Word: john
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...special dispatch to the CRIMSON says: "The Washington Harvard Club has elected the following officers: President, Hon. George B. Loring; vicepresidents. Hon. Wm. A. Richardson, Judge Walter S. Coxe, Prof. J. R. Soley, Hon. Charles S. Fairchild and Prof. C. W. Winloch; secretary, Wm. Grant Webster; treasurer, John Sldney Webb. Hon. George Bancroft, who has been president of the club since its first formation has retired and the Hon. George B. Loring succeeds him. Mr. Wm. Grant Webster who succeeds Mr. Loring as secretary, graduated with the class of 1886 and has a fine reputation as an efficient organizer...
...financial policy of the Republican party, which includes a revision of the tariff and a reduction of the surplus, together with protection to home industries, would promote the welfare of the country. References: John Sherman speech of Jan. 4, 1888, in Boston Herald of Jan. 5; the Forum for August and December, 1887; Stebbin's American Protectionist Manual; No. Am. Review...
...item of $693.48 was for wages paid John Smyth. It was for fourteen months services and considering the man and his duties, does not seem to me high. Anyone who has had any experience with racing shells knows that there are always repairs and changes to be made. This work Smyth has always attended to, and by saving us the expense of sending the boats away to be repaired, has justified the club in paying him what would appear to one unacquainted with the facts rather high wages...
...letter was published in the Boston Post yesterday morning advocating the erection of a bronze statue of John Milton in the college yard...
There is a very interesting exhibition of sculptures by Mr. John Donoghue in Horticultural Hall, Boston. Three statues are shown: "The Boxer," "Young Sophocles" and the "Hunting Nymph." John L. Sullivan stood as a model for "The Boxer" and this statue bids fair to become very celebrated...