Word: mother
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Miss Helen Gould has given to Vassar College the sum of $8000 to establish a scholarship in memory of her mother...
...contribution and we desire the liberty of asking you for it every year until you form the habit of adding this to your list of annual gifts. Yale men have established a reputation for courage and persistence; let them not neglect to be liberal, especially toward their mother, Yale...
...members of the University recognize the horrors and suffering which war would cause our country and regret the possibility of waging war for a third time with the mother country. I am sure, however, that most members of the University believe that we should not let questions of expediency outweigh the consideration of what is due our national honor...
...tablet. As the stones become more elaborate we find figures carved in relief. Some of these suggest, though roughly, figures in the frieze of the Parthenon. In the Attic monuments we find the hoplite, the sailor perched on the prow of his vessel, the child at his mother's knee, and other equally lifelike pictures. Most common are the scenes of parting, where two persons are saying goodbye. One of the most interesting represents a hunter with his dog, saying farewell to his wife...
...acknowledge the receipt at this office of "Forbes of Harvard," a sketch by Elbert Hubbard. It is a vivid story of college life in the early fifties told by a series of letters that are supposed to have passed between Mr. Arthur R. Forbes and his mother, sweetheart and chum. Incidentally others take a hand in the correspondence. The story is replete with the play of fancy, wit and epigram, and enough philosophy to give it ballast...