Word: eliot
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...foundations for establishing branches of the Association in both Schools. From time to time throughout the year Bible Study conferences were held at which the speakers were Mr. Clayton S. Cooper of New York, Mr. E. S. Latourette of Yale, Mr. E. C. Carter '00, Dean Fenn, and Mr. Eliot. At the International Conference at Columbus, Ohio, the Association was represented by three delegates from the undergraduates and two from the Faculty. Still another effort of the committee has been to co-operate with near-by churches, which offer courses in the study of the Bible...
...Eliot has made the final selection of the greater portion of books which will make up the "Harvard Classics," about which he says...
...class of 1908, being the last class to graduate under Dr. Eliot as President of the University, has presented him with a mahogany desk as a token of their regard. It bears a plate with the following inscription: "Charles William Eliot with the affectionate regard of the Class of 1908." The desk occupies a position in Dr. Eliot's study and is now being used...
Tribute to Mr. Eliot...
Just as the crowd was about to leave the hall, and after Mr. Eliot had already left, President Lowell rose and spoke of his predecessor as follows: "It is President Eliot's wonderful strength of character that has brought him through his forty years of unselfish work for Harvard crowned with well earned laurels from all over the world, and has given our University her present undisputed supremacy throughout the length and breadth of this broad land...