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...students of Harvard who found themselves temporarily bed less and homeless this year in Cambridge have entered with the eagerness for truth shown by the pupils of Abelard., or by Colonel George Lyon, 73-years of age, who has returned as a graduate student to Harvard, intending "to study as long as he lives," there will not be too many men going to college or university; that is, if a sufficient number of Abelards can be found to teach them. --The New York Times...
...obstetrics; Dr. C. C. Sturgis to an instructorship in medicine; Mr. E. C. Kemble '14 to an instructorship in physics, Dr. K. C. Bowman to an instructorship in psychiatry, and Mr. Niles Carpenter, now an instructor in Social Ethics, to a tutorship in that subject Professor D. G. Lyon, D.D. '01, has been appointed honorary curator of the Semitic Museum...
...Business Men's Mission of Japan, escorted by Mr. Lyon of the First National Bank of Boston, visited places of interest in the University yesterday afternoon. They were escorted through Widener Library, the President's Office, Memorial Hall, and Agassiz Museum, and were met by President Lowell...
Professor Lyon is best known for his work in connection with the Semitic Museum at the University, of which he has been the director for thirty years. He played a leading part in its foundation, and after the generosity of Mr. Jacob H. Schiff had assured the establishment of the Museum, Professor Lyon supervised its design and construction and arranged its collections, which serve to illustrate Bible history...
...twenty-eight years Dr. Lyon held the Hollis professorship, the oldest endowed professorship in North America. In 1891 he became director of the Semitic Museum. In 1906 he went to Samaria to undertake excavations there, and discovered the earliest specimens of writing ever found in Palestine. Four years later he assumed the Hancock professorship upon the retirement of his colleague, Professor Toy. He has given courses at the University in the Hebrew and Assyrian languages and in Old Testament History, and has long been recognized as a leading authority in his field...