Word: historian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fourteen years in the presidency. The two Divinity School buildings, the Farnam and Durfee dormitories, the beautiful Battell Chapel, the Sloane Laboratory, and the initial steps in the erection of Lawrence Hall and the Young Men's Christian Association building - all of these will be recorded by the historian of President Porter's career as head of the college. The remarkable growth and present excellence of the Sheffield Scientific School, the broadening of the elective system, and the endowment of additional professorships in very important studies must also be taken into account. As president he has been ever faithful...
Prof. Wolcott Gibbs was one of the callers on George Bancroft on Saturday, it being the historian's 85th birthday...
...Senate than he did in thirty years of service here; that William Ellery Channing was thrown away when he was imprisoned in the pulpit; that Dr. Wolsey was wasted in the charge of Yale College, and that Mr. Bancroft did better service as Secretary of the Navy than as historian of America. It supposes that Thiers is the best administrator, because Thiers writes the best history. Now the writers on the other side of the water may determine this as they choose. We should remember here, that in our affairs, where government is divided into a thousand bureaux, and never...
...stated that Froude, the historian, who is now in this country will visit Yale and Harvard before leaving for England...
...catalogue of the O. K. shows a membership of 428 members, three fourths of whom are professional men. The members have written 103 published volumes. The society was founded by '59 men, and therefore has completed its first quarter century. James Schouler, the historian, and Dr. William Everett were among the founders...