Word: brewster
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor James H. Brewster, of the University of Michigan, delivered an illustrated lecture of unusual interest in the Living Room of the Union last evening on "Characteristic Scenes in Chili, Bolivia and Peru." The slides used to illustrate the scenery and inhabitants of South America were excellent, especially those showing small towns with the show-capped Andes in the distance...
...describing scenes in Chili, Professor Brewster gave a brief description of the two chief seaports, Santiago and Valparaiso. Both are modern cities, except in the height of the buildings, earthquakes being so frequent that sky-scrapers are prohibited. The city houses front directly on the street and have beautiful gardens behind...
Travelling north from Chili, Professor Brewster entered the tin-producing region of Bolivia with its picturesque adobe houses, hilly cities, and gaily clad women selling their wares in the streets at remarkably small prices. Here the Hamas, small camels which have been domesticated since the time of the Incas, do all the draught work and haul the orange-laden wagons across the plains...
...site of the Harvard Astronomical Observatory. This town, although far from any other settlement of size, is much more advanced than the cities to the south. The sanitary condition is unusual for South America, and there is a club established by the members of the observatory staff. Professor Brewster concluded his lecture with views and a brief description of Lima, the mountain capital of Peru...
Professor Brewster was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1877 and two years later took the degree of LL.B. at the Yale Law School. From 1883 to 1897 he practiced law in Detroit and then entered the faculty of law at the University of Michigan as lecturer on conveyancing. Since 1903 he has held the position of editor of the Michigan Law Review. His lecture this evening will be based on personal experiences and extensive travels among the inhabitants of Chili, Bolivia, and Peru...