Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...death of Greenough Thayer it has pleased our Heavenly Father, in the exercise of that divine wisdom which we can not question, to remove from our midst one who had already succeeded, in the brief time we have been together, in winning the esteem and trust of his class-mates. His life has been before us day by day, full of earnest zeal and of patient devotion to his studies ; and although his character has been thus unfolded in his life, we feel that in the contemplation of his heroic death it may find its truest interpretation. It is thus...
Year, month, day and place of birth. Father's name, profession or business, and present residence. Mother's name before marriage, and of her parents. Date of marriage. Mention any interesting events in the lives of either parent. If dead, date, place and cause of death. Pedigree on your father's side as far back as possible, mentioning ancestors in any way distinguished, and giving occupation and residence of as many as possible. Ancestral line of your mother's family in briefer form. What ancestors or relatives have graduated at Harvard, and when...
...science there are; the other universities are content with luminaries of the second rank; the intermediate schools feed on half-culture, and the elementary schools on the wisdom of drill-sergeants. Thus the boy enters the university with mere scraps of knowledge, acquired with the last remnant of his father's money. The poor village priest has sacrificed his all in order to secure to his son a position in life better than his own wretched one. And the boy is morally as badly equipped as pecuniarily. Long ago the uneducated and soft-hearted father lost his authority over...
...four, and again at nine in the evening. The lectures are generally given in the afternoon. There is a reading-room, with use of pianos. The students may invite friends to lunch or dinner, but these friends must always be ladies, an exception being made in the case of father or guardian. There is a certain amount of discipline maintained. Three times a day the ladies have to enter their names on the marking-roll. The gates are closed at dusk in summer, and at six o'clock in winter. Any application for leave of absence must be supported...
President Arthur's son, now a student at Princeton, has been entertaining the Princeton Glee Club at the White House during his father's absence...