Word: thayer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual meeting and dinner of the Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in the Training Table Room of the Union. Major H. L. Higginson h.'82, W. R. Thayer '81, editor of the Graduates' Magazine, and S. N. Hinckley '05 will be present as guests of the association. A business meeting and election of officers for the ensuing year will precede the dinner, after which several subjects of importance will be discussed. Chief of these is the proposal to raise a fund, to which it is suggested that each class subscribe...
...annual meeting and dinner of the Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries will be held in the Union on Thursday evening. February 9 at 7 o'clock. Major H. L. Higginson h.'82, Mr. W. R. Thayer '81, editor of the Graduates' Magazine, and S. N. Hinckley '05 will be present as guests of the association. An election of officers for the ensuing year will precede the dinner, after which the business meeting will take place...
...Thayer '81 then spoke on "Schiller's Idea of Liberty...
Schiller was an idealist in the true meaning of the word, continued Mr. Thayer, having as his aim an ideal which should help all mankind, a supreme love of liberty. Firm in this ideal, he passed the first part of his life protesting against the servile conditions he saw about him. From the bitter disappointment caused by the failure of the French revolution to effect the liberty and happiness he so much desired, Schiller, the true idealist, rose triumphant, and devoted the rest of his life to teaching and uplifting the character by setting up, in his works, shining examples...
...SCHILLER ANNIVERSARY. Afternoon Exercises.--Speeches by Major H. L. Higginson, Mr. W. R. Thayer, Professor Francke and Professor Munsterberg, Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 3 P. M. Evening exercises.--Performance by members of the Irving Place Theatre Company, Sanders Theatre, 8 P. M. Admission by ticket only...