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...Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1753, of parents who were on both sides of English descent. In the War of Independence he espoused the British cause and in 1776 sailed for England with despatches announcing the evacuation of Boston by the British troops. In 1783 he was advanced to a colonelcy in the "King's American Dragoons" and placed on half pay. In the same year he was knighted by George III. He then entered the service of the Elector of Bavaria and remained at Munich for eleven years. In 1791 he was made...
...Melville Pratt Baker of Wellesley Hills Frederick Howard Hovey Jr. of Montclair, N. J. Arthur Joseph Conlon of Winchester John Crocker of Fitchburg Louis Butler McCagg of New York City Mitchell Gratwick of New York City Charles Alfred Tierney of Dorchester IVY ORATOR ORATOR Joseph Alger Jr. of Brockton Benjamin Franklin Jones Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. POET ODIST William Whitman 3rd of Boston William Ellery Sedgwick Jr. of Stockbridge CHORISTER Howard Elliott Jr. of New York City
...Richard Robertson Higgins Henry Stuart Payson Rowe FOR IVY ORATOR Joseph Alger Jr. Huntington Brown FOR CHORISTER Howard Elliott Jr. Arthur Aylmer Fish Jr. Alexander Lang Steinert FOR POET Harry Kay Behn Jr. Burke Boyce William Whitman 3rd FOR ODIST Walter Tembaron Prendergast William Ellery Sedgwick Jr. FOR ORATOR Benjamin Franklin Jones Jr. Edward Augustus Weeks...
Harvard, it seems, may lawfully issue degrees. Attorney General Allen has promulgated an official opinion to that effect. This judgement will relieve of all anxiety concerning the validity of their parchments on the part of the ghosts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall and other holders of honorary degrees awarded by Harvard College in the past, as well as the ghosts and the living souls of the many thousands who have received degrees in the regular course of the business of the college and the university. In view of the fact that...
...recent election held by the Lampoon, 13 new members were added to the board. From the writing and drawing competition, the men who have been elected are Richard Dodge Gerould '24 of Cambridge, Francis van Wyck Mason '24 of Winnetka, Ill., Walter Thomas Prendergast '22 of Marion, Ohio, Benjamin Manson Rice '24 of Dover, and Francis Wenderoth Saunders '24 of Boston. From the business competition, the men elected are George Moss Kendall '24 of Bridgewater, John McKinstry Kimball '24 of Portland, Maine, Edwin Katte Merrill '24 of Bedford Hill, N. Y., Frank Manning Seamans Jr. '24 of Weston, James Bentley...