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...bring medical assistance to the sick; to raise the standard of living in the settlements which are often degraded by vice and filth; and to give the people who have no means of subsistence the chance to earn an honest living. The stereopticon slides of his hospitals were of particular interest, since they described the relief which is brought to many sufferers each year, and the need which they fill in a land where medical service is practically unknown...
Passing over the history of the past, which has been the subject of his former lectures, M. Millet took up yesterday the fate of the Arabic civilization in Spain. The history of this civilization is of particular interest to us, he said, first, because it explains how the Arabs originally planted their civilization in Spain; secondly, because it tells us how this great civilization in so short a time completely disappeared. He went on to show how the Arabs themselves and the Numidian Berberes combined to form the Arabic empire; how, for two centuries this civilization completely dominated Spain...
...music of Mozart and Haydn, Beethoven's immediate predecessors. Their music, typical of the taste of the eighteenth century, is more obvious, making a direct appeal and containing no suggestion of hidden meaning. To illustrate his remarks Mr. Surette played nearly the whole quartet on the pianola, laying particular stress on certain difficult and important passages...
...Monday, at the same hour and place, Professor de Sumichrast will take up the origin and history of the French court at Versailles, paying particular attention to the King and his household...
...Johnston of the History Department, will deliver a lecture this evening at 8 o'clock in Harvard 1 on "Numismatics of the Napoleonic and Risorgimento Periods." Mr. Johnston will treat the subject from an historical point of view, paying particular attention to the coins of Italy in what is known as the Risorgimento period, extending from the beginning of the French revolution to about...