Word: founder
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Those who are acquainted with the biography of John Harvard, founder of Harvard College are, of course, well aware of two facts: one being that the only writing of his hitherto known is that preserved in a record deposited in the registry of the University of Cambridge, consisting of two autograph signatures; the other that he and his brother Thomas jointly held certain property by lease from the Hospital of St. Katharine, near the Tower of London...
...correspondent of a London literary journal announces the discovery of a new autograph of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. The only writing of his hitherto known to exist are the two signatures in the registry of Cambridge University...
...October. 1886, the Conference Francaise was organized at Harvard. The aim of the founder was to form a club which should afford practice in speaking French and create an interest in the political situation in France. The society is not formed of students solely. It has the names of Professor Bocher and Assistant-Professor Cohn. Mr. Saunderson and Asst. Profs. Hart and Taussig on its rolls. The first officers of the society were as follows: President, L. McK. Garrison, '88; vice-president, M. D. Mitchell, '87; secretary, F. D. Kalapothakes, '88. It is intended to keep the number of members...
There is some talk that Johns Hopkins University will be removed to Chfton, just outside of Baltimore. This would be in accordance with the wishes of the founder, and would also secure to the college a sum of $35,000 offered for the maintenance of a school of science...
...richly endowed university is in progress of construction at Worcester, Mass. The plans and intentions of the founder are given in another column. There is a question in the minds of many learned and able men whether the munificent sum donated by its founder, Mr. Clark, could not have been used to better purpose by endowing one of the many small colleges struggling for an existence, or by placing the money in the hands of the trustees of some university like Harvard. Doubtless great good would have been done in either case. Be that as it may, Mr. Clark...