Word: harte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...summary: FRESHMEN HEBRON Baskervill, Holland, r.f. l.g., Hall Pattison, l.f. r.g., Moran Brodie, c. c., Hart, Hurd, Atwood Bicknell, Baskervill, r.g. l.f., Flaherty White, Moushegian, l.g. r.f., Hallegren, Hart...
...Last week I would have stated with certainty that no large collection of letters or other documents were unknown to scholars of Washington's life," said Professor Hart. "This collection of letters and notes was revealed to me only a few days ago, and while the new documents include no letters written by Washington himself as far as I know, the presence of a large number written by his sister, Betty Washington Lewis, makes it very possible that a new light will be thrown on Washington's business transactions and private life." The famous historian settled back in his chair...
Professor Hart explained that he went to Washington last week to attend a meeting of the United States Commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, of which he is one of the seven presidential commissioners. While there he was invited by Henry Woodhouse, a collector of Washington materials, to accompany him to Mt. Vernon where the old trunk was at the home of one of Betty Lewis's descendants. On the way back to Washington Porfessor Hart looked at one of the packages and found in it about 90 memorandums by Washing...
Professor Hart told an anecdote of Washington and a neighbor, George Mason, who disagreed over a boundary line. "They finally decided for each to put up a ditch near the disputed line leaving the undecided area between the two: An airport of 3,200 acres is now being laid out near Mt. Vernon and the two ditches run, side by side, across the whole area. The government is trying to obtain 600 acres out of this site for a national public airport...
Professor Hart then launched into an explanation of the Washington bi-centenary celebration in 1932. "The most beautiful boulevard in the world, costing $4,250,000 will be completed by that year. It will extend for 14 miles between Washington and Mt. Vernon, will be 200 feet wide, and," he added with a chuckle, "the appropriation was passed by Congress a few days ago, but the newspapers seem to have overlooked it." Professor Hart explained that he is now engaged in the preparation of a 25-volumes edition of Washingtoniana. This edition will contain photographic copies of every known...