Word: taught
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...measure obscured the reputation of the institution of which they form a part. Higher education is of necessity unselfish, and it is well that it is so. Education is twice blessed. It is fitting that Technology's new president should apply here the education which he has taught in two countries and acquired in a third. It is my privilege to give to you the greetings of the University across the river. We extend to you the right hand of fellowship and wish you every success. May I add a personal word of congratulation upon your acceptance of the great...
...passed into history, but the great lesson should always be with us; it taught men how to command, and what is more difficult--how to obey. It taught patriotism and the appreciation of liberty, not unbridled license, but that liberty which recognizes obedience. It taught the earth that the American flag is not just a piece of bunting which can be bought at any time for a song, but that it is the emblem of dignity and power of a great Republic, which can never be insulted but millions will spring to its defence...
During the April recess a drinking fountain was built in the main hallway of the Union towards the Periodical Room. The fountain is a memorial to Thomas Simms Bettens '74 and bears the following inscriptions: "He taught the classics with distinction for twenty-eight years in a secondary school in New York City and won the respect and affection of his pupils by his cheerful patience, justice, and hopeful sympathy. He was simple in his desires, sincere and unaffected in friendship, modest in all relations. This fountain is the gift of his boys, including graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton...
...will of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll of Keene, New Hampshire, provision was made for the annual delivery at the University of a lecture upon "The Immortality of Man." Last year the lectureship was filled by Mr. W. S. Bigelow '71, whose subject was "Immortality as Conceived and Taught in Buddhism...
...Ingersoll Lectureship was established by the will of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll of Keene, New Hampshire, in 1893. It was provided that a lecture upon "The Immortality of Man" should be delivered and published annually. Last year Mr. W. S. Bigelow '71 spoke on "Immortality as Conceived and Taught in Buddhism...