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Mingling graphic descriptions of the phenomena of the volcano Kaileuea with more technical explanations of its workings, Mr. N. E. A. Hinds, instructor in geology and physiography, spoke to a small audience in Foxcroft last night. He was in Hawaii in 1921 at the time of the largest eruption in recent years, and described the volcano's appearance at its greatest activity...
...Hinds, who has spent much of his time in the Hawailans, studying the gee logical structure of the Islands. Will speak with an intimate knowledge of the subject. The volcano at Kaileays whose eruption in 1921 was the greatest disturbance of this kind in modern time will be described by Mr. Hinds...
...capital of King Croesus, in Asia Minor, were received by the Metropolitan Museum. The site of Sardis is called by Sir William Ramsay "the most promising ground for archæological work in the world." The city has been buried and preserved by an earthquake-as Pompeii by a volcano. The material received is described by Thomas Hastings, New York architect, as " the most magnificent material which has come to the United States out of Asia Minor...
...idle rich are but a few grains of sugar, sprinkled over the neck of a burning, smoldering volcano." STAGIRITUS...
...copy of the Hawaiian volcano is circular in form, with a scale of one foot to 1,500 feet. Thus the complete model is about 15 feet across, and shows in relief Kilauea, Kilauea-Iki (little Kilauea), Halemauman (house of big fire), and the surrounding volcanic plateau...