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Last June the Harvard Corporation sent to Yale a gift of books which consisted principally of a translation from the Sanskrit of the Atharva Veda. The translation was made, shortly before his death, by the late Professor W. D. Whitney of Yale, and contained a text with critical and exegetical commentary. As the translation was incomplete at the time of the author's death, a large amount of work was necessary before it could be published. This task, including revision and editing, was undertaken by Charles R. Lanman, Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard, and a graduate of Yale. The necessary...
...sent a copy of the advance sheets to the Yale Corporation last June, as a bicentennial token of the unity of purpose and of work existing between the two universities. With these advance sheets went a beautifully bound complete set of the Harvard Oriental Series. The nature of the gift is expressed in the following dedication, written by M. H. Morgan...
These carved panels, these mantel-pieces and coats of arms at either end of the hall as well as the brass wreath in the floor yonder are gifts of various graduates, students, and friends. The bust of John Harvard is the work and the gift of the distinguished sculptor, Mr. Daniel C. French, and the bust of Washington together with the eagle and the staghorns we have from the hands of our great architect...
...fishermen by the sea of Galilee to the thief upon the cross. He knew that of the seeds he scattered so lavishly, though many fell amid rocks and thorns, some would fall where they would yield fruit, "some thirty, some sixty, some an hundred fold;" through his prodigality of gift he saw the possibility of the prodigality of return. Marvelous words he uttered often went to deaf, unheeding ears, but once his "follow me" entered the heart of Simon Peter on the shore of Galilee, and the lowly fishermen became the saint on whom a mighty church has based...
...small number this year is not considered unsatisfactory, as this is the first year under the new rule. Now that a new and perfect equipment is secured to the Medical School through the gift of Mr. Morgan, there is every reason to suppose that each succeeding class will increase greatly in numbers...