Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...birth of John Harvard was held in 1904. In succeeding years, with the exception of 1907, the anniversary was allowed to pass without special notice. On the occasion of the three hundredth anniversary two years ago a notable celebration was held. It is planned to mark the birthday henceforth by a brief address similar to the one to be given today...
...McConnell, D.D., LL.D., president of De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, will select his subject with special reference to the occasion. Last year this service was omitted, but the three hundredth anniversary in 1907 was made the occasion of a great undergraduate celebration. It is expected that henceforth the birthday will be marked by a brief address similar to the one to be given in Appleton Chapel on Monday...
...recall each November the life of the obscure clergy man, who, dying early in life, left here the foundation of such a splendid monument. The decoration each year by the Memorial Society of the statue near Memorial Hall is a graceful act, but a notice of John Harvard's birthday in the services maintained by the University would be an official recognition which the significance of the day in this community seems to demand...
...Lane," Pryor Yale Mandolin Club. 2. "The Night is Still," Willis Clark Harvard Glee Club. 3. "The Stadium," Arranged by Rice Harvard Banjo Club. 4. (a) "Mother of Men," Hooker-Bingham (b) "Oh, Lovely Maid," Goodale Yale Glee Club. 5. "Les Patineurs," Waldteufel Harvard Mandolin Club. 6. "Coon's Birthday," Linske Yale Banjo Club. 7. "The Veery," Goodale (Whistle by Mr. Hewes). Yale Glee Club. PART SECOND. 8. Hungarian Dance, No. 6, Brahms Harvard Mandolin Club. 9. "Under the Double Eagle," Wagner Arranged by Rice Harvard Glee Club. 10. "Johnny Schmoker," Arranged by Raphaelson Harvard Glee Club. 11. "Highwayman...
...keep Harvard numerically in the lead, Mr. Chaplian cites the use of the University's name in connection with President Eliot's edition of the classics, the "Joan of Arc" performance in the Stadium, the honors which were paid to President Eliot by Harvard clubs on his seventieth birthday, and the raising a few years ago of a $3,000,000 endowment fund for increasing the salaries of teachers. Finally Mr. Chapman issues a call for Harvard to return to the paths of academic rectitude; to forego the alleged endeavor at mere physical size and to become again the biggest...