Word: soldiering
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...October number of the Harvard University Bulletin opens with the official records of the corporation in which all appointments and gifts of the University are recorded. The latter vary in importance from Mr. Henry L. Higginson's "Soldier's Field" to the receipt from an anonymous giver of $5 for the use of the college, which was "gratefully accepted." The generosity of the various benefactors of Harvard is evident in the numerous gifts to the Herbarium, to the Draper Memorial fund at the Observatory, to the Library etc. Other gifts include $4,300 to fit up a psychological laboratory...
...neat pamphlet has appeared containing the proceedings of the meeting held in Sever 11, June 10, 1890, at which Mr. Henry L. Higginson addressed the students on "The Soldier's Field." President Eliot's remarks and Major Higginson's letter of gift and his speech are given in full. The pamphlet should be read by all who were unable to hear Major Higginson at the time speak of the sons of Harvard to whom the field is dedicated. Moreover every Harvard man should bear in mind the closing words of the address: "You come to college to learn things...