Word: civility
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...interesting controversy has been carried on for the past month in the columns of the Bulletin, in regard to the suitability of having the names of Harvard men who died in the service of the Confederacy during the Civil War carved on the tablets in Memorial Hall. The suggestion was made by the Bulletin itself in an editorial which mentioned a southern graduate as speaker for Memorial Day, and the Discussion has been kept up by letters from several graduates...
...consider it inappropriate for the University to put side by side the names of men who for part of their lives were enemies. To them it doubtless seems like asking Democrats and Republicans to join in a post-election testimonial to the victors of one party. For the Civil War was a political campaign of armed men, and it was fought by patriots on both sides...
...Shields served in the Civil War between 1863 and 1865 and later in connection with his interest in animal life was a contributor to Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and an editor of Recreation. He is now on the editorial staff of Shield's Magazine. Among the books that he was written are "The Big Game in North America," "American Game Fishes," "Hunting in the Great West," and "The Battle of the Big Hole...
...invitation extended by President Lowell to make the Memorial Day address in Sanders Theatre next May. Major Harrod was a member of the Mississippi River Commission from 1879 to 1904 when he was appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was president...
...past 60 years Mr. Stone has lived in Framingham. Before the Civil War he was interested in the anti-slavery government, and later was connected with the "underground railroad...