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THE LENTEN COURSE. 



The subject of this course is The Growth of Nations, as ilhistrated by the geo- 

 graphic and social development of leading European nations. This course of six 

 lectures has been projected with the view of bringing out the elements of national 

 power, and emphasizing the importance of individual character and of natural con- 

 ditions in shaping national growth. The course will be complementarj' to that of last 

 season on " The Growth of the United States." The lectures will be delivered in 



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4.20 to 5.30 p. m., on Tuesday afternoons, during March and April. 



March 6. — The Netherlands Profes.sor J. Howard Gore, 



Columbian University. 

 (With a General Introduction by the President.) 



March 13. — France Profe.ssor Jean C. Bracq, 



Vassar College. 



March 21.* — Austria-Hungary Professor Wii^TjAM Z. Ripley, 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



March 27, — Germany . . . . . . . Professor John L. Ewei^L, 



Howard University, 



April 3. — England Dr. Edwin D. Mead, 



p;ditor of the New England Magazine. 



April ID. — Russia Professor Edwin A. Grosvenor, 



Amherst College. 



* Prof. Ripley's lecture on Austria-Hungary will be delivered on Wednesday, March 21, at the usual 

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ESPECIALLY VALUABLE IN 1900. 



"THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR POPULATION," 



By HENRY GANNETT, Geographer of the U. S. Geological Survey, 



IN THE 

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, Vol. V, No. 2. 



In this artichi Mr. (iaiiiictt shows the numerical increase (jf tlie popuhitioii <ir the 

 United States, its}]:eo^M'a|)hi(! distriljntion ovcrtlie conntrj', and its composition asn'j.'ar(Ls 

 sex, race, and nativity, not only at present but in past times. Nineteen chart.'^ illustrate 

 the text, showinj; the proportion of (iernians, French, British, Canailians, etc., (o our 

 total population, the centers of population during' each decade since IT'.M', the pn>|)Ortions 

 of urban and rural population since IT'.K), ami other informatiun \aluable in tiiis year of 

 the twelfth census of the United States. 



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