Word: major
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...exceptional opportunity will be offered to the members of the Union in hearing Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, who is to speak this evening at the annual business meeting. Major Higginson is well known to all members of this University not only as the donor of the Union and of Soldiers Field, but as a strong factor in a great number of ways at Harvard. He has for some time been of great assistance in the maintenance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and has long been a leader in every public-spirited movement in Boston...
After leaving Harvard, Major Higginson served in the United States volunteers in the Civil War, becoming major and brevet Heutenant-colonel of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. While serving in the army he was severely wounded at Aldie, Virginia, in June, 1863, and later became one of the members of the firm of Lee, Higginson & Company, bankers, of Boston...
President--Major Henry Lee Higginson...
...meeting of the captains and managers of the four major University teams, held yesterday afternoon, the following uniform plan of selecting assistant managers was adopted...
This shall be a qualifying round, and the three best men chosen by the manager shall be put up for election by a body of voters consisting of the active "H" men of the particular sport concerned, and the captains and managers of the other three major teams. In this election the qualifications of the men shall be carefully discussed by all present...