Two University professor, W. S. Ferguson, Professor of ancient history, and Arthur E. Kennelly, A.M., S.D., professor of electrical engineering, are to give series of Lowell Institute lectures beginning next Monday. Professor Ferguson's talks will be on "Greece--the Forerunner of Europe," and are divided into the following groups: 1. The Great Analogy. 2. Greek and Modern Nationalism. 3. The Difficult and Dubious Domain of Economics. 4. Democracy and the Social Question. 5. The Eastern Question. 6. Small Nations and Large States. 7. Autocracy versus Federalism in the Balkans. 8. The Roman Hegemony. Liberty in its Relation to Culture.
Professor Kennelly's talks will be on the following subjects: 1. War-Construction Engineering. 2. Ship and Marine Engineering. Submarines and Their Detection. Camouflage at Sea. 3. Military Roads and Road Vehicles, Automobiles, Locomotives, Tanks, etc. 4. Aeronautic Engineering. Zeppelins, Dirigibles, Captive Baloons, Airplanes, Aerial Camouflage. 5. Airplane Engineering. Aerial Photography. 6. Radio Engineering. Signals and Communication. 7. Ordnance and Engineering. Guns and Gun Detection. Reglage. Searchlights and Illuminating Engineering. 8. Sanitary and Medical Engineering. Water, Ice, Gas, and Gas Defense. Protection against Disease.
These lectures are free, and open to the public, but admission is only by ticket. Tickets may be obtained on application by mail to the Curator, 491 Boylston Street, enclosing one stamped, addressed envelope for each ticket desired. Professor Ferguson's lectures begin Monday, and come Mondays and Thursdays at 5 o'clock in the afternoon for the next four weeks. Professor Kennelly's lectures commence on Tuesday and are given on Tuesdays and Friday at 8 o'clock in the evening. All the lectures will be held in Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston Street, Boston.
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