Word: greenough
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Greenough Thayer of the junior class was drowned during the summer at Ogunquit Beach while attempting to rescue some ladies who were in bathing. Mr. Thayer and six others, four of whom were ladies, were in the water together. A high sea was running and the water came in large waves which made the bathing very exciting. Before the party noticed the force of the water, the tide had gradually swept the party into a pit of recent formation near the mouth of the river. At 11. 30 the tide ceased, causing a strong under-two. Without realizing the danger...
...special meeting of the board of overseers of Harvard College, held yesterday at No. 70 Water street, Boston, the following appointments, made at previous meetings of the president and fellows, were confirmed: George H. Palmer, A. M., as Professor of Philosophy; James B. Greenough, A. B., as Professor of Latin; Clement L. Smith, A. M., as Professor of Latin; Charles A. Brackett, D. M. D., as Professor of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics; Arthur Searle, A. M., as Assistant Professor of Astronomy for five years, from June 1, 1883; and James L. Laughlin, Ph. D., as Assistant Professor of Political Economy...
...annex has at last reached an elective pamphlet. From this we learn that the academic board consists of Profs. Byerly, Child, Goodale, Goodwin, Greenough, Peirce and Smith, together with Mr. Arthur Gilman and Mrs. Agassiz. The instructors number forty-three, and offer in all sixty-nine courses, covering Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Philosophy, Political Economy, History, Fine Arts, Music, Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry and Natural History, with voluntary lectures on Physiology and Hygiene. The requirements for admission are substantially the same as those for admission to Harvard College, with the exception that French and German...
...taken by the second composition course, Latin 7, in which speaking and writing Latin will be taught. Prof. Allen will have a new course, in place of his course on the Roman Drama, on the critical study of Ovid. In Greek and Latin there will be no change. Prof. Greenough will take his old course, and Prof. Allen will repeat his lectures of last year on "The History and Methods of Classical Study...
...meeting of the board of overseers yesterday J. H. Thayer, D. D., was appointed lecturer on Biblical Theology; W. M. Davis, M. E., instructor in Geology, and R. H. Harrison, V. S., instructor in Anatomy. President Eliot presented the votes of the president and fellows electing James Bradstreet Greenough, A. B., professor of Latin; George Herbert Palmer, A. M., professor of Philosophy, and Clement Lawrence Smith, professor of Latin. These appointments will be acted upon at the next meeting...