Word: ago
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last speaker was Mr. Samuel J. Elder, of Winchester, a prominent Boston lawyer and Yale graduate. He said that it was gratifying to see that Harvard was supporting a Yale graduate, Taft, as strongly and sincerely as Yale, a few years ago, had supported Roosevelt, a Harvard man. He said that both Hughes and Taft stand for civic honesty and the purity of the country, but that Taft, because of his superior equipment and indomitable courage, was the better man. In closing, he said that Taft should be elected for he has always stood by the President and his principles...
...Stuck was graduated from King's College, London, in 1883, and from the University of the South at Suwannee, Fla., in 1892. From 1894 to 1903 he was Dean of the Episcopal Cathedral at Dallas, Texas. Four years ago he was appointed to the archdeaconship of Alaska. His work there extends over the territory of the valley of the Yukon river and its tributaries, where he is constantly founding and visiting missions...
...Tres Ramillets," a modern Spanish comedy by Breton de los Herreros, was the first play given by the Spanish club two years ago. The plot, laid in Madrid, is based on the amusing complications which follow Don Narciso's boast of his popularity with the ladies. To prove this, Narciso arranges with Juana, a flower girl, to bring three bouquets, from Rosa, Violante, and Jacinta, respectively. Ramon, suspecting that all is net right, after the three bouquets have appeared, sends notes by Juana, while Narciso is out of the room, urging three of his friends in the neighborhood to come...
...Bavaria, but came to this country early in life. His first important diplomatic office after his graduation from Columbia was his appointment in 1887 by President Cleveland as United States Minister to Turkey. He was elected a member of the permanent court of arbitration at the Hague six years ago, and entered his present position last year...
...also voted to send five delegates to the convention of the Intercollegiate Civic League to be held in New York on April 1. These delegates will be appointed this week by the president of the club. The League, formed a few years ago, consists of the civic and political clubs of about thirty of the leading, colleges and universities of the country, and its object is to form a bond between men in the various colleges who are interested in raising the standard of public and political life and further interest other men in the work. Delegates are expected from...