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Hary Elkins Widener's personal favorite in his 3,000 volume collection was Sir Philip Sydney's 1613 work. "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" which was presented to the countess by the author himself. Widener considered this book to be one of the finest example of Elizabethan leather work...
Aside from John Harvard, the College's most famous rare book lover was Harry Elkins Widener '07, whose mother's donation provided the means for Widener Library. The Widener Memorial Room, the inner sanctum of the colossal library, now contains the prize possessions of the late bibliophile.
Smith provides an outstanding example of the surge in adult education in America, as the population of 18-year-olds continues to decline. One-third of the 12.4 million U.S. students now enrolled in degree programs are over 25, and the majority of these are women: 2,425,000 in...
Younger students and faculty alike agree that Adas are contributing at least as much to Smith as they are getting. Elkins recalls a 62-year-old Ada who once, during a lecture, corrected him on the date that gas lamplighters disappeared from the streets of Boston. Says he: "She was...
The alumni process begins in your senior year when elected representatives organize pre-commencement events as well as a class gift. The development office does not solicit contributions from undergraduates before then, but it does offer your father and mother an opportunity to give to the Parent Fund. The most...