Word: token
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Claverly to march with a brass band of 60 pieces to Soldiers Field to see the last open practice before the Yale game. Mr. Hall, in behalf of the Boston Harvard Club, then presented each member of the University crew of 1909 with a small golden oar in token of their victory at New London...
...class of 1908, being the last class to graduate under Dr. Eliot as President of the University, has presented him with a mahogany desk as a token of their regard. It bears a plate with the following inscription: "Charles William Eliot with the affectionate regard of the Class of 1908." The desk occupies a position in Dr. Eliot's study and is now being used...
...scene before Mr. Eliot's house last night will remain forever in the memories of those who attended the mass meeting in the Union. It was a happy thought of the Student Council to decide on the presentation to the retiring president of some token of the undergraduates' esteem for him and for his achievements, and the night of his with-drawal from office was the most appropriate time for the occasion. The chief charm of the incident lay in its unexpectedness and spontaneity. After the words of presentation, Mr. Eliot spoke to the men assembled there in his usual...
President Eliot then expressed his appreciation of this token of the esteem of the undergraduates in the following words...
...North and soldiers of the South. Memorial Hall was built as a tribute to the gallantry of those who fell fighting for the Union. Probably a greater number left Harvard to join Confederate ranks than fought in the war with Spain. Would it not be a fitting token of the cessation of strife and the knitting of severed bonds to establish a memorial to those sons of Harvard, no less her sons for having joined battle against the majority of their classmates...