Word: manila
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...presence of President Lowell and Mr. Eliot. The attendance is expected to be larger than at any previous meeting and large delegations are expected from the clubs of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Cleveland, as well as representatives from the clubs of Japan, Berlin, Hawaii and Manila. During the course of the meeting President Lowell. Mr. Eliot, Mr. R. J. Cary '90, president of the Associated Harvard Clubs, and A. G. Cable '09 will speak. A number of questions connected with College affairs and policy will be brought up for discussion,--the new Graduate School of Business Administration...
...ships visited a number of cities in Australia. They then sailed to Manila and from there to Japan. At Tokio the admiral and captains met the Mikado, receiving an honor that has seldom been conferred upon foreigners. For five days the festivities continued in honor of the squadron. At the end of that time the fleet left Japan for Manila, and after a month's gun practice it started for the United States...
...entrance to the harbor in which the enemy's fleet lay at anchor. Immediately the whole country rang with the praises of this daring young officer--until a newspaper story stamped him as vain and sentimental. It was the same with the man who won the battle of Manila Bay. When our nation, anxious to show its gratitude to Admiral Dewey, presented him with a house, he turned it over to his wife, and immediately "mud" was thrown at the "ungrateful" recipient...
...Cameron Forbes '92, vice-governor of the Philippines and secretary of commerce and police at Manila, delivered an interesting lecture on the Philippines last evening in the Union. Mr. Forbes dwelt especially on the advance that the Filipinos have made in education, business ability and political efficiency since the American occupation of the islands...
...been a member of the firm of J. M. Forbes and Company since 1899. Later he became an officer and a director of several Boston corporations. In 1904 he was appointed a member of the Philippine Commission. He also held the offices of Secretary of Commerce and Police at Manila, and of Vice-Governor of the Philippines...