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...island and its inhabitants. With the present line of steamers, Honolulu is six days from San Francisco and eleven days from Japan. The modern improvements are not confined to the steamers, for electric cars and telephones are as common in Hawaii as in the cities of the western United States. The old natives, and the ancient church, built of solid coral blocks, are now the only remains of the native kingdom. The climate is that of the tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this...
...FIELD EXCURSION OF THE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY. The Officers and Students of the Division will visit the Western Shore of Narragansett Bay, between the Bonnet and Watson's Pier. Train leaves Back Bay Station...
...Philippines to become governor of the Sulu Archipelago. While holding this position he was seriously wounded by natives of the islands. Between the time of his graduation from West Point and the opening of the Spanish War, he held many positions of responsibility among the American Indians of the Western States, and from the knowledge of the Indians acquired during this time, he has written several monographs and reports. On returning from the Phillipines in 1907, he received the appointment as superintendent of the United States Military Academy with the rank of colonel...
Frederick Jackson Turner, a delegate from the University of Wisconsin; a pioneer in American history, who has set forth in memorable pages the vast influence of Western expansion upon the civilization of our country...
Carey, J. G., 127 Western...