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...Union was built about the turn of the century from a gift of Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, who also gave Soldiers Field, the University's athletic grounds. The Union was founded originally for the purpose of bringing together students and Faculty members, by using the building as a common recreation hall. Before long, however, it was given over to the Freshmen. The original purpose of the donor, however, has been largely realized by means of the House Plan, which has enabled undergraduates and young instructors to eat together and meet on common ground...
John M. Ferry, New York City; Emil B. Fleischaker, New York City; Francis L. Forster, Jr., Providence, R. L.; Bernard D. Frank, Boston; Nathan H. Garrick, Jr., Boston; Charles S. Glesson, Wareham; Landis Gores, Cincinnati, Ohio; James G. Hays, Jr., Ann Arbor, Mich.; Thomas L. Higginson, Marshall, Va.; Richard A. Hirschfield, Chicago, Ill.; John W. Hughes, Lake Forest, Ill.; Arthur C. Hyman, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; David B. Ingram, Mansfield; Edward F. Kilroy, Roslindale; George J. Kyte, Jr., West Hartford, Conn.; Paul A. Lamothe, Arlington; Sheldon L. Land Cambridge; Jamen D. Lyach, Lowell...
Professor Cannon, born in Wisconsin in 1871, received his degree here in 1896. A physiologist since 1900 he was made George Higginson Professor of Physiology in 1906, and served as Acting Dean of the Medical School...
Kenneth Murdock, Higginson Professor of English Literature, and Harry Levin, Instructor in English, of the English Department, agreed upon the importance of artistic honesty and craftsmanship...
...Higginson hired his first conductor, Sir George Henschel, when the latter conducted his own Concert Overture for the Harvard Musical Association concert. He then rounded up sixty of the best orchestra musicians he could find, hired himself a hall, and set to work. The conductor and musicians were trouble enough, but it was the hall that caused the real headache. It seems that in renting it out to the Orchestra, the owners had neglected to inform the hall's former occupants of the change. Since these former occupants were prize-fighters who used the balconies for workouts, and were...