russia and emigrates from brazil and i don't know how to correct they were with some attempts and i don't think then they bush like that but there is an understanding that there is is a problem if says the sheer numbers of genius population on the border there. and again economic challenges that is all i can say about the far east.

>> thanks to the government the ukraine has a large hard-currency debt and in a position where it can be strangled by russia with the price of gas declining to allow exports. what do you think are the prospects of ukraine developing a become a? he economy? >> it was bankrupt with the previous government so the estimates are different but billions of dollars were taken out with that to the government alone. so the one paying that is

clear to overcome the crisis is to take $15 billion loan from russia and the current government relies on support and financial support from the european union and the united states. that is where the hope lies they can turn around the economy. i like that money much more than russian money but because western money comes with strings attached and you lose control then institutions now have much more expertise how to handle this money to see what the results are. but that is basically a

shock with what territories to mobilize support for economic reform and is part of the community. is this does not work then ukraine one year from now will be in a different situation than it is today's >> thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

>> with the university archivist at the university of situlas. >> we're one of the biggest academic research facilities to 14,000 students seven schools including arts and sciences, architecture, busi ness engineering, law, medicine social workers and public health. the main library on campus also nine other libraries and to other campuses they are a great resource for faculty and students bitterly over millions of books access on a daily

basis. washington university has the largest collection of books on by thomas jefferson. the archives house over 300 unique collection is to document the history of the university and the collections include faculty papers and photographs of campus and also save louis material with politics and social welfare and architecture. the co-founder of the university and we have material we would like to show you today. to start we had in the collection photographs of his house and office located on washington avenue where he lived at the end of his life. born 88 and 11 in massachusetts and came to

st. louis in 1834 as the first unitarian minister and his grandson was t.s. eliot but his interaction was injured trying to and the impact carries through today natalie a unitarian minister but served as chancellor and also was on the board of trustees and helped to found the western sedimentary commission during the civil war and worked for abolition of slavery had and the higher education and public schools and involved in working for women's rights and to an advocate and working for prison reform. this is one of the 10 diaries that we have that presents a day end of life of eliot. my present course of life

must me any special work at home or abroad need to be done before 9:00. nine through 10:00 a.m. university metaphysics. 1030. mission house that is under my care again. than 30:00 a.m. sanitary commission office and hospital work. 2:00 p.m. care and hospital work. 7:00 p.m. reid in metaphysics to tom, his son. 8:00 p.m. letters and other rating. and also a preparation for the sermon on sunday. the other aspect to talk about is something directly related to the university from the inauguration of the university from 18 fifteens at - - 1857 although founded 1853 the inauguration happened in 57 and some of this is the program that includes

introductory remarks by eliot who is the president and at the board at that time. fellow citizens with the degree of pleasure that i cannot express with his blessings i welcome you here to take part in the inaugural event of washington university of the few steps of fisher progress justify for the of future that is just the beginning of his introductory remarks another item is a draft of his commencement speech which was the first graduating class so it is a hand written in draft of the eliot commencement and in it

he talks about truth and hinted reasoning to explore the work of various scientist over time he doesn't mention the war at all but the fight for the you again but they've been left out of the commencement address. there are various edits a and on the back page it lists the class members that graduated that year and eliot had one of his sons in there. we will move on intellect and his work with women and education not only higher education but in general to give a series of lectures about live in in his church services and later published

this book called lectures to young women he gave them in 1852 through 53 then published in 54. looking at the table of contexts -- contents to get home to the and education on our plate to look at the chapter on education. and read it just a few lines. we have the relations of which women is placed a society becomes more refined and the question is more important how shall her education be conducted to make it good? he goes on to explore that. later they republished the buck and added a few changes to the beginning it is now

called home life but they could preprinting it later. moving on looking at eliot did the civil war with the correspondents one of the letters he wrote was to his son tom and writing about general matters there was a big meaty last night perhaps so they will come of it nothing will straighten us here and it is signed father. the havilah of correspondence this is just one example that relates to the civil war of so he gave sermons and we have a copy here called the higher law

of dr. and a discourse of st. louis missouri 18615 referenda eliot and talks about how he feels the union is right and we should preserve that at all cost. because of the civil war he sought conditions of soldiers and the health care they received he helped to found to the sanitary commission as one of his diaries that talks about a draft of a letter to the department of the west and it spells out the letter that he wrote asking them to start this individual unit in the west so they could of war resources to be better if all of with better care when they were wounded. this goes on for several pages. then also a printed copy of

that item that made this happen and eliot was involved with the sanitary commission also it was related to slavery early on and he thought the slaves should be free so we have the bond of indemnity here to purchase the slave for $600 than april 15 signed by eliot and to whom it may concern under the above transfer it shall become my property but i do declare her free from all bondage and upon my death he fact her freedom and give damages to whoever it may concern b'rith my estate.

that is just one example and back to his diary from date 1960 having spent a great part of the day were a fallon had kept her paid him $950 to send her home to her father and mother who will gradually pay for her what a blessing slavery is. eliot also had a slave that worked for him he did not know he was bound to another's they voter id was named alexander then he had to go back to his master was it was set free and he bowed to book about the of life.

published in 1885. and on this page we will see a statue from president lincoln if you notice the slave state the artist used his pictures now he heads gone to see the artist of the monument there is another slave and face the convinced them to put that on the statue this was the picture also the university has the statue that has the other slave in it as the original. >> this is a great collection by multiple disciplines of

african-american history and politics and gender studies it is a nice bridge for those two areas with st. louis history. . . >> host: senator santorum thinks for joining us. some of the fetus -- the thesis of this book.