Word: john
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...elected president of the Advocate last evening in place of William George Tinckom Fernandez '10, of Quetta, India, resigned. Thomas Stearns Eliot '10, of St. Louis, Missouri, was made secretary to fill the vacancy thus formed. The following business managers were elected: Seward Churchyard Simons '11, of Pasadena, California, John Heard, Jr., '12, of Boston...
...three hundred and second anniversary of the birth of john Harvard, which occurs today, will be marked by a short address in Appleton Chapel this morning at the time of the usual morning prayers. Rev. Francis J. McConnell, D.D., L.L.D., president of De Pauw University, Green-castle, Indiana, who will conduct the service, will speak on "The Inheritance of the Meek," taking the life of the young and humble English clergyman as the basis of his talk. The first service in commemoration of the birth of John Harvard was held in 1904. In succeeding years, with the exception...
...commemorate the three hundred and second anniversary of the birth of John Harvard, which historians have placed on November 29, 1607, although the date is not certain, the preacher at the morning prayers in Appleton Chapel on Monday morning, the Rev. Francis J. McConnell, D.D., LL.D., president of De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, will select his subject with special reference to the occasion. Last year this service was omitted, but the three hundredth anniversary in 1907 was made the occasion of a great undergraduate celebration. It is expected that henceforth the birthday will be marked by a brief address similar...
...custom was started of observing at the regular Appleton Chapel services on November 29 the anniversary of the birth of John Harvard. Evidently the usage did not long continue, for such a service has not been held within the memory of the present College generation. The tercentenary celebration two years ago brought the life and services of the great benefactor before the public as well as the University in most complete fashion, but that too will soon have passed beyond any but occasional recollection...
...ceremony which should recall each November the life of the obscure clergy man, who, dying early in life, left here the foundation of such a splendid monument. The decoration each year by the Memorial Society of the statue near Memorial Hall is a graceful act, but a notice of John Harvard's birthday in the services maintained by the University would be an official recognition which the significance of the day in this community seems to demand...