Word: elihu
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Elihu Thomson, prolific in research and invention; a magician who by the witcheraft of science has subdued electricity to the service...
Yale Crew Quarters, Gales Ferry, Conn., June 9, 1909.--The Yale university and freshman crew squads arrived here late this afternoon and immediately went to their quarters. The launch "Elihu Yale" was in readiness and the shells were all rigged for the men, but the crews were unable to go out on account of the heavy rain. D. M. Baker, 1911 S., was elected captain of the freshman eight...
President Eliot will be the guest of the Harvard Club of Washington, D. C., at their 26th annual banquet tonight. Dr. H. W. Wiley '73 will act as toastmaster. Besides President Eliot the following will speak at the banquet: Hon. William H. Taft; Hon. Elihu Root, former secretary of state; C. W. Needham, president of the club; Dr. Charles Francis Adams '56. In addition to these men Dr. Edward Everett Hale '39, and J. D. Greene '96, secretary to the Corporation, will be present...
...Elihu Root, "Lawyer, jurist, statesman, Secretary of War for four years and a half, now for two years Secretary of State, a diplomatist who represents not a dynasty, or a cabinet, but a people, an envoy of good faith and good will among the nations...
...four-mile course, the freshmen racing them for two miles. The conditions were favorable, and a good pace was maintained. As they passed, the "John Harvard" stopped to give the men a chance to see the Yale oarsmen at work. The crew was taken back to quarters in the "Elihu Yale." Both the four-oars did light work, the university boat taking a two-mile...