Word: labrador
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Other men who have consented to speak at later dates are Dr. J. M. Little '97, who is aiding Dr. Grenfell in his work for Labrador; Mr. G. O. Shields, president of the League of American Sportsmen; Mr. John Kendrick Bangs; Mr. J. M. Chapple, editor of the National Magazine; Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A.; Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, and Professor Percival Lowell...
...other accession, from the gift of Dr. John Bryant '03, of Cohassett, Mass a valuable collection of soapstone lamps, cooking pots and various other articles taken from the graves of Eskimos of the North Labrador peninsula. The collection, which was made by Dr. Bryant during a visit to the Labrador coast last summer, will be on exhibition the latter part of this month. A miniature group, illustrating the houses of the Eskimos of Baffin Land, has recently been set up and is now on exhibition on the second floor of the museum...
...Grenfell, C. M. G., will give an illustrated lecture on "Labrador Life" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The stereopticon view illustrating the lecture will show the life of the people, the picturesque bays and mountains, and scenes of winter travel by dog-team. Dean Sabine, who had charge of the endowment fund for the Harvard bed which was established last year in one of Dr. Grenfell's hospitals, will introduce the speaker...
...Grenfell is a graduate of King's College, Oxford, and the Royal College of Surgeons, and was for a time associated with Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward's surgeon. For 18 years he has been engaged in medical and philanthropic work in Labrador and has bettered the educational and economic situation there by establishing schools and co-operative stores. He cruises the coast of Labrador in summer in his hospital ship and in winter covers the distance from settlement to settlement by dog-teams, caring for the sick and needy fishermen who comprise most of the population of this region...
Dean Sabine, who had charge of the endowment fund for a Harvard bed in one of Dr. Grenfell's hospitals in Labrador, will introduce the speaker...