Word: meyers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University has received a sum of money from Robert Stow Bradley '76, of Boston, to be used in extending the Class of '76 fence from opposite Holworthy to the Meyer Gate. The donation was made in memory of Robert Stow Bradley, Jr., '07, who died soon after graduating. The work is already well under way, and is under the supervision of A. W. Longfellow...
...Freshman second football team was defeated by Middlesex School at Concord yesterday afternoon by the score of 6 to 0. On Harvard's 10-yard line Meyer passed the ball over Minot's head on a kick formation. Lee broke through, recovered the ball for Middlesex, and ran the short distance necessary for a touchdown. Both teams were weak on the offence. Brown, Holbrook, and Jenckes played well for the Freshmen...
...history of states formed the chief topic of the speaker's address. Emphasizing the importance of this as the dominant part of all history, Professor Meyer summarized the weaknesses and the various points of strength in the nations; that have occupied leading positions in the history of the world...
Before entering upon the main part of his address, Professor Meyer sketched the growth of scholarship in America, especially at Harvard, from the German standpoint. From a comparatively minor position in scholastic rank one hundred years ago, Harvard has risen to the first place among American institutions and to one of the highest positions among the world's greatest universities...
Following Professor Meyer, Professor George F. Swain, professor of Civil Engineering in the Graduate School of Applied Science, outlined briefly the chief objects of the school with which he is connected. Since placing the school on a graduate basis, the Faculty intends to raise the standard of instruction to that of the leading polytechnic schools of the world, and to confer degrees only upon men who are capable of attacking successfully the hardest problems that arise in the profession...