Word: master
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...desire our lives to be lives of freedom, of noble service, of glad and happy labor for that which is best. Then acknowledge Christ as our Saviour, owner, Master, King and confess the greatness of our obligation...
...hundred and twenty-five members of '93 sat down to an eight-course dinner which was served in the large dining room of the hotel on the first floor. B. W. Trafford, the president of the class, presided, and shortly before dessert was brought on, he introduced the toast-master of the evening, J. A. Wilder. Mr. Wilder made a short speech in his official capacity and then introduced the poet of the evening, S. F. Batchelder. After the poem, J. D. Upton responded to the "Varsity Eleven," L. A. Frothingham to the "Varsity Nine," Captain G. H. Kelton...
...courses are approved and passed with credit, can obtain a degree of A. M. This is a great improvement over the custom which lasted up to 1872 of allowing anyone taking an A. B. degree and paying a small fee to obtain without further study, the degree of Master of Arts. Under the old system an A. M. degree meant nothing more than that a man at graduation happened to have five dollars to spare. The change to a system of requiring one more year's residence at the University was as much as the opinion of the time would...
...This was in no way intended to be public, but was meant exclusively for relatives and intimate friends of the Lowell family and for invited guests. It consisted entirely of music which was arranged and conducted under the careful and intelligent supervision of Mr. Locke, the organist and choir master, and Mr. G. L. Osgood of the class, of '66. In addition to the regular chapel choir there was the choir of St. Paul's Church, and both were assisted by the following well-known Boston singers...
Professor Pierce closes his report with the recommendation that the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts be moderately raised - perhaps to two years of residence and study - in order to give the degree a higher and more valuable significance...