Word: holding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Longfellow then introduced Prof. Thayer, of the law school, who spoke on the Dawes bill. This bill gives the Indian the right to hold land and also the right of citizenship. The president is authorized to have the reservation surveyed and a part allotted to each member of the tribe. The Indian may be compelled to accept the land and cannot part with it for twenty-five years. The remaining land is bought by the government and sold to out-siders and money is placed in the U. S. treasury to pay for the education of the tribe. The other...
INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.The Cambridge Indian Rights Association will hold its annual meeting in Sanders Theatre on Wednesday, Jan, 4. Mr. J. B. Harrison, agent of the Indian Rights Association of Philadelphia. will speak on the present condition of the Indians located on twenty different reservations recently visited by him. Professor James B. Thayer will read a paper on the "Dawes Severalty Bill." The meeting is open to all members of the University and the public...
HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB.-The club will hold its regular shoot this (Thursday) afternoon at Watertown. Car leaves...
HARVARD Y. M. C. A. (Society of Christian Brethren) will hold a meeting in Lawrence Hall tonight at 6.30. All students are invited...
...staff is largely of tutorial origin. From Dr. Peabody and President Eliot, who began their official connection with the college-the first in 1832, the second in 1854-both as tutors of mathematics, down to the most recent appointments of instructors and assistant professors, this statement will in general hold tone. Harvard, founded to 'advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity' has always remained a training school for pastors and teachers. It has always recruited its professors chiefly from the tutorial ranks. Its record of academic service affords striking evidence in favor of professorial appointments upon the basis of successful...