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...will of William Bayard Cutting, Jr., '00, who died at Assouan, Egypt, March 10, 1910, the University has received a bequest...
William Bayard Cutting, Jr., '00 died on March 10 at Assouan, Egypt of pneumonia. While in College he was distinguished in scholarship receiving a detur, in his Sophomore year, and three John Harvard Scholarships; he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He played on his class baseball team for three years, and was captain of the University golf team...
Professor G. A. Reisner '89 has been chosen to an important post in Egypt. This is the charge of the excavations that are now being carried on above the new Assouan dam. A large tract of country is soon to be inundated by a raise in the level of the dam, and it is the intention of the Egyptian government to have this territory thoroughly explored for archacological remains before it is covered with water. With several trained assistants and a large force of workmen Professor Reisner entered on his work in September last, and in the first month...
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