Word: brief
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Monthly for December prints three contributions of particular timeliness: a brief account by Mr. Tillinghast of the Harvardiana now on exhibition in the College Library, a cordial editorial congratulation of Professor C.E. Norton upon his eightieth birthday, and an ode, "The Founder," by R. E. Rogers. Mr. Rogers sees in the eyes of John Harvard, as they look out upon the Delta, a vision of the College which bears his name, and interprets for us the thoughts of the Founder with respect both to the past and to the future. He well brings out the Puritan loyalty to England...
...BRIEF SERVICE IN OBSERVANCE OF THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN HARVARD. Professor E. C. Moore will conduct the Service. Address by the Rev. Professor Francis G. Peabody, D.D., on "John Harvard's Religion," and by the Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., on "The Church in the College." Appleton Chapel...
...Flight to Varennes" and will be illustrated by about 80 stereopticon slides, including views of the principal buildings of Paris and political caricatures. The lecture will deal with the different events leading up to the flight, with special reference to Mirabeau and the clergy, the flight itself in brief, the capture of the king and queen, and their return to Paris...
...tonight in Peabody Hall,--Phillips Brooks House, at 8 o'clock. The lecture is under the auspices of the Christian Science Society of Harvard, and all members of the University are invited to attend. Mr. Young will cover the salient points of Christian Science teachings, and will give a brief history of the work done by Mrs. Eddy...
...Whiting understood his audience and made only the brief remarks needed to give an appreciation of what was to be sung. Mrs. Goold's singing was admirable. It was for the singer a trying program, chosen to represent many types of song, and including in its range four centuries and as many nationalities; yet such was Mrs. Goold's versatility of art that one could hardly say where she was at her best. She brought out the special traits of each song, yet never exaggerated; she sang with spirit and taste, and always with charm...