Word: coffin
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...service, which was conducted by the Reverend Samuel McChord Crothers of the First Unitarian Church of Cambridge, was marked by its brevity and the absence of an elaborate ritual. About 12.30 o'clock the coffin was carried by the nephews of the late Major Higginson as far as the door of the chapel, where their places were taken by the undergraduate pallbearers, R. W. Emmons, 2nd. '20, H. S. Walker '20, F. Workum '20, J. N. Borland '21. W. Davis '21, and C. C. Buell...
...funeral will be held today at Appleton Chapel at 12 o'clock. The coffin will be carried by undergraduates from Appleton Chapel to the hearse in front of University Hall through a double line of students, who will assemble to pay their last tribute to Major Higginson. This evening a memorial meeting will be held at the Union, at which President Lowell and others will speak...
...have been secured as speakers at the Northfield Conference from June 20 to June 30. Among those whol will lead the discussions are Dr. John R. Mott, General Secretary of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A., Dr. Robert E. Spear, David Yui, of China, Henry Sloan Coffin, Charles W. Gilkey '03, Dean Charles R. Brown '77, Captain John MacNeill, and J. Stitt Wilson...
...number of prominent speakers have been announced for the annual Student Conference at Northfield which will take place June 20-30 this spring. In addition to those previously announced, the list, includes Dean Brown of Yale, the Reverend Henry Sloane Coffin, minister of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, Charles W. Gilkey '03, pastor of Baptist Church, Chicago, Dr. Zwemer from Arabia, authority on Mohammedanism at the University of Cairo, David Yui of China, and J. Stitt Wilson, a well-known labor leader and lecturer from California. These men will address the Conference in the mornings and evenings...
...Reverend Henry Sloane Coffin, D.D., minister of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York will conduct morning prayers in Appleton Chapel today at 8.45 o'clock. The service will close promptly at 9 o'clock in order to allow students to reach their classes at that hour...