Word: generously
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mere presence is almost always borne out by the manner and substance of his speech. There are many things which the students would like very much to know concerning the art of acting and the various methods used in connection with the stage. Moreover, Mr. Irving has a generous fund of personal experience from which he can draw to illustrate and emphasize whatever points he may care to make. We would suggest that the writers of the communication take the matter in hand and proceed with arrangements. It would be well to have the invitation come rather from the students...
...University has lately received a very generous gift from Professor Thomas Kirk, of Wellington, New Zealand. Two immense logs of the famous rata or so called sycomore, of New Zealand, have just been safely brought to the University Museum. The seeds of the rata germinate in the forks of lofty trees, sending down aerial roots which reach the earth and draw therefrom an increased supply of mineral matter, while the young plant above sends out branches with foliage to appropriate from the air the other requisite materials for food. The root increases in thickness, the branches contunue their growth until...
...service of college young men is a tribute not only to the man who comes, but also to those whom he desires to serve. We bespeak for Mr. Crothers a warm welcome from the students and the same interest in him and his work which his generous sacrifice of valuable time shows him to have in Harvard men and their work...
Attention is called to the meeting tonight in Sanders Theatre under the auspices of the Catholic Club. Bishop Keane, who will speak, is well known here at Harvard as a man of generous nature and liberal views. Last June Harvard officially recognized his ability by conferring on him a degree. The address tonight is sure to be interesting to men of all denominations and the attendance especially of the students should be very large...
...appointed Principal Appraiser of the port of Boston. This position he hied until 1853, when he was appointed Appraiser General at San Francisco, where he was head of the whole Pacific coast department. In 1871 he retired from public life. He was all his life a generous and active philanthrophist. To his native town of Dresden, Me., he gave over $12,000 for the promotion of its religious, educational and charitable interests...