Word: instructorships
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...memory of the late George William Sawin. This fund will be held in trust for the following purposes: 1, The income to be paid to the mother of the late George W. Sawin during her life; 2, after her death, the income to maintain a George W. Sawin instructorship or fellowship in Harvard university, the incumbent to be by preference a student of mathematics. Mr. Henry M. Spelman, 50 State St., Boston, Mass., will act as treasurer of the fund...
...Sawin was chosen a member of the faculty. During his instructorship he prepared in collaboration with Professor George W. Wentworth, his teacher at Exeter, a high school algebra and an advanced geometry, both of which are recognized as valuable text books by teachers of advanced mathematics. At the time of his death Mr. Sawin was a member of the city council of Cambridge. Surely no instructor at Harvard was beloved by the students more than Mr. Sawin. At once agreeable and dignified, he won his way to the hearts of all. He, more than almost any other of the younger...