Word: halbert
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the commencement exercises proper were held; here it was that the chosen few delivered orations in English, in Latin, in Greek, the last two intelligible to no one, possibly not even to the orators themselves. These honors fell upon Messrs. Hildreth, Root, Parker, Noble, Dunham and Halbert of the academical department; Mr. Hardon of the Law School; Mr. Day of the Divinity School. After the bestowal of degrees by President Eliot, the exercises closed. Then came the jovial rallies around the punch bowls by the younger of the alumni, and while these festivities were going on, the more sedate...
...famous in it college, not so much for class work, as for the work of individual members. Storrow, Winslow, Atkinson and Williams, deserve especial mention for their efficient management of the various athletic organizations, and the success of Memorial Hall, and the Harvard Union is largely due to Baldwin, Halbert, and Sanford...
...class day officers of '85 are: secretary, Walter Allen Halbert, of Binghampton, N. Y.; first marshal, John Eliot Thayer, of Boston; second marshal, James Jackson Storrow, Jr., of Boston; third marshal, Charles Heath Atkinson, of Brookline; orator, Edward Terry Sanford, of Knoxville, Tenn.; poet, George Read Nutter, of Boston; odist, Joseph Adna Hill, of Temple, N. H.; ivy orator, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, of Worcester; chorister, Clarence Walter Ayer, of Haverhill; class day committee, Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, of Worcester, John Joslin Colony, of Keene, Frederic Adrian Delano, of Newburg, N. Y.; class committee, William Henry Baldwin, Jr., of Boston, Otto Rheinhard...
...game of base-ball will be played to-morrow at 3 P.M. between the '85 and '86 O. K. Halbert and Gardner will captain the respective teams...
...Halbert. W. B. Noble, C. G. Parker, and T. H. Root of the senior class, have been chosen to deliver commencement parts. Hildreth will read a Latin part and T. Dunham a Greek part. The parts to be read by candidates for higher degrees have not as yet been decided upon...