Word: summer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...field, fighting to re-enact the law of God, which his eloquent father had refused to do--I name Colonel Webster, not for the sake of reviving an old controversy as to the patriotism of his illustrious father, but because of a peculiar incident of his command in the summer of 1861. During the dull weeks of army drill his regimental bandmaster had recalled a Methodist camp-meeting hymn with the resounding chorus, 'Glory Hallelujah!' He adapted the air to his military instruments, and it had become a well-known marching tune in the regiment. Some unknown poet composed rough...
...Department of Engineering, who was granted leave of absence at the last meeting of the Faculty on account of ill health, will sail from New York for Switzerland on June 14. On arriving in Europe he will go to Geneva, Switzerland, where he expects to remain during the summer and winter...
...weeks there and in the neighboring peninsula of Corea, he will travel across the continent to India, which he expects to reach by January. Sailing form there up the Persian Gulf, he will spend a few weeks on a riding trip through Asiatic Turkey. He will probably pass the summer in Russia, returning to Cambridge in September...
...connection with the Harvard Engineering Camp, Professor T. N. Carver, of the Department of Economics, has decided to spend the summer at Squam Lake, to direct the study of any men who desire to do work in economics during the holidays...
Professor Carver will not conduct any regular classes, but will simply supervise reading and give individual instruction to students. Work done during the summer may count toward the degree with distinction, if approved by the Department of Economics, but will not count toward the degree...