Word: missions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York, for an increase of $30,000,000 in the endowment fund of that institution so that it may proceed at once with important undertakings, illustrates, among other things, the marvellous advance that has taken place in the conception of the mission and scope of higher education since the days of John Harvard and Eli Yale. The college founder or president who used to think in terms of thousands is now thinking in terms of millions and tens of millions. Christian Science Monitor...
...principals for the Dramatic Club play. "The Mission of the Dammed," by Mary Margaret Wright 2G, have been tentatively selected. This is the 17th production of the club, and will take place on December 12, 13 and 14. Performances will be given both in Cambridge and in Boston...
...from the University, Mr. Lowell received an honorary degree of LL.D. from Amherst in 1907, and the same from Clark University in 1909. In 1883, Mr. Lowell went to Japan where he lived for ten years. He served as counsellor and foreign secretary to the Korean special mission to the United States, and on his return to this country he established the Lowell Observatory in 1894, and from that time has devoted his time and interests to astronomy...
...Mission of the Dammed" there are about 12 male parts to be filed, besides several smaller parts that do not require speaking. This will give an exceptional opportunity to all candidates. Those who have signed up for trials must appear punctually, and must be prepared with short recitations of not over five minutes' duration. Rehearsals for the play will begin early next week...
...Mission of the Dammed," by Mary Margaret Wright 2G is the play chosen by the Dramatic Club for its annual fall production this year. Miss Wright's home is in Lewiston, N. Y. Last year she took English 47 under Professor Baker, and is now continuing the study of drama in English...