Word: portrait
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...recall his memory to all undergraduates. The bas-relief in the Scientific School and the research fund are very fitting tributes, but their scope is necessarily restricted. If a bas-relief would detract from the home-like atmosphere of the Union, would it not be possible to substitute a portrait? Among the many remarkable qualities which were Dean Shaler's his unfailing interest in the undergraduates was perhaps the most characteristic. For this reason we believe that a memorial to him should be placed where it will be seen by all future undergraduates...
...quartered in Lawrence Hall and have all unwittingly contributed much to science and the fame of Harvard. A valuable article on Charles Chauncey makes clear that aristocracy as well as democracy presided over the inception of the University, and will doubtless attract more visitors than before to the portrait of Harvard's second President in Memorial Hall...
...plan of having the medal made originated at the meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs in St. Louis in 1905, when it was proposed to have a medal struck which would combine in itself a portrait of President Eliot, and a memento of the College. The matter was taken up by Mr. Frederick A. Delano '85, and through the kindness of Mr. Henry Walter S. '74, the distinguished French medallist, Leon Deschamps, was engaged to design the medal. The above cuts illustrate the medal very well, and are accurate in size. President Eliot's portrait is on one side...
Tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock tea will be served to all members of the Faculty and their families, in order that they may have a better chance of viewing the portrait. The unveiling today will be open to all members of the University...
...portrait was a gift to President Eliot on his seventieth birthday and resulted from a subscription fund of over $5000 raised by Burgess and others in 1904. The first sketching was made two years ago, during President Eliot's visit to England. As a companion to that of Major H. L. Higginson, painted also by Sargent, the portrait will hand in the same position which has been previously occupied by that of John Quincy Adams...