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...following men have been selected for the Board of Preachers this year: Lyman Abbot, D.D., Editor of the Outlook; Professor George F. Moore, D.D., President of the Andover Theological Seminary; Rev. Endicott Peabody, Rector of Groton School; Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham, of Arlington Street Church, Boston, and Professor Francis Brown, D.D., of Union Theological Seminary, New York. With the exception of Professor Brown, all the members of this year's board served also last year. Dr. Brown is a Presbyterian minister of considerable note...
Doctor of Divinity -- Alexander McKenzie '59, Pastor of the Shepherd Memorial Church and Secretary of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University; David Gordon Lyon, Professor of Divinity and Curator of the Semitic Museum...
...late President McKinley, was observed in the College by the stopping of all work and the postponement of the admission examinations set for that day. University Hall was draped in mourning, and a memorial service was held in Appleton Chapel under the Rev. Dr. Crothers of the First Unitarian Church. No further official action could be taken, as the University was not in session...
...early presidents of Harvard College are buried in the graveyard of the First Parish Church. The inscription on their tombs are rapidly becoming illegible, and the Memorial Society has decided to place bronze tablets on the graves, practically repeating the old inscriptions. One will be placed this year on the tomb of Urian Oakes, the fourth President, as this inscription is at present in the worst repair. Urian Oakes was Acting-President from 1675 to 1679, and President from 1679 until his death...
...small library, largely from the gift of J. M. Cudahy '02, has been begun in the room of the Catholic Club, in Phillips Brooks House. The library comprises books relating to Catholic dogma, church history, biography and other subjects connected with the Catholic Church, including a complete set of volumes of the Catholic Truth Society. It contains only about two hundred volumes at present, but with the money already received, it is hoped that a serviceable reference library may be formed. The library is open to all who are interested...