Word: england
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...Australian ballot system. In addition to the Directors at Large there are six other directors chosen as follows: one director representing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is appointed by the President of the University; one director, a resident member of one of the Harvard Clubs in New England, is selected by the New England Federation of Harvard Clubs; one director, a resident member of the Harvard Club of New York City, is selected by the Club; two directors, members of the Harvard Clubs outside of New England and New York City, are selected by the Council of the Associated...
...birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes; a centenary which from a Harvard standpoint stands out in special prominence. Holmes was graduated from Harvard College with the famous class of 1829, immortalized in many of his lighter poems. His name has always been closely associated with that distinguished New England group of men of letters which attained so enviable a position in the second half of the last century. As poet, essayist and physician, Holmes was equally successful. He lectured for many years in the Harvard Medical School, and his standing in his profession was always notably high. To be commemorated...
...Dickinson, M.A., of King's College, Cambridge, England, gave an interesting talk on "Individual Ideals" in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum last evening. This was the second of a series of lectures on "Ideals of Democracy...
...Dickinson, M.A., of King's College, Cambridge, England, who recently delivered the annual Ingersoll lecture on "The Immortality of Man," will give the second of a series of three lectures on "Ideals of Democracy" in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum this evening at 8 o'clock...
Tonight he is to speak on "Education as a Career," a subject which no one is better fitted to discuss than he. From a small New England university, Harvard has been made a great national institution through his untiring efforts, and the whole spirit of education throughout the country has been improved by his ideas. President Eliot has won eminence in many fields; in education he is pre-eminent. This chance to hear him is a rare privilege...