Word: war
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Storey said that when he recalled his college career the scenes which he remembered best were those when news from the war was heard. Very often the newspapers contained accounts of battles and lists of Harvard men who had died for their country. Thirty years ago, on Good Friday night, Lincoln was assassinated. All day long the bells in Cambridge tolled, announcing his death. On the day that General Lee surrendered the college gave a holiday to celebrate the good news. At the Commencement of that year Lowell read for the first time his "Commemoration...
This evening in Sanders Theatre the Hon. Moorfield Storey will deliver the second lecture in the course on Harvard's history. Mr. Storey will tell of Harvard during the sixties, and as the first part of his lecture will relate to the exciting period of the Civil War, it should be of great interest...
Professor Hollis lectured on "Modern War Ships" last evening, in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...advisability of building a navy, said Professor Hollis, may seem an unnecessary prelude to a talk on battle ships; but when we consider that England is beginning a war in the Soudan and that Spain is waring in Cuba it is well to consider that nation is most likely to survive which is the best equipped...
Harvard Engineering Society. Modern War Ships. (Illustrated by the stereopticon). Professor Hollis. Lecture Room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory...