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"Russia and the revolution" is the subject of a series of six lectures arranged to be given under the auspices of the Student Liberal Club beginning April 1. They will be held in the Living Room of the Union at 8 o'clock.
Professor Samuel Morrison, Professor R. B. Perry A.M. '97, Captain Robert Goetz commandant of the University R. O. T. C. Professor F. W. Taussig '79, and Professor r. H Lord '06 are among the faculty members who will act as chairmen at the meetings. The lectures have been made possible by friends of the University who are anxious to present as much information about Russia as possible.
They will be open to members of the Union and to members of the Student Liberal Club.
Baron S. A. Korff, assistant governor-general of Finland under the Provisional Governments of Prince Luoff and Kerensky will deliver the lecture on April 1 speaking on "The History of the Russian Revolution."
On April 9, Gregor Hankin, now a graduate student of philosophy and jurisprudence at the university, will speak on "The Philosophical Principles of Bolshevism." Hankin served during the war with the Kerensky government.
"The Russian Co-operative Movement" will be the subject of the third lecture to be given on April 13 by Alexander J. Zelenko, now manager of the Russian Co-operative Societies Branch in the United States and formerly lecturer at Moscow City University and Chief of the Department of Education of the Russian Co-operative Societies.
Professor J. A. Hourwich, now statistician of the soviet Embassy, Washington will speak on April 28 on "The Economic Situation in Russia." Professor Hourwich has been in the service of the United States government holding position with Bureau of the Mint, the Bureau of the Census and the New York Public Service Commission. He is the author of various books on Russia and "Immigration and Labor."
"Russia and the Allies" will be the subject of the fifth lecture to be given on May 5 by Walter C. Pettit, assistant director of the New York School of Social work. MR. Pettit served during the war as a staff officer in the United States Army and later went to Russia on the Bullet Mission.
The last lecture will be given on May 11 by Lientenant Colonel B. Rustam-Beck a Russian officer attached to the Soviet Embassy in Washington and formerly military expert of the London Daily express. Colonel Beck will speak on "Why Allied Intervention Failed in Russia." During the war he served with the British Volunteer Forces in France
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