Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Today marks the 84th anniversary of President Eliot's birthday. In characteristic fashion he is celebrating the occasion at his home in Cambridge, engaged in the usual routine of his work. Almost half of President Eliot's life has been spent as president of the University, and his entire career has been closely connected with University affairs. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1834, and after acquiring his early education at the Boston Latin School, entered Harvard when 16 years of age, receiving his A.B. in 1853 and A.M. in 1857. Since then he has received the honorary...
...there is no eager youth who cares less for what is established and is more radical in his judgments than this man, who, for many fruitful years, has defied the gloomy text about the time that follows the 70th birthday. These latter years have been full of labor, but it has been healthy and happy labor...
...present collection, none of which has ever before been placed on exhibition, consists primarily of pencil drawings and small water colors, chosen from a number given as birthday and Christmas presents to his children. Of particular interest are the drawings, as showing the discipline to which he subjected himself in order to develop technique. His more finished work, for which the sketches were merely a preparation, is represented by a large oil pointing and a large water color now at the Fogg Museum...
Tomorrow, Washington's Birthday, will be a holiday in all departments of the University. The delivery desk of the Widener Library will be closed all day, but the reading room and the Farnsworth Room will be open as usual. The Randolph Gymnasium will be closed during the entire day. Regular meals will be served in all the Freshman dormitories and in the Union, but according to the Sunday schedule...
...Washington's Birthday and during the following week-end, Lieutenant Morize will deliver a series of four lectures at Princeton. The talks will be on war subjects, and will be illustrated by examples from the Western Front...