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...Gardiner M. Lane '81 has made a generous gift to the Corporation under which the Classical Department will be able to invite, for several successive years, European scholars of eminence to come here to lecture on subjects connected with Greek or Latin literature. It is hoped that the first lecture may be given in the spring, but no definite arrangements with a lecturer have yet been made...
...large and handsome Oriental rugs in the north and south rooms have been given by Mr. William Phillips '00, Secretary of the Library Committee, and add greatly to the attractiveness of the rooms. A clock, the gift of the Class of 1882, has been placed on the mantel in the north room...
...advantage of instructors of distinction not only in learning but in character. One of the greatest of these was Dr. James Walker, subsequently President of the College, who was a deeply religious man of reserved, strong character, great force of intellect and most impressive presence, and possessing a rare gift of twinkling humor which enabled him to enter deeply into the lives of all the students. Henry Wadsworth Long fellow, just rising to fame, was then an instructor, whom the students loved as a man of great sweetness of nature, of most universal culture, and a most thorough gentleman. Josiah...
Bertram Hall, the new Radcliffe dormitory, is now completed and will be ready for occupancy near the middle of the month. The building is the gift of Mrs. David P. Kimball and has cost about $70,000. It is a handsome, four-story, red brick structure trimmed with Vermont marble, and is located on Shepard street, near Garden. It contains bed rooms and studies for twenty five students, a large dining room, a library, and a parlor...
Harvard College was founded in 1636. The gift of four hundred pounds, decreed by the General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was augmented by more than double that amount through the will of John Harvard, a non-conforming clergyman of England, who died the following year. In consequence of this large bequest, the College was immediately opened at Cambridge (then Newton), and the name of Harvard bestowed upon...