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...dates of their deaths. From these a few other matters may safely be inferred; his Puritanism, for example, his feeble health, his interest in learning. Still other matters are conjectured by the author, such as that it was William Shakespeare who introduced John Harvard's father, his neighbor in Southwark, to the Stratford girl whom he married. These guesses are for the most part put forth with due reserve and supported with ingenuity. The "Life" is, as a whole, a worthy attempt to give definiteness and to do honor to a figure to whom we all owe a grateful reverence...
Joseph H. Choate '52, United States ambassador to England, is to present a stained glass window to St. Saviour's Church at Southwark, London, in memorial of John Harvard, who was baptized there. The ceremony will probably be held...
...services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning will be commemorative of the baptism of John Harvard at St. Savior's, Southwark, London. Today is the 297th anniversary, the baptism having taken place on November 29, 1607. His baptism is celebrated as the exact date of his birth is unknown...
Professor G. P. Baker '87 gave a lecture on "The Stage of Shakespere" last evening in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum. He first showed by the stereopticon some old prints of the Bankside, Southwark, and traced the development of the first regular theatre from the circular open-air structures in which bear and bull baiting spectacles were given. The drama, Professor Baker said, had its beginnings in the church, where scripture stories were popularized by acting on festival days...
Professor G. P. Baker '87 will deliver a lecture on "The Southwark Side of London" in the Fogg Lecture Room at 7 o'clock this evening. The lecture is the second of a series of two on "Shakespeare's London." Professor Baker will discuss the theatres of Shakespeare's time, and the dramatists who wrote for them. The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views, and will be open to the public...