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...mark of respect to the memory of William H. Geer, late director of the Department of Physical Education, all classes will be suspended from 2 until 3 o'clock today, the time of Mr. Geer's funeral. Athletics will cease from 1.30 until 3 o'clock. During this period, the Hemenway Gymnasium, the Freshman Athletic Building, and the Big Tree Swimming Pool will be closed. The headquarters of the Department of Physical Education in Wadsworth House will remain closed through...
Among those officiating at the funeral will be many of Mr. Geer's closest friends and associates. The honorary pall bearers are Dr. Roger I. Lee '01, the physician who was responsible for bringing Mr. Geer to the University, and who attended him in his last illness, Dr. Derric C. Parmenter '13, Instructor and Acting Head of the Department of Hygiene and Physical Education, Mr. Fred W. Moore '92, Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, Professor Leslie O. Cummings, Professor Alfred C. Hanford G. '17, and Professor George E. Johnson...
...following motion was passed by the Athletic Committee at a meeting last night in connection with Mr. Geer's death...
...Athletic Committee has learned with the deepest regret of the death of Wm. H. Geer, Director of Physical Education in Harvard University. The Committee deplores the loss to the University of a Zealous servant and a stimulating leader in his chosen field...
Professor George H. Chase '96, acting Dean of the University, made the following statement in regard to the death of Mr. Geer: "In the death of William H. Geer, Harvard College has lost a man who, in the comparatively short time that he had been in Cambridge, had made for himself a very definite place in the Harvard community. Coming here in 1919 to develop with Dr. Roger I, Lee '01, the plan of physical education for Freshmen, he showed himself from the first to be a skillful organizer and an indefatigable worker. Under his direction, a scheme which might...