Word: brothers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will of the late Henry J. Morgan of New York bequeaths to the president and fellows of Harvard College one share of the valuable residuary estate, after giving his brother some real estate and $100,000, to be applied to the use of the college, the testator's preference, as expressed, being to aid poor young men in securing an education in any of the departments of the institution. Equal shares are also given to Yale, Amherst and Williams colleges to be applied in the same...
...education seems to be making a general advance all along the line. The following note from John G. Whittier has been written to a brother trustee of Brown University: "I hope the time is not far distant when Brown University will be open to women. The traditions of the noble old institution are all in favor of broad liberality and equality of rights and privileges. The state of my health and the increasing weight of years may prevent me from taking an active part in the matter, but it would be a great satisfaction to give my voice in behalf...
Prince Frederick Charles Alexander, brother of the Emperor of Germany, died yesterday, aged 82 years...
...attention was paid to athletic sports as compared with the proper studies of the course, and that a reform in this particular was earnestly to be desired. He, therefore, urgently requested that less attention be paid to outdoor sports and more to books. Dr. McCosh, like his learned brother the Rev. Howard Crosby does not believe in developing the muscles as well as the brain. Dr. McCosh is an intelligent man, but on the subject of physical culture he is as far from the golden mean as the man who advocates the other extreme. Excessive athletic exercise is as injurious...
...Perin, '82, of Cincinnati, whose death was announced a few days since, died Dec. 4 at Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he had gone with his mother and brother for the benefit of his failing health. Death resulted from hemorrhage and quick consumption...