Word: booked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...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...
...most interesting gift in the form of a scrap-book has recently been received by Widener Library from Charles C. Read '64. In this volume he kept a record of his undergraduate days by clippings from the Boston Evening Transcript, programs, official notices, invitations and other mementos. Many crew regatta programs are pasted throughout the scrap-book. One is of particular interest as it tells of the race in which crimson was first taken as the Harvard color. In another place a long clipping from the Transcript tells of the visit to this country of "Albert of Belgium," now King...
Perhaps one of the most curious accounts in the book is a long article on the "Burial of Mr. Football" in the year 1861, when the annual Sophomore-Freshman rush was forbidden by the Faculty. An excerpt from the account is printed: "Dearly Beloved: We have met together upon this mournful occasion to perform the sad office over one whose long and honored life was put to an end in a sudden and violent manner. Last year at this very time, this very place, our poor friend's round, jovial appearance (slightly swollen, perhaps), and the elasticity of his movements...
...director of the Cruft Laboratory, is now at work on a series of experiments in wireless telegraphy, in which he hopes to solve a number of the problems that have hitherto greatly hindered advancement in this field. In conjunction with these experiments, Professor Pierce is engaged in writing a book which will deal with the latest discoveries in electric oscillations and waves. According to his present plan, the book will be published within the next two or three months...
...Directory will be put on sale at both of the Co-operative stores and at Amee Brothers' Book Store. The price will be twenty-five cents...