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Major Higginson has devoted his life to the interests of Boston and to Harvard. The first great gift that he gave to the University was a vast tract of land, which he wished to be named Soldiers Field in honor of those who had died for the Union during the Civil War. It was to be a place where all Harvard men could enjoy outdoor sports. In the autumn of 1899 he gave $150,000 to build a clubhouse which should "bear no name forever except that of our University." Plans for the building were drawn up by McKim, Mead...
...first annual dinner of the Harvard Club of Boston will be held at the Hotel Somerset on January 20 at 7 o'clock. President Eliot will be the guest of honor. Major H. L. Higginson '55 will preside and among the speakers will be President Eliot, Secretary Root, Governor Draper, Bishop Lawrence '71, and President Faunce of Brown University...
...University reception for the current year, to be held in honor or President and Mrs. Eliot, will be held in the Union, on Thursday evening, January 21. Invitations will be sent early in January to all officers of the University and of Radcliffe College, and to members of the Visiting Committees appointed by the Overseers...
...members of the cast of "The Promised Land," the Dramatic Club's production, will give a dinner in honor of Mr. Wilfrid North, who coached the actors, at Washington Court, 51 Brattle street, this evening at 8 o'clock. H. von Kalten-born '09 will act as toastmaster. Professor G. L. Kittredge '82 will speak on "The Relations of the Historic Drama to Modern Plays," and Professor G. P. Baker '87 on "The College Dramatist." A. Davis '07, author of "The Promised Land," R. M. Middlemass '09, who played the leading part, and D. Gardiner 2L., president of the Dramatic...
Today the Seniors must complete their choice of men for the final positions of honor and responsibility in the class. In past years the vote cast for the committees has not compared favorably with the preceding election, which itself, we are forced to admit, seldom attracts as large a vote as the class, collectively speaking, would like to see. In some respects the final election is fully as important as the first, for upon its result the success of Class Day and of the future organization of the class largely depends. The situation this year calls for even a more...