Word: life
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...Clews was born in Strafordshire, England, and entered mercantile life in New York at the age of 15. At the outbreak of the civil war he was asked by thee Secretary of the Treasury to act as the government's agent in thee sale of United States bonds. In 1877 he organized the firm of Henry Clews and Company and since then has been connected with many financial corporations on Wall street. He is the author of "Twenty-eight years in Wall Street" and "The Wall Street Point of View...
...Nominating Committee has very wisely included in its election schedule the provision which was instituted last year in regard to the election of the Secretary with the members of committees. In the life of the class after graduation the Secretary is the most important officer, though in popular estimation the marshalships carry more prestige. By providing that men defeated in the first elections may still be put up for Secretary the range of choice is made to include all the available men in the class...
Charles Gross was born in Troy, N.Y. on February 10, 1857. He was graduated from Williams College in 1878 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. During his life he received degrees of A.M. from Williams College, Ph.D. from University of Gottingen, A.M. from Harvard University, and LL.D. from Williams College. After four years of literary work in England, he returned to this country in 1888 and was appointed an instructor of History in the University. Gradually working higher, in 1901 he became a professor, and in 1908 was tendered the chair of the Gurney Professor of History and Political...
...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 of 1907, the anniversary was allowed to pass without special notice. On the occasion...
Surely it would be but justice to his memory for the University to maintain some simple 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...