Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...home to the church, the body will be escorted by a company from the Thomas Wentworth Higginson Post, Sons of Veterans, and by a delegation from the Grand Army. The casket will be draped with Colonel Higginson's old army flag, which was carried by his regiment in the Civil War, and will be borne by six colored soldiers of the Shaw Guard, 6th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia...
...Peabody to supply a needed phase of social service work in Cambridge. Its purpose is two-fold. First, as an educational institution it forms and conducts afternoon and evening classes in all grammar and secondary school subjects, and includes advanced practical courses fitting directly either for business or the civil service examinations. Secondly, as a club for men it offers its members, in a central location, 744 Massachusetts avenue, "a measure of the comfort that goes with a cozy living room, easy chairs, and good company...
...increased to 440. This enrollment includes over 100 occupations, and now comes from over twenty surrounding towns. To meet its educational demands, last year over fifty classes were conducted,--meeting generally one hour a week,--and were grouped under such suitable headings as elementary, academic, scientific, college preparatory, and civil service. In all of these groups, excepting only the last named, instruction was given wholly by volunteer students of the University...
...First Volunteer Citizens' Association of Cambridge will hold a meeting and banquet in Memorial Hall on Monday, April 17, at 7 o'clock. This meeting will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the troops' departure from Cambridge for the Civil War. As Cambridge has no adequate hall for such an assemblage, the privilege of using Memorial Hall has been granted. President Lowell has been asked to speak...
...positions as public servants and that they are scattered over a large part of the world. According to the "Harvard University Directory," 815 Harvard men are employed by the government; we have mentioned only about 100 men; the rest are employed in other branches of work, as follows: government civil service 412, judiciary 159, military 138, legislative (not including members of Congress...