Word: successor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...special meeting of the Board of Overseers held yesterday morning to take action upon the nomination by the Corporation of Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell '77 as President of the University, his election was unanimously confirmed. The Corporation presented Professor Lowell's name as their choice for President Eliot's successor at the stated meeting of the Board of Overseers on Wednesday, January 13, but final action was prevented on that occasion by a by-law of the Board requiring that nominations by the Corporation of permanent professors and of members of the Corporation be laid on the table...
...last decade has been the increased interest and support of the graduates; they will be needed in the near future. The growth of the University is threatened, and with decreased enrolment their financial support may be necessary to maintain the standards of scholarship. President Eliot in closing congratulated his successor on "the sure growth of the influence of the University throughout the land, not only to foster art, literature and science, but also free institutions in which will lie the power and strength of our country...
...many communities were the right man to be found outside the vicinity of Boston. There have been pleas for men of high scholarly attainment above all, and others for men whose administrative and executive qualities form the basis of their success. The CRIMSON will be surprised if the successor is not chosen from this vicinity and it would not be surprised to find him among the younger men associated with the present administration...
...seemed strange to some that the student body has not taken a more interested part in the discussion relating to a successor. Some would even have the undergraduates make public their choice and give the Corporation the benefit of their decision. The CRIMSON feels that there might well be more thought and discussion given to the matter by the undergraduates. It is a topic which has a vital bearing on them, not only while they are still in the University, but more particularly after they have graduated and are viewing the affairs of Harvard from the standpoint of an alumnus...
Charles Perkins in later life was a great railroad owner, but as a young man could not afford to go to college, as his mother depended upon him for support. As the successor of Charles Lowell in the control of the railroad at Burlington, he received his first experience in railroading. It was upon his advice that the first line across the state of Iowa was built. Throughout his career he always commanded respect for himself and his road by consideration and kindness for all those with whom he came in contact. In the capacity of officer of a bank...