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...procession will continue between the two lines of undergraduates from Dean Shaler's to Appleton Chapel, where it will be met by Bishop Lawrence and the honorary pall-bearers. Special seats in the front part of the Chapel will be reserved for the immediate family, for the pall-bearers, for members of the Faculties and their families, and for the representatives from each class. After the procession has entered the Chapel, there may possibly will be room for others, and as many as possible will be admitted. The services will not last over twenty minutes and all those...
...Dean Shaler was perhaps the most versatile member of the Faculty. He not only attained distinction as an administrator and scientist, but was also well known as a soldier, historian, philosopher, and poet. After graduating from the Scientific School as a Bachelor of Science in 1862, he served two years in the Union army, as captain of a Kentucky volunteer battery, known as "Shaler's Battery." Four years after leaving the army Dean Shaler became a member of the Faculty...
...teacher and educator Dean Shaler combined the exacting standards of the old-fashioned school-master with a breadth of view and a progressive spirit which lead him to welcome and vigorously promote all improvements in educational methods. He was one of President Eliot's most active and useful so-workers in the many educational reforms accomplished in the University during the last 35 years...
Next to his service for the Scientific School, Dean Shaler's administrative work is perhaps chiefly distinguished by his successful development of the Summer School. Another feature of the College administration which had his active approval and support was the Student Reception Committee, a system by which every new comer should be assisted in adjusting himself to his new surroundings and made to feel from the first that his College was directly concerned in his comfort and success...
...Dean Shaler was a strict disciplinarian, but his rule was always tempered with justice and sympathy. During his 15 years as Dean of the Scientific School he never failed to visit a sick student in his department. In cases of serious illness he called every day, sometimes even oftener. He went to the Stillman Infirmary almost daily...