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Show AZTEC liMH ! ;SPEAKERSTOPIC I - j "One of the best educated men 1 in my acquaintance; few men are better acquainted with the great I untamed west than President Au-I Au-I thony W. Ivins." I That was President F. S. Harris' eh a racteriza t ion of the spea ker i n 'College hall on Wednesday. Presi-j Presi-j dent Ivins' theme was the Indians; ! of America. j "At the time of the discovery of America, a great deal of interest was taken in the American Indians," In-dians," said President Ivins. "They were divided into two general classes, the wild or nomadic, and the civilized. The former was found in the north, and the latlcr in the south." President Ivins made special ref-jerence ref-jerence to the Aztecs of Mexico, numbering num-bering at the time of the discovery of America some 30,00,000, but now reduced to about 17,000,00. The civ-' civ-' ilization of these early Mexicans I was in some respects superior to that of the Spanish conquerors. They had an empire, the emperor having absolute power of life nnd death. They were idolators, bowling bow-ling down to images of wood and stone, to which tinman sacrifices were offered. Instances of such sacrifices were related by the speaker. i |