Word: roosevelts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Twice Roosevelt was an Overseer to the University: from 1895 to 1901, and again from 1906 to 1910. He received the degree of LL.D. from Columbia (1899), Hope College (1901), Yale (1901), Harvard (1902), Northwestern (1903), California (1903), and University of Pennsylvania (1915). He is the author of many literary works, chiefly on American history, ranch life, and hunting in the west, besides his extensive political writings for magazines and newspapers...
...outstanding feature of Colonel Roosevelt's life was his marvelous versatility. Not only as a great statesman, but also as a teacher, explorer, soldier, naturalist, public speaker, and author he has revealed a personality which has become famous the world over, the memory of which will live for years to come
...nation grieves at the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the world sympathizes; but the loss comes home with particular force to the Harvard men, because he was a great son of Alma Mater and a brother to two generations of students and graduates. No man in the United States has so fully shown forth in his character, life, and achievements that individual and fearless spirit which Harvard University aims to foster. He was a graduate of many colleges--a law student at Columbia, honored with degrees by a host of universities in many lands, and well educated in the graduate...
...Theodore Roosevelt carried out the main teachings of his University every hour of his life. His own studies in Harvard were partly scientific, partly economic and historical, not especially suited as a basis for statesmanship. Only what he elected he studied with his mind, and what he did he did with his might...
...Beta Kappa, by direct action. Or rather it landed him among people who chose college because it was a place to do something, and then did it as well as they knew how. That principle he carried throughout his life. He never skimped or spared himself. He put Theodore Roosevelt, all there was of him, right into whatever he undertook...