Word: gov
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Gov. St. John says that a majority of the students in American colleges are prohibitionists in theory, though not connected with the prohibition party. He says that Harvard is behind in this respect...
...seven hundred marched to Memorial Hall, where the dinner was served. The Rev. John F. Moors invoked a blessing and a psalm was sung under the leadership of the veteran John Langdon Sibley. President Russell of the alumni then began the speaking, and he was followed by Pres. Eliot, Gov. Robinson. '56, Prof. Jebb, Prof. Newcomb, Prof. Child, Judge Holmes, Newcomb, Prof. Child, Judge Holmes, Thomas Cushing, '34, S. A. Eliot, '84, and Col. Henry Lee. The closing ceremony was the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" by all present, after which the company adjourned. As the evening was rainy...
President Eliot has stated positively that the degree of LL. D will not be given Gov. Robinson...
...Harvard does not lack such helpers. Even her own sons have done her this service, not to mention such critics as Benjamin F. Butler and the redoubtable Dennis Kearney. The words of Phillips and Emerson in their Phi Beta Kappa orations were memorable and satutary in their way. Ex-Gov. Long, also one of her sons, has been recently indulging in criticism of the college. At the annual dinner of the Harvard alumni in Washington a few weeks since, it is reported that Mr. Long said that "it was one of the charges against the university that...
...congratulated on the success attending its meeting yesterday afternoon in Sever11. A large number of students were present and the generous applause bestowed on the speakers showed conclusively the deep interest taken in the proceedings. The moral and physical evils of intemperance were clearly and effectively stated by Ex-Gov. St. John of Kansas, Col. Bain of Kentucky and Hon. John B. Finch of Nebraska...