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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...David W. Cheever, professor of surgery at the Medical School, has resigned his professorship, and has been appointed professor of surgery emeritus in recognition of his long and distinguished service in surgery. Dr. Cheever is one of the oldest active surgeons in Boston, and has been connected with the Medical School for many years. It is probable that either Dr. Charles F. Porter or Dr. J. Collins Warren will be elected to the vacant professorship. Dr. Porter is at present professor of clinical surgery and Dr. Warren is associate. Should the latter be appointed, he will fill the lecture chair...
...oldest living college graduate in America is James Hutchens of Philadelphia, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in the class...
There are but three complete files of the Yale Literary Magazine in existence, one in the possession of the Lit. board, one in the Chittenden library, and one in the British Museum. The magazine is the oldest American periodical still in existence...
...Garfield, oldest son of ex-President Garfield has been appointed to a professorship in the Western Reserve College...
...manuscripts, only a few are exhibited in the railing case. They are Arabic, Syriac, and Hebrew, and among the latter area roll of the Law and rolls of the Prophets. Some of them are from Arabia and contain a translation into Arabic in addition to the Hebrew text. The oldest of the manuscripts is a copy of the Gospels written...