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Secretary Meyer began his political career in 1892 as a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, being Republican speaker of the Lower House from 1894 to 1897. At the time of the Paris Exposition in 1898, he was chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Commissioners. President McKinley appointed him Ambassador to Italy in 1905 and later Ambassador to Russia, which position he resigned to enter President Roosevelt's cabinet as Postmaster-General. President Taft appointed him to his present office at the beginning of the administration...
Alexander Agassiz's relations with Harvard began with his graduation in 1855. In 1857 he received the degree of S.B. from the Lawrence Scientific School and in 1885 the degree of LL.D. from the University. The fortune which he amassed in the development of the Calumet and Hecla copper mines was spent in endeavors to advance zoological research. His gifts to the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology amounted to more than a million dollars. He was a member of the Board of Overseers from 1873 to 1878 and in 1885, and a Fellow of Harvard College from...
...soon as it was possible workmen began clearing out the interior of the burned rooms, preparatory to commencing repairs. The walls are perfectly sound, as are the steel floor beams, and in most cases the floors. The frame-work of the roof is badly charred. The partition walls on the fourth floor must be rebuilt. All other repair work will consist of putting in new windows and doors, and the refinishing of walls and woodwork. It is expected that repairs will be completed in five or six weeks. The damage done is estimated at approximately...
...month since spring work began for the University baseball squad, and Coach F. J. Sexton has been able to form some opinion as to the ability of the various candidates...
...minutes after the second half began, Cox carried the puck well into Harvard territory and shot from an angle. Chadwick failed to see it, and it entered the cage high at the left side. At this score the Harvard team seemed to realize the situation and took a decided brace. The play concerted about the Yale goal and there were many fierce scrimmages. The defence played well up the ice and kept the puck in Yale territory nearly all the time. A minute and a half of this kind of play resulted in the first score for Harvard, when Leslie...