Word: dix
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Among the public bequests in the will of Dorothea L. Dix is the following: I give to the president and fellows of Harvard college the flags and the accompanying parchments which were given to me by the United States government, to be carefully preserved in memory of the patriotic and heroic sons of Harvard who devoted themselves to maintain the integrity of the Union and lost their lives during the war of the rebellion...
...following committees have the matter of the centennial celebration at Columbia College in charge and are now formulating plans to make the celebration an exceedingly interesting occasion: Committee of trustees, President F. A. P. Barnard, Hamilton Fish, the Rev. Morgan Dix, S. T. D., Joseph W. Harper, Jr., Seth Dow and Prof. J. Howard Van Amringe, secretary. Associated with this committee are Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, from the Alumni Association of the School of Arts; Mr. F. A. Schermerhorn, from the Alumni Association of the School of Mines; Dr. E. R. A. Seligman, representing the alumni of the School...
...Board of Trustees of Columbia College on Monday afternoon, it was decided that April 13th, 1887, should be set apart as a day for observing the centennial of the college by proper ceremonies. A committee of five, consisting of President Barnard, Hon. Hamilton Fish, Rev. Dr Morgan Dix. Joseph W. Harper, Jr., and Seth Low, was appointed to make all arrangements necessary for the commemoration, to determine on the order of religious and literary exercises, to issue invitations to sister institutions to send delegates for the occasion, and to invite the friends of the college to be present. Orations, processions...
...Dainty cigarette holders, says our informant, abounded. Two of the holders were meerschaum, and of a light brown color that showed they had seen use. The girls, furthermore, wore society pins, and had the peculiar appearance that characterizes college boys, all except, of course, the Br-.Shades of Dr. Dix defend us! Certainly this is going too far. The sanctity of our most exclusively masculine institutions is threatened. Our vested rights are invaded. Cannot somebody say the Athletic Committee-take up this matter in behalf of downtrodden male students...
...that it cannot be harmed by receiving more, instead of to Yale, which is to be preserved by being kept poor. The question of the co-education of the sexes is attracting a good deal of attention just now. Old Columbia has been shaken to her foundations, and Dr. Dix has been almost driven from the island for opposing the higher education of women. I want to place it on record now and here that the Yale Alumni have no objection to the co-education of the sexes, and if there are any women who wish to join...