and entering Port Arthur under fire...
...Edwin Emerson '91 will deliver a stereopticon lecture next Tuesday night in the Union on "The Russian-Japanese War." Mr. Emerson was present as war-correspondent at the battles of Mukden and Harbin, and at the siege of Port Arthur. Before the war he was a member of the Rough Riders under Colonel Roosevelt. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only...
Professor Weiner, of the department of Slavic languages, is planning to have Tolstoi's "Powers of Darkness" presented in Russian in Sanders Theatre by a company of Russian players. As originally planned the play was to have been given early next month, but it has been postponed until January. The success of the plan depends entirely upon the amount of subscriptions that can be raised for bringing the company to Cambridge, and Professor Weiner is now working to raise the necessary subscriptions...
...project is successful, Professor Weiner will lecture on "Tolstoi and the Russian Drama" in the Fogg Lecture Room a few days before the presentation of the play...