Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...university, he said, declare that its natal year was 1636, and this date has been recognized as the true one by successive historians of the college and of New England; and in 1836 the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of this institution was commemorated. It was during the governorship of Sir Henry Vane, and during his auspices, that the college was instituted by the Massachusetts Assembly, which it has been said, was the first body by which the people through their representatives, ever gave their own money to found a place of education. John Harvard himself, the gentleman continued...
...title of Doctor of Laws is really to be regarded as an appendage to the governorship, it would be better to have it established by law than to compel Harvard University to perform the humiliating duty of bestowing it without regard to the qualifications of the recipient. - [Boston Journal...
...election of Gen. Butler to the governorship has a peculiar interest to all connected with Harvard University. It has always been customary for the corporation to confer upon the governor of Massachusetts an honorary degree of doctor of laws, and if the custom is to be continued, and Gen. Butler lives until next commencement, he will receive this honor at the hands of those whom he has always professed to despise, and who certainly have despised, if not him, at least his political career and his peculiar doctrines. It is reported that one gentleman of standing connected with the management...
Harvard Union Debate. Sever 11, 7.30 P. M. Question: "Resolved, That the best interests of Massachusetts require the election of General Butler to the Governorship...
...meeting of the Harvard Union at 7.30 this evening, in Sever 11, the question for debate will be: "Resolved, That the best interests of Massachusetts require the election of Gen. Butler to the governorship." The disputants will be - Affirmative, H. M. Sewall, L. S., E. G. McInnes, '83; negative, S. M. Hayes, '84, C. R. Saunders, '84. All interested in the question are invited to attend...