Word: californians
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecture system, as mapped out for the present winter, is well calculated to meet the needs of our undergraduates, yet there is one feature of the winter lectures of past years that we would gladly see repeated. No course of lectures, Dr. Royce's lectures on Californian history, perhaps, excepted, has been received with such favor as that delivered under the auspices of the Historical Society, during the winter of 1883-84, on the campaigns and battles of the Rebellion. Great as was the interest then manifested in this subject, we feel that there exists to-day even a stronger...
...Californian History. Some Aspects of Social Evolution in San Francisco. Prof. Royce. Sever...
...Californian History. Some Aspects of Social Evolution in San Francisco. Prof. Royce. Sever...
...being given on California by Dr. Royce. The capacity of Sever 11 has been taxed to the utmost; and if large audiences continue, it would seem quite advisable that the place for the lectures be changed to Sanders Theatre. There can be little doubt that the great interest in Californian history, as well as Dr. Royce's unusual ability as a lecturer, would draw audiences that would not feel at all lost even in such a capacious auditorium as the theatre. The change to Sanders would give a popular course of lectures the prominence that it surely deserves, and would...
...affairs began to grow worse, murder, robbery and brawls increased. The Californian camp of '48 was one of men who had no intention of making California their home and only full of a desire to make money. Although heroism and generosity sometimes prevailed, yet there was no stable system. Upon this fragile framework fell the crowd of "forty miners," and the result, as may be imagined, was most disastrous...