Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...James Loyd Wellington '38, Medical School '42, at the time of his death the oldest graduate of both these departments of the University, died yesterday morning at his home in Swansea. Dr. Wellington was born in Templeton in 1818, and had just passed his ninety-eighth year. His health had gradually failed for some time...
...Muir, g '12-15, has been appointed a second lieutenant in the Black Watch, the oldest of the Scottish Highland regiments...
...this confidence unfounded, for Cornell, man for man, will be stronger than any team that has visited the Stadium this year. The rush line from tackle to tackle averages 192 pounds, Cool, at centre, who weighs 168 pounds being the lightest man in the line. He is, however, the oldest man on the squad and a hard fighter with lots of experience. The guards, Anderson and Miller, both tip the scales at over 200 pounds and have proved veritable stonewalls on the defense. Miller, moreover, kicks off and usually drops the ball in the vicinity of the opponent...
Richard Henry Dana was a member of one of the oldest Cambridge families. He was born in Cambridge, August 1, 1815, and received the degree of A.B. from Harvard College in 1837. In 1840 he completed his book "Two Years Before the Mast," and in 1854 he defended Anthony Burns, the fugitive slave. Dana was United States District Attorney from 1861 to 1866 and was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College from 1865 to 1876. From 1871 to 1876 he was president of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the last 35 years of his life...
...Beat Kappa Society is the oldest Greek letter society in America. The Harvard chapter, Alpha of Massachusetts, was founded in 1779. The society endeavors to gather together those men in each class who lead in scholastic attainments and also by the example and activity of this group of scholars to further the intellectual interests of the whole undergraduate body. The criterion of election is always the candidate's scholarship...