Word: edwards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...minutes later Governor Robinson, escorted by a company of lancirs, was welcomed by the college authorities at the west gate. The line of march was soon taken up for Sanders Theatre where the usual Commencement exercises were held. William Wallace Fenn delivered the oration, Thaddeus William Harris and Edward Andress Hibbard; dissertations, while Robert Herbert Tirrell, Samuel Atkins Eliot and James Lee Mitchell delivered disquisitions. The degrees were then conferred upon the graduates in the various departments of the university and finally the exercises closed with the conferring of honorary degrees upon the following distinguished gentlemen...
...Herbert Burr Howard; to insert in the quinquennial catalogue the name of Reuben Whittier Lording, Jacob Causler Patten, proctor; to reappoint Henry Preble, A. B. tutor in Greek and Latin for three years from Sept. 1, 1884; electing Harry Barker Hill, A. M. professor of chemsitry; to appoint Edward L. Godkin lectured on free trade for the year 1884-5; to reappoint Robert E. Thompson lecturer on protective tariff for the year 1884-5; Messrs. Green, Lincoln and Adams were appointed the nominating committee for the present year. Hon E. E. Hoar was chosen president for the ensuing year...
...that it was a usurpation. The right of electing a provost was undoubtedly vested in the fellows by the statutes; in practice, however, they usually elected a Crown nominee. When Dr. Goodford was elected in 1862, in succession to Dr. Hawtrey, the first favorite for the post was Rey. Edward Coleridge, a fellow, who was so confident of his success that he boasted on the morining of the election that he had his appointment in his pocket in the shape of a pressing letter from the Duke of Newcastle, representing the Government of the day. Two hours later came Osborne...
...Hoar, president, in the chair. It was voted to concur with the president and fellows in reappointing for five years from Sept. 1st, 1884, Dudley Allen Sargent, M. D., assistant professor of physical training and director of the Hemenway gymnasium; in appointing for five years from September 1st, 1884, Edward Newton Whittier, M. D., assistant professor of clinical medicines; Frank Winthrop Draper, M. D., assistant professor of legal medicine; in appointing as clinical instructors in the dental schools for 1884-1885, Horatio Cook Merriam, D. M. D., Eben Francis Whitman, D. M. D., Allston Gray Bouve, D. M. D., Frank...
...American Girl in Cairo during the War of 1882." The illustrated papers are "A French-American Seaport," which is an account of the Island of St. Pierre off Newfoundland; "Sailors' Snug Harbor," by Franklin H. North; "American Wild Animals in Art," by Julian Hawthorne; and a scholarly paper by Edward Eggleston on "Commerce in the Colonies." In fiction, Henry James' new story, "Lady Barberina," in this number, concerns itself with the complications of marriage settlements; Mr. Cable's "Dr. Sevier" is continued; and Robert Grant's story of "An Average Man" is concluded. The short story of the number...