Word: historian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following officers and speakers were elected: Class-Day committee, C. H. Young (chairman), E. Ewell, H. A. Sill, H. A. Vedder, J. R. Fairchild, G. F. Warren and W. R. Powell; historian, J. J. Mapes; poet, L. C. Reamer; prophet, C. S. Baldwin; presentation orator, W. C. Humphreys; class-day orator, P. F. Hall. The proceedings were characterized by unanimity and the utmost good feeling...
...February Monthly is out and abounds in excellent reading matter. The prose articles of this number are exceptionally fine, while the poetry is not quite up to its usual mark. The eminent historian, Mr. James Schouler, contributes the first article on "Andrew Jackson, Doctor of Laws," and in it he gives a very entertaining sketch of the farce of conferring the degree of L. L. D. on so uncouth a Westerner as President Jackson was. Mr. Schouler's description of Andrew Jackson's characteristics and his estimate of his culture are particularly interesting. Harvard's attitude in conferring the degree...
...class of '84, of the Boston Latin School, held its fourth annual reunion on Wednesday evening at Young's. There were 25 members present and the following officers were elected for the year: President, H. H. Turner; secretary, F. E. Davis; poet, S. F. McCleary; orator, Hermann Page; historian, L. H. Paddock; toastmaster, C. H. Harwood; chorister, L. E. Lovejoy...
...Class Historian-T. M. Parrot...
...rights and restrictions. A paper well worth reading by those fond of state history is : "Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio-their admission into the Union." A short sketch of the political life of Daniel Webster is of more than passing moment, followed by a paper on "Historical Grouping," by the eminent historian, James Schouler. The rest of the magazine is devoted to an account of the first Dutch Reformed Church in Brooklyn and minor topics...