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After sketching the history of diplomacy up to the time when international relations were adjusted by treaties, Mr. Straus went on to explain the complications arising out of conflicting claims of sovereignty and allegiance made by nations respecting their subjects. The United States, from the days of Jefferson until the present time, has always insisted upon the unrestricted right of expatriation as against the claims of indissoluble allegiance made by European nations as a result of their monarchical institutions. The chief cause of the War of 1812 was England's refusal to recognize the right of her subjects to become...
...annual meeting for the purpose of awarding academic distinctions will be held in Sanders Theatre on Wednesday evening, Nov. 21, at 8 p. m. The exercises will begin with singing by the Chapel choir. Dean Briggs will then explain briefly the purpose of the meeting, and a pamphlet will be distributed containing the names of all winners of Bowdoin Prizes, the highest scholars in the University on the basis of last year's records, and undergraduate winners of all other prizes since the meeting in December last year...
...important conference will be held under the auspices of the Student Volunteer Committee, in the Phillips Brooks House, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8 p. m. The subject will be: "Friendly Visiting among the Poor." Well known philanthropic workers will explain the subject in a practical way, and by personal details. Among the speakers will be Miss Z. D. Smith, general secretary of the Associated Charities of Boston; Miss Mary L. Birtwell, general secretary of the Cambridge Associated Charities; Mr. Stephen P. Cabot, visitor for the Boston Associated Charities; and several student workers. An opportunity will be given for questions...
...points of interest about Boston. Trips have already been taken to Franklin Park, Spy Pond, Revere Beach and Norumbega Park. It is planned to take a party to the Navy Yard, where they will inspect the grounds and ships with the help of an officer who has agreed to explain whatever is necessary about the equipments and management of the Navy Yard...
...Horace White of New York, has also been engaged by the Classical Club to lecture on "Cicero, Clodius and Milo," in the Fogg Lecture Room, on April 25. Dr. White will give an account of the street fighting in Rome in the time of Caesar, and will explain the influence of the mob on Roman politics. This will probably be the last open lecture of the Classical Club this year...