Word: higginson
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...insight into the character of Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 was afforded at the mass meetings last night in his memory, by the three closest friends of the Major, President Eliot, Judge, Frederick P. Cabot '90, and President Lowell. President Eliot, in speaking of Major Higginson's ideals, said...
...Bible as exhibited by the Hebrew God, it was not the best justice of mankind today towards fellow-men, towards women and children. He looked for the coming of a wiser justice and a justice tempered with mercy and tenderness. And that was at the root of Major Higginson's nature...
...final tribute, the memorial mass meeting held in honor of Major Higginson will take place at the Union at 8 o'clock this evening. Members and friends of the University will be welcome...
...funeral will be held today at Appleton Chapel at 12 o'clock. The coffin will be carried by undergraduates from Appleton Chapel to the hearse in front of University Hall through a double line of students, who will assemble to pay their last tribute to Major Higginson. This evening a memorial meeting will be held at the Union, at which President Lowell and others will speak...
During Major Higginson's funeral this noon classes and lectures in all departments of the University will be suspended from 12 until 1 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the Reverend Samuel McChord Crothers, S. T. D., '99, of the First Unitarian Church of Cambridge. The President and Fellows of the University will act as honorary pallbearers. The actual pallbearers, until relieved by the undergraduates, will be the nephews of the late Major Higginson. Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will play during the service and the University Choir will sing...