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...collection will be in the same general line of work as the Boston Art Museum and the Slater Memorial of Norwich, differing from these collections in making all three collections co-operative in the advance of Romanesque, Gothic, Egyptian and Assyrian sculpture. The class of '81 in making this gift is keeping up with the old custom that each class ten years after graduation place some memorial stone or building on the campus as a monument of the generosity of the class...
Henry W. Sage has added $200,000 to his gift of $60,000 to establish a department of Philosophy at Cornell...
...Divine Love. Into His life Christ condensed the Light which was to guide mortals forever; from the Cross he gave the Light which brings the complete victory over death which Plato and Socrates in their wildest dreams had never conceived of. Then He sends His Apostles to carry His gift to the world. They go first to Asia, then to Egypt, then to Greece, and lastly to Rome. The colossus that Pagan teachers had labored so long to build was thrown down at the first attack of barbarian invasion. The debris was scattered over the world...
...neat pamphlet has appeared containing the proceedings of the meeting held in Sever 11, June 10, 1890, at which Mr. Henry L. Higginson addressed the students on "The Soldier's Field." President Eliot's remarks and Major Higginson's letter of gift and his speech are given in full. The pamphlet should be read by all who were unable to hear Major Higginson at the time speak of the sons of Harvard to whom the field is dedicated. Moreover every Harvard man should bear in mind the closing words of the address: "You come to college to learn things...
...Higginson's gift to the College is fast being completed, and it is gratifying to know how many men even now visit the grounds. With the present force of fifty men, the field will be finished about the middle of next month. At present they are digging trenches all over the 20 acres, in which the gravel from the now levelled banks is put, while the loam thus thrown up is spread 10 inches thick over the entire surface. The dike is being strengthened against the tide; and the few remaining acres beyond will be gradually filled by college refuse...