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...graduated with the class of '55. After a short period of teaching, he decided to study for the Episcopal ministry. Having been pastor of the church of the Advent, and of the church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia, he was called in 1869 to the rectorship of Trinity church, Boston. In 1882-83 he spent his vacation in England, preaching in many of the London churches, and also on one occasion before the Queen. He was the first American clergyman to have this honor. In 1886 he was elected assistant bishop of Pennsylvania, but declined the office. His election...
...William N. McVickar, D. D., who preaches in the chapel to-morrow evening, is rector of the church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. He is the successor of Dr. Phillips Brooks in the rectorship of that church. Dr. McVickar is described as being a man of commanding presence and of wonderful intellect...
...University is only seemingly anomolous since the overseers exercise the power which in Europe is exercised by the faculties or teachers in convocation. The Corporation of Harvard College, although only designed to copy the body found in the English colleges under the university in power is the Bolognese student rectorship vested in a commission of seven...
Lord Reay's election to the lord rectorship of the University of St. Andrew's gratifies Mr. Lowell's friends, Lord Reay having withdrawn in favor of Mr. Lowell at the first election...
...Principal of the University of St. Andrews, the Rectorship of which institution has been declined by Mr. Lowell, the American minister to England, has written a letter to Mr. Lowell requesting him to deliver an address to the students of the University. Mr. Lowell has accepted the invitation...