Word: civilizations
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Charles Francis Adams '56.--Has long been a well-known figure in Boston public life. During the Civil War he served in the Union army, attaining the rank of brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers. Since that time he has taken a keen interest in many different affairs, and has been the author of a number of articles on a wide range of subjects. Mr. Adams has been a member of the University Board of Overseers since 1882; he was given the degree of LL.D...
Professor George Herbert Palmer '64, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, will deliver what he expects to be his last lecture as an instructor in the University when he lectures at the last meeting of Philosophy. A this afternoon in New Lecture Hall at 1.30 o'clock. After 43 years of continuous service, Professor Palmer expects to retire in June when he has completed the course of lectures which he is to give as Harvard Exchange Professor to western colleges during the second half-year. The subject of the lecture will be the same...
During the Civil War interest in the sport declined, but in 1864 the races with Yale were resumed. In 1870 Harvard had scored seven victories out of nine contests. A four-oared race was held against Oxford on the Themes in 1869, in which the University acquitted itself very creditably, losing by only six seconds...
Professor George F. Swain of the Engineering Department was elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers at its annual meeting held in New York yesterday. Professor Swain is the 43rd president of the organization, which is one of the oldest in the country, and which has a membership of about...
Charles Carroll Soule '62, president of the Boston Book Company, and one of the most prominent publishers of Boston, died at his home this morning. Mr. Soule was a student at the Boston Latin School and later entered Harvard, graduating with the class of '62. During the Civil War he was a captain in the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. Mr. Soule was the author of many books mainly on library subjects...