Word: leader
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...members of the Union only. Major Higginson is well known to all members of the University as the donor of the funds for building the Union and for purchasing Soldiers Field. He has also been of great assistance in maintaining the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has been a leader in all public movements in Boston...
Perhaps the first act of the play seems of lesser consequence and lower workmanship than the rest. So also the second, due perhaps to "cutting," seems not yet to have struck the right balance between the stories of Hartwell, the leader of his people, and Hartwell, the lover of a Christian. But the third and fourth acts bring the play to an eloquent and direct intensity which holds until...
...initiate reforms and fearless yet prudent in pressing them, he has by his constructive energy transformed Harvard College into a university, and at the same time has exerted an influence on the educational forces of the nation which has largely shaped their policy, so that he stands today the leader in his age and generation...
...polar expedition five years later. He established four depots of supplies from the south to the north coast of Franz-Josef Land as basis for a proposed dash for the Pole and three safety stations on the northeast coast for use on the return march. He was the first leader selected to head the Ziegler polar expedition...
...last two seasons has played in that position on the University eleven. This year he was the best individual player on the team, both in the line and in open play; and as acting captain in Burr's absence from the game this fall, he proved himself an able leader. He is 20 years old, 6 feet 3 inches tall, and weighs 198 pounds...