Word: colonel
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There will be a public lecture under the auspices of the Engineering Society this evening in the Fogg Art Museum at 7.45 p. m., by Col. H. G. Prout on "General Gordon and the Soudan." Colonel Prout will speak of Gordon as an engineer more than as a commander and will probably tell of some of his own experiences when under Gordon in Egypt and Central Africa. The lecture is certain to prove very interesting and is open to the public...
...Colonel Winslow has resigned his position of head coach, so a new one will have to be chosen. There are several old players now studying in the Law School and one of these will probably be asked to fill the position. If it is impossible to get any of them the coach will be a professional...
...lectures will begin on March 13, in Sanders Theatre, and will be given every Friday for four weeks. The following will be the order in which the lecturers will speak: Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson '41, President Charles W. Eliot '53, Hon. J. C. Roper '57, Lieutenant-Governor Wolcott...
...other method is by public lectures, several of which are given during the year under the auspices of the club. The lecturers chosen are men who stand high in their callings. Among those who spoke last year were Dr. William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education; Colonel Francis W. Parker, of the Cook County Normal School; Superintendent Dutton of the Brookline schools, and others...
Announcement was made of a lecture to be given on November 15 by Colonel H. G. Proud of the Railway Gazette, New York. His subject will be the story of the development of steel rail and it is also hoped that he may speak on his experiences in the Soudan. Three other lectures besides this are being arranged, but nothing has yet been definitely decided...