Word: baird
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. S. C. Langley, who received his early training at the Harvard Observatory, has been elected to succeed the late Prof. Baird as secretary of the Smithsonian Institute...
...Alumni of the University of the city of New York was given at Delmonico's last Thursday evening. Addresses were made by the chairman, Judge Van Brunt; William Allen Butler, the Rev. Dr. Roderick Terry, the Rev. Dr. John Hall, Chancellor of the University; Prof. Henry M. Baird, Dr. Charles Inslee Pardee A. J. Vanderpool, John E. Parsons, the Rev. Howard Crosby, Prof. R. Ogden Loremus, and Chauncey Depew...
...Baird in Cyclist and Athlete says of the Manhattan A. A. games: "The most remarkable event was the running of Wells of Harvard, in the quarter. He ran the first 300 yards very slowly and finished the race in a long continued spurt which would take Myers to equal, and which would have won him the race but for an unfortunate tumble of the leaders at the finish...
...Albany Hotel, by the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club. About 8 p.m. the Harvard graduates at present in the city, were called together in the main parlor, and a permanent organization effected. Joseph N. Baxter, '75, was chosen president, and the Rev. Thomas Van Ness vice-president, and Chambers Baird, '82, secretary. After the constitution of the club had been adopted the members, with their guests, repaired to the elegant dining room, which was fitted up with neat floral designs, and the crimson color of the college...
...Baird in the Spirit of the Times declares that a man can never become an athlete without brains...