Word: memento
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Seniors and Freshmen are reminded of their class pictures. Nothing is more interesting as a memento of undergraduate days than a photograph of the class, which, despite strong tendencies to the contrary, in still in every way the unit of College life. Every man should be present promptly at the hour stated...
...plan of having the medal made originated at the meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs in St. Louis in 1905, when it was proposed to have a medal struck which would combine in itself a portrait of President Eliot, and a memento of the College. The matter was taken up by Mr. Frederick A. Delano '85, and through the kindness of Mr. Henry Walter S. '74, the distinguished French medallist, Leon Deschamps, was engaged to design the medal. The above cuts illustrate the medal very well, and are accurate in size. President Eliot's portrait is on one side...
...thousand of these medals are to be struck in bronze, and if there is demand for more, fresh dies can be prepared and more medals struck off. These medals will not only combine a good bas-relief of President Eliot by a famous medallist, but also a memento of the College...