Word: highest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...window is to represent the figures of Bernard of Clairvaux and Godfrey of Bouillon. These men, respectively the great preacher and the great soldier of the period in which they lived, are selected in memory of Bishop Brooks and General Francis C. Barlow. General Barlow was ranked as the highest officer of the Harvard men who went to the war in 1861, and won his rank of Major General by his brilliant service, ability and courage. Both of these men were members of the class of '55, which now makes this window its memorial of their unique distinction...
...have been held regularly since last October, a number of practice matches have been held with whist clubs from Boston and surrounding towns. To increase further interest in the weekly meetings of the club, cups have been given at the end of each month to the man holding the highest score. The first two cups were won by A. D. Wyman '01 and E. D. Fullerton 3L. At the end of the year a cup will also be given to the man having the best average record for the year...
...this will probably not be undertaken during the absence of Professor Goodale in Europe. This consignment, which is the first to be received since June 1899, comprises twenty specimens, six of which were more or less damaged, owing to an unusually rough voyage. They are believed to mark the highest perfection of workmanship yet attained in the series. Among the better known flowers represented are two varieties of Kalmialaurel, the common Indian Pipe; a gold enrod, and the pond duckweed. The last two-mentioned are especially notable for the extraordinary nicety of execution...
...York during the Christmas recess, resulted in a victory for Columbia, with Harvard and Princeton tied for second place and Yale last. This is the first time Harvard has lost since 1894 and it is the third time Columbia has won in the present series of intercollegiate tournaments. The highest individual scores were made by H. A. Keeler '03 and F. H. Sewall '02, of Columbia, and C. T. Rice '01, of Harvard...
...least a strong tribute to the theory of immortality that it developed as primeval mankind developed into higher types, it is a still stronger tribute to its reasonableness that in the evolution of species it is first found in the highest types. The lower animals have no idea of death or a future life; it is only in the most intelligent mammals, and in man that it is found...