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Deutscher Verein. "Das Deutschland von Heute." Lecture in German. Mr. Henry Villard of New York. Sever 11, 7.30 p. m. Open to the public...
...fall before the German troops had closed in about Paris, the French troops were for the most part employed outside the line of forts which surrounded the city, and were protected only by a slight barricade. These barricades were formed of masonry and were intended to have been surmounted by bags of earth to break the force of the shells, but as time failed for the completion of the works, bags of potatoes taken from the peasants who were hurrying into Paris, were used instead of bags of earth, and so great was the lack of provisions among the soldiers...
This evening the first of a series of five lectures on "The Intellectual Life in Germany," will be given in Sever 11, at 7.30 o'clock under the auspices of the Deutscher Verein. Mr. Henry Villard, of New York, will speak in German on "Das Deutschland von Heute." Mr. Villard is a fine German scholar, has traveled considerably in Germany, and has been in close relations with Prince Bismark, so that those who understand German, by attending the lecture tonight, will undoubtedly learn much that is of interest in regard to the present political outlook of Germany...
...Haynes, '89, read the Bowdoin Prize Dissertation on "The Prospect of a Constitutional Government in Germany," before an audience interested in the subject, last night in Sever 5. He said that the first step towards a constitution was taken after the fall of Napoleon, when the confederation of the German states was formed. Up to 1848, however, there was virtually no constitution, as the bodies empowered to form one did not do so. The revolutions in all the other states in 1848 caused the monarchs of these states to yield, and a parliament representing the people was formed. In this...
...Villard's lecture will be in German. Mr. Koehler will speak in Upper Boylston Hall and illustrate his lecture by the stereopticon...