Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...various matters of moment in the policy and opportunities of the university were the subjects of lively discussion. I doubt if the opinions expressed will exert a very grave influence upon the overseers, the academic council or the faculty; but it is at any rate a good thing that alumni should have opinions, should wish to express them, and should have a chance to express them...
...think you will be interested to note the meeting of the Harvard club of Minnesota last evening. It was the first of a series of quarterly meetings, designed, as you will see from the enclosed invitation, to secure a more united feeling among our Harvard alumni and a more constant reminder of affairs of interest at the university...
...which it was decided to postpone the dinner of the club until next autumn. After the business part of the meeting, Professor George A. Wentworth of Exeter, who was the guest of the evening, gave an informal talk, urging especially a co-operation on the part of them-the alumni-with the efforts of the faculty and trustees. Mr. Kittredge and Mr. Sawin were also called upon, and were received enthusiastically...
...price of the launch was $3250, but not all of that amount has been obtained. A petition was sent among some of the alumni by the boat club, asking for aid, and by these means over two thousand dollars were raised, which with the cash already on hand will pay the debt within three or four hundred dollars...
...England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1389, appears an article by the Hon. William A. Richardson, LL. D., containing the names of those Harvard alumni who have received honorary degrees. The list comprises about four hundred and sixty names, and the year of their graduation ranges from 1642 to 1879. The degrees conferred are D. D, LL.D, D. C. L., D. D., Doctor of Music, and Doctor of Literature. Oxford has given degrees to eleven Harvard men, Glasgow, to three, Edinburgh, to ten, Aberdeen, to five, Cambridge, to six, and Trinity, to five, while the remaining graduates received their...