Word: governor
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...with its tradition of public service the University desires in a time of crisis to help in any way that it can to maintain order and support the laws of the Commonwealth. I therefore urge all students who can do so to prepare themselves for such service as the Governor of the Commonwealth may call upon them to render." The President also gave out a later statement emphasizing the fact that "these volunteers are reporting simply as citizens of the Commonwealth in response to a call from the governor" and not as strike-breakers...
...have come forward instantly to offer their services toward the preservation of peace and the defence of public order in the city of Boston. President Lowell's call to Harvard men to maintain the University's traditions of public service and put themselves at the disposition of the governor for such duty as he chose to assign to them was prompt and earnest and it has been earnestly and promptly answered. The same spirit which led thousands of Harvard men to spring to the support of their country in the Civil War and the Great War has animated their answer...
...other speakers of the evening were President Lowell, Charles A. Wilson '69, Governor of Kentucky, Dean Greenough '95, and E. A. Whitney '17 former President of the CRIMSON...
...every effort is being made to have the ceremony commensurate with the first Memorial Day after the Great War. Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 will preside at the exercises, which will be held in Sanders Theatre at 11.30 o'clock in the morning. Addresses will be made by ex-Governor Augustus E. Willson '69, of Louisville, Ky., and the Reverend Albert Parker Fitch '00. Professor Jefferson B. Fletcher '87, of New York, will read a poem, and there will be singing by the University Choir...
...program of Commemorative Exercises for Memorial Day has been arranged by the University Memorial Society. They will be held in Sanders Theatre on Friday morning, May 30th, at 11.30 o'clock. Ex-Governor Augusts E. Willson '69, of Kentucky, will deliver an address, and Professor Jefferson B. F. Fletcher '87, of Columbia University will recite an appropriate poem. The Reverend Professor Albert P. Fitch '00, of Amherst College, will conduct the opening prayers, and it is expected that Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, will preside. Selections will also be rendered by the University Choir...