Word: touring
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...clock on "Characteristic Scenes in Chill, Bolivia, and Peru." This lecture will be open only to members of the Union. The slides which Professor Brewster will show this evening, depicting the scenery of South America, are unusually excellent, having gained very favorable comment during his lecture tour of the large western universities last summer...
...consider that the College owes them a debt, which must be paid off in this manner. The situation has been described as analogous to that of a certain type of lawyer, who, so soon as he has an important case, considers it as an opportunity for making a tour of investigation, travelling at his ease, stopping at the best hotels, and living in luxury at his client's expense. The real distinction between the two situations is that the lawyer is conscious that the extravagance is unjustified, while the athlete...
...close of the meeting President Lowell will return to Cambridge immediately. Mr. Eliot will, however, make a short tour through the Middle West, and on June 1 deliver the annual Phi Beta Kappa address at the University of Missouri. He will start back to Cambridge on June 2, and from Cambridge will go immediately to his summer home at Northeast Harbor, Maine...
...during the Spanish-American War served on the Cuban coast in command of the U. S. S. Eagle. Captain Southerland has written a number of scientific papers, among which are "Azimuth Tables," "Nautical Monograph No. 4," and "The North Atlantic Cyclone of August, 1883." He has just completed the tour of the world with the Atlantic squadron as commander of the New Jersey...
...Cruise of the Battle Fleet." He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and ever since he was graduated has served in the navy, commanding the U. S. S. Eagle during the Spanish-American War. He accompanied the fleet on its recently completed tour of the world...