Word: eliot
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...CRIMSON has been silent during these months following President Eliot's resignation on the subject of his successor. It has preferred to enjoy the efforts of the outside press in instructing its readers about the various candidates. From time to time declarations have been made that nothing short of providential interference could prevent the selection of this or that man. These announcements have been made practically out of whole cloth as the Corporation is not in the habit of communicating its deliberations to outsiders except through formal records after decisions have been reached. During this period of speculation by outsiders...
...provided. Harvard has been the leader in the establishment of professional schools, among the latest of which have been the Graduate School of Applied Science and the School of Business Administration. The article is well illustrated by diagrams, numerous views of the College buildings, and a photograph of President Eliot...
...interest among graduates in this matter has naturally been keen and widespread. The alumni in every state in the land have had it on their minds during these months and the possible men have been gone over thoroughly. President Eliot has gone on record as favoring a young and vigorous man who can shoulder the continuous and heavy work which the office involves. When President Eliot was inaugurated in 1869 he was only 35 years old and the Corporation has shown its fearlessness of comparative youth recently in appointing a new dean for the Medical School who is 32. Many...
President and Mrs. Eliot will leave Cambridge on February 7 for a two months' trip through the south and southwest. This is the second extensive trip President Eliot has made recently, in the interests of the University. During the month of April last year he made a prolonged tour of the local Harvard Clubs throughout the middle-west. In the course of this trip he visited the Harvard Clubs at Indianapolis, Urbana, Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. At Evanston, Illinois, he delivered a course of six lectures at Northwestern University on "University Administration," published in book form last autumn. Besides...
...tenth annual conference of the Association of American Universities will be held at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, next Thursday and Friday. President Eliot and Mr. Joseph Warren '97, assistant secretary to the Corporation, will represent the University. Fifteen universities comprise the association and delegates from all will probably be present...