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...School Library has recently received as a gift from L. Hand '98, about 1400 volumes, many of which were in the libraries of Judge Cowan, Nicholas Hill, and Judge Hand, father of the donor...
Following Professor Norton, Dr. Cyrus Adler of Washington, spoke of the Museum as the first in the world to be devoted exclusively to Semitic study. Professor G. F. Moore read brief extracts of letters from Professor Toy and others, and was followed by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, the donor of the building, who as chairman of the visiting committee of the Semitic Department, formally transferred the building to the University. In conclusion, President Eliot, on behalf of the Corporation, accepted the gift, which he called the storehouse of a great historical past and said should be an inspiration...
President Eliot as the representative of the Corporation will formally receive the new building. Mr. J. H. Schiff, donor of the building, will speak for the visiting committee of the Semitic Department, of which he is chairman; Professor D. G. Lyon, the curator, will describe the history and growth of the Museum, and Professor C. E. Norton will speak for the Board of Overseers. An address will also be made by Dr. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, and curator of the Semitic section of the National Museum. The exercises will be followed by an inspection...
...dedication of the Semitic Museum, which will take place on Thursday, February 5, addresses will be made by President Eliot, Mr. J. H. Schiff, the donor of the Museum building, and Professor D. S. Lyon, curator of the Museum. It is probable that Professor C. E. Norton and Dr. Cyrus Adler of Washington, will also speak. The Museum will be opened to the public for the first time on Friday, February 6, and will be open every day thereafter, Sundays and holidays excepted, from...
...Filippo Lippi, and a panel of the Madonna and Child, bearing the signature of John Bellini, both of which are good examples of the schools to which they respectively belong, and both are in excellent condition. A Grecian marble statue of Narcissus, the gift of the same donor, is a worthy companion to the beautiful Meleager and Aprodite before acquired. The figure, like most others of Greek antiquity that have lately been brought to light, is badly injured by the loss of important parts. The nose, both legs below the knees, the right arm below the shoulder, and the left...