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Back as far as anyone can reasonably accurately remember Major Higginson has been a helpful member of society. During the fifty-eight years since he first entered Harvard College in 1851 his loyalty and devotion to the University have been unceasing and his benefactions have been numerous. As a member of the Corporation since 1893, he has been a wise and far-sighted counsellor, a valuable associate in the administration of the University. He has given of his wealth as well as of his wisdom and his gifts are of the lasting kind. He has found his happiness in giving...
...first annual dinner of the Harvard Club of Boston will be held at the Hotel Somerset on January 20 at 7 o'clock. President Eliot will be the guest of honor. Major H. L. Higginson '55 will preside and among the speakers will be President Eliot, Secretary Root, Governor Draper, Bishop Lawrence '71, and President Faunce of Brown University...
...Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 will speak on "Reminiscences of the Civil War" in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to 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...
After leaving Harvard, Major Higginson served as a volunteer in the Civil War, becoming major and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. He was severely wounded at Aldie, Virginia, in June...
CHAMBER CONCERT. The Kneisel Quartet. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 8 P. M. Program: Mozart in G Major; Brahms, Quartet in B-flat major, op. 67, No. 3; Grieg, Two Movements completed by Julius Roentgen, senior, to the Unfinished Quartet in F major (Posth.) (MSS., first time...