Word: colonel
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Memorial Society starts out well in obtaining four speakers so well fitted to speak about Harvard in the four decades chosen, as Colonel Higginson, President Eliot, Mr. Ropes, and Mr. Storey. The period is one of natural interest and there are few of us who are so familiar with it as we ought...
Friday, March 20. Colonel T. W. Higginson. Harvard College in the Forties...
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Last evening, in the lecture room of the Fogg Art Museum under the auspices of the Engineering Society, Colonel H. G. Prout addressed a large audience on "General Gordon and the Soudan." The lecture was particularly interesting for the reason that Colonel Prout had himself served under Gordon in Egypt and Central Africa. Colonel Prout had intended to speak of Gordon's work as an engineer; but as such a talk would have been chiefly technical, he changed his mind and spoke of Gordon's character and his achievements in the Soudan. The following is a short summary of Colonel...
...loyal to Ishmael Pasha. The latter was hard pressed for money and called upon Gordon, who came to Cairo. A committee on payment of the debt, which was enormous, was appointed. It was composed of Gordon, DeLesseps, and one other man. It was at this time that Colonel Porut left Gordon's service...