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...news of the death of John Langdon Sibley, Librarian Emeritus of the University, has been made known to the college. Mr. Sibley had been ill for a long time, and his death is no great surprise to his family and friends. In spite of the distressing nature of his illness, he was calm and patient to the last...
...residence for the presidents of the university that the old Wadsworth house gained its fame. A long line of presidents, beginning with President Wadsworth, and extending through presidents Holyoke, Locke, Langdon, Willard, Webber, Kirkland, Quincy, to President Everett, made Wadsworth House their official residence, and many a brilliant reception has been held in the venerable building, at which the professors of the college and many talented authors and statesmen have appeared...
...John Langdon Sibley, the librarian at Harvard for thirty years, has completed his eightieth year...
...band graduates in front. Headed by a band of music the alumni to the number of seven hundred marched to Memorial Hall, where the dinner was served. The Rev. John F. Moors invoked a blessing and a psalm was sung under the leadership of the veteran John Langdon Sibley. President Russell of the alumni then began the speaking, and he was followed by Pres. Eliot, Gov. Robinson. '56, Prof. Jebb, Prof. Newcomb, Prof. Child, Judge Holmes, Newcomb, Prof. Child, Judge Holmes, Thomas Cushing, '34, S. A. Eliot, '84, and Col. Henry Lee. The closing ceremony was the singing of "Auld...
Some of the men to whom the college points with pride began their career in the school, among others Presidents Leverett, Langdon, Everett and Eliot, and Professor Josiah P. Cook. Other distinguished alumni were Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Robert Treat Paine, while the present century has witnessed the graduation from the school of Charles Sumner, Robert C. Winthrop, Charles Francis Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson and hosts of others who have attained distinction, but whose names cannot be here given...