GREEN ACRE157
THE RELATIONS of the EAST and
the WEST
by
Prof. William R. Shepherd
Ph.D., L. H. D.
Columbia University
Seth Low Professor of History, Columbia.
Honorary Professor, University of Chile.
American delegate, Pan-American Scientific Congresses.
Contributing Editor, Journal of International Relations.
Author of a classic Historic Atlas, books on Latin America, a history of New Amsterdam, and various papers on the expansion of Europe.
August
29.— The Meeting of East and West.
30.— Western Ways in Eastern Lands.
31.— Western Thoughts in Eastern Minds.
September
1.— Eastern Ways in Western Lands.
2.— Eastern Thoughts in Western Minds.
3.— Two Strong Men Stand Face to Face.
Program of Lectures-1928
THE WORLD TODAY in TERMS of
WORLD UNITY
by
Herbert Adams Gibbons, Ph.D.
Historian
July
30.— The Problems of the British Empire.
31.— France and Germany in the New Europe.
August
1.— The Attitude of Italy and Russia Towards International Co-operation.
2.— Africa and Asia Repudiate the “White Man’s Burden.”
3.— A New Era in Pan-American Relations.
RACIAL RELATIONSHIP and
INTERNATIONAL HARMONY
by
Frank H. Hankins, Ph.D.
Smith College
August
6.— Races and Nations: Their Meaning and Relations.
7.— Race Pride and Prejudice: Their Basis, Social Role and Modification.
8.— The Question of Racial Equality.
9.— The International Significance of Different Rates of Increase of Races and Nationalities.
10.— Stages and Processes in the Evolution of Social Organization and Integration.
SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY and
RELIGION
by
E. A. Burtt, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
August
13.— The Human Significance of the Notion of Universal Law.
14.— The Empirical Method of Science.
15.— The Hypothetical Character of Scientific Explanation.
16.— Implications of the Scientific Attitude for Philosophy.
17.— Implications of the Scientific Attitude for Religion.
THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION
by
Nathaniel Schmidt, Ph.D.
Cornell University
August
20.— Early Forms of Religion.
21.— The Rise and Fall of the Gods.
22.— The Function of the Prophet.
23.— Mutations and Survivals in Religion.
24.— The Present Outlook for Religion.