Word: authority
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Lord Dunsany's "Fame and the Poet," written this year, has not yet been staged, and the author, on his recent visit to Boston, gave the Dramatic Club the right to give it its initial performance...
...Thayer has recently come into prominence throughout the country by the publication of his book, "Theodore Roosevelt," last month. Leading biographical critics consider this work as the best life of Col. Roosevelt ever written. The author has been associated with the University for many years. In 1906 he was sent as a delegate from Harvard and the American History Association to the International History Congress at Milan, and from 1913 to 1919 he served as Overseer. The degree of Doctor of Letters was conferred upon him in 1913. Among his many works, the one perhaps most closely connected with...
...Thayer's book, "Theodore Roosevelt," which is characterized by leading critics as probably the best ever written about the former President, is the latest of his many works. The author has always been closely connected with the University, taking part in many graduate activities and serving as Overseer from 1913 to 1919. In 1906 he was sent as a delegate from Harvard and the American History Association to the International History Congress at Milan. Shortly afterwards he was made a Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy. In 1898 he published "The History and Customs of Harvard University...
...Crothers is pastor of the first Parish Church of Cambridge, and is the author of many book and essays, some of the best-known of which are 'The Gentle Reader." Humanly Speaking," and "Oliver Wendell Holmes." Mr. Kellett was active in Glee Club work while an undergraduate, and during the war was song leader at Camp Zachary Taylor...
...Third Course will be six lectures on Industrial Hygiene, by Dr. Thomas Morrison Legge, D. P. rf., of London, England. Dr. Legge is author of "Public Health in European Capitals," etc. 1. Manufacture under Medieval Craft Guilds. 2. Industrial Fatigue. 3. Modern Industry as a subject for Art. 4. Fumes and Gases and the Edward Medal. 5. Anthrax. 6. Industrial Polsons and Their Prevention...