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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last four or five years there has been a great growth of democratic ideas the world over. In every country the government has drawn closer to the people. In Russia, the Duma has been set up; in China, a constitutional government has been started with an organic law and a senate; in Turkey, the same step has been taken; in England, the Budget was passed over the veto of the House of Lords; and in this country, the overthrow of Cannonism by progressive Republicans and progressive Democrats has been a triumph for democracy...
...elections so early in the year that the members can know each other as undergraduates. In the room in Memorial Hall, granted to the society by the Corporation, and furnished by the generosity of some of the alumni, the undergraduates hold weekly dinners; a few weeks ago a similar set of dinners was instituted for recent graduates. There is an annual undergraduate dinner; and this year was instituted a larger dinner in the Union for the reception of new members. In the annual baseball game with the Yale chapter, the Harvard chapter has usually held its own. The Phi Beta...
...opera, which is in English, is set in the period just preceding the discovery of gold in Southern California, when the Americans and Mexicans were struggling for possession. Chonita, the daughter of a wealthy Mexican, is loved by the leaders of the rival forces, Captain Burton and Bernal. Burton wins Chonita's affection, and Bernal, in despair, tries to kidnap her, but is killed by her maid. The last scene shows Burton and Chonita together in the old mission...
...William Lord Smith '86 gave an interesting talk last evening on, "Dolomites of the Tyrol, Mountain Climbing, and Chamois Shooting," in the Living Room of the Union. The lecture was illustrated with a remarkable set of stereopticon views, many of them in color...
...climb till noon. This is usually long enough to scale a mountain in the Tyrol. Before starting, the sky line is scanned closely. Clouds from the Italian horizon are a bad omen. Not until the clouds have parted from the mountain peaks, do the natives deem it safe to set out. The climbing is difficult and often dangerous. On the mountain sides are to be found curious rock-capped pinnacles of clay towering many feet into the air. The rain and snow has washed away all the clay except that directly under the rock. The men have to squirm their...