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...committee was appointed to take charge of framing and posting in each room in Hollis the lists of past occupants, compiled by members of the society. It was suggested by Professor Palmer at a previous meeting that the society should place a stone tablet in some conspicuous place, such as between the two entrances to University Hall, on which should be carved a plan of the Yard. The idea is to have each addition to the Yard of ground or buildings made in a different color, with the date upon which it was acquired. At the meeting last night...
...vote of the Corporation a small bronze tablet has been placed in the Museum of Comparative Zoology under the portrait of Alexander Agassiz. The tablet bears this inscription: "Alexander Agassiz. This memorial of his great services to science and the University, given by his friends, is placed here by special vote of the President and Fellows and Board of Overseers...
...bottom of the tablet following the inscription is the seal of the Memorial Society...
...bronze tablet for Hollis Hall has been prepared by the Memorial Society and will be placed on the front wall as soon as the weather permits. The tablet, which is thirty-seven inches in length and twenty-two and one-half inches in breath, is to be secured in the brick wall near the south end of the front of the building between the second and third stories. The Memorial Society has already placed a Memorial tablet on Massachusetts Hall and it is planned to provide similar tablets for Stoughton and Holworthy Halls in the near future. The tablet...
...recent meeting of the Memorial Society the wording of the bronze tablet to be placed on the outside of Hollis Hall between the doorways was decided upon, and will read as follows: "Hollis Hall, Built by the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, in 1763.--Named in honor of Thomas Hollis of London, Merchant, and other members of the same family, constant and generous benefactors of Harvard College from 1719 to 1804.--Used as Barracks by Colonial Troops in 1775-76." The seal of the Memorial Society will be placed beneath the inscription...