Word: founder
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James Loeb '88 of New York, N. Y., was the founder of the Charles Eliot Norton Fellowship. He established it as an expression of his regard and respect for Professor Norton, and in recognition of his eminent services in behalf of classical archaeology. It is open to graduates and undergraduates of the University and of Radcliffe College...
...income of the McKay endowment must be administered according to the intention of the founder, Gordon McKay, even though it be at variance with our views of policy and expediency...
...pause once a year in the midst of our daily routine to pay respect to the memory of the founder of our University. The exercises are simple and solemn, befitting the character they honor. But this year an added significance is attached to the celebration, a deeper meaning, as two battalions of the Training Corps are taking part. The spirit of duty, which has formed the most cherished tradition of our college life will be shown not in words, but in the shape of living accomplishment. The University will prove once more that after the lapse of three centuries...
Today is the date generally accepted as the birthday of the famous founder of the University, but the exercises will take place tomorrow in order that a portion of the Corps may participate...
John Harvard's library, which was part of his bequest to the College, was destroyed by fire in 1764. A catalogue which was compiled under the direction of President Dunster of the College gives a fairly complete list of the books which the University's founder had gathered together. There were approximately 300 volumes in all. The Memorial Society is gradually collecting a library which, in a few years, will be a fair reproduction of the original...