Word: johns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...John Raymond Gardner, Worcester Classical High School...
This morning the anniversary of John Harvard's birthday will be celebrated with brief and simple exercises before his statue in the Memorial Delta. Those who are grateful to him for his work, which resulted in the founding of the University, should be present to do his memory honor...
...Memorial Society has arranged a simple program to celebrate the 307th anniversary of the birth of John Harvard, the founder of the University. This morning at 8.30 o'clock all men in the University are asked to assemble in the Delta before the statue of John Harvard, which will be wreathed for the occasion. A short address will be given by L. deJ. Harvard '15, and the exercises will close with the singing of "Fair Harvard," led by several members of the Glee Club. The meeting will then adjourn to Appleton Chapel, where the Reverend Charles Whitney Gilkey '03 will...
...multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world.'--Wis. of Sol., vii, 24 This bridge was built under the direction of the Metropolitan Park Commission: Chief Engineer, John Richard Rablin; Architects, Edmund March Wheelwright, Parkman Blake Haven, Edward Harrison Hoyt; Builders, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation...
...until recently that any authentic clue was found as to the exact date of John Harvard's birth. The entry--"1607, November 29, John Harvye, S. of Robt. a Butcher"--which appeared in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, led historians, upon the occasion of the 300th celebration of his birth to fix November 26 as his rightful birthday. This was done because of the custom in vogue in churches at that time which required the baptism of all children on the third day after birth. In lieu of holding the celebration tomorrow, Thanksgiving, the meeting...