Word: palmers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Palmer...
Below are reprinted for the first time two letters exchanged between George Herbert Palmer and Charles William Eliot on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the latter's incumbency of the presidential chair at Harvard University. Through the extreme courtesy of Professor Palmer in allowing the CRIMSON to publish these illuminating documents the public is given a personal contact with Dr. Eliot wholly delightful...
Professor Palmer's tribute to the late President is particularly enlightening for the fact that it was purely spontaneous and written not for publication but merely as one individual writes to another. It was motivated by a profound and sincere desire in the heart and mind of the eminent professor to do personal honor to his chief. Few were in a more advantageous position to judge Dr. Eliot than was Professor Palmer, and few appreciated his personal qualities with greater symphathetic understanding. Professor Palmer saw President Eliot in certain critical situations in the latter's life from an intimate angle...
...answer this note. Other people will need your attention who thank you for what you have done for the University. I have wished to thank you for what you are and for what you have given me. Sincerely yours. G. H. PALMER. 17 Quincy...
...Dear Mr. Palmer...