Word: deathe
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...should remember that this is the anniversary of the birth, not the death, of the man who so generously endowed Harvard. Although our knowledge of the man is limited, we cannot but feel that he would prefer the presence of the young men who benefit by his endowment, rather than an atmosphere of sanctity from which heartiness is lacking. The bonfire may offend some, but we see nothing radically objectionable in it, and in the absence of a substitute which could secure equal participation we do not consider it entirely unfitting...
...know the name and occupation of his father, the parentage, name, and marriages of his mother, the place and date of his baptism, something of his education, his marriage, his emigration to America, his short ministry in Charlestown, his bequest to the infant College, and his early death. Of his brothers and sisters we know the names, and the dates of their deaths. From these a few other matters may safely be inferred; his Puritanism, for example, his feeble health, his interest in learning. Still other matters are conjectured by the author, such as that it was William Shakespeare...
...Board, in 1902 declining a re-election. He had been president of the Bar Association of Boston, belonged to the American Bar Association, and in 1899 was chosen president of the board of trustees of the Boston Public Library, which office he held at the time of his death...
...Board, in 1902 declining a re-election. He had been president of the Bar Association of Boston, belonged to the American Bar Association, and in 1899 was chosen president of the board of trustees of the Boston Public Library, which office he held at the time of his death...
There will be a meeting of the Junior Class at 7 o'clock this evening in Lower Massachusetts to take action on the death of James W. C. Bowden...