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...Sophomore in the class of 1870. Always ranking high in his class, he graduated among the first twenty-five and was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. He was also Class Day orator. While in College he wrote several articles for the Advocate, which was at that time the only college paper at Harvard. After graduation he spent one year as a tutor at Harvard and then went for three years to the Law School, getting his LL.B...
...Governor and Governor of Massachusetts, he filled these important offices with marked ability, dignity, and devoted service. The same noble qualities marked also every stage of his career. The only son of a wealthy family, he came to College with the determination to make the best use of his time and opportunities,--and he did so. For ten years he was a member of the Board of Overseers; and in one public service or another he spent the remainder of his life...
...have been of earlier date than the strongholds at Tiryns and Mycenae, as Homer intimates, this might be explained by noting that Crete was at the centre while Mycenae and Tiryns were more nearly on the outskirts of Mycenaean civilization, and that Knossos was further back in point of time than either of the other places. There is ample proof at hand to justify this, as all possible comparisons show the more practised and metropolitan skill in Crete and at Knossos...
After sketching the history of diplomacy up to the time when international relations were adjusted by treaties, Mr. Straus went on to explain the complications arising out of conflicting claims of sovereignty and allegiance made by nations respecting their subjects. The United States, from the days of Jefferson until the present time, has always insisted upon the unrestricted right of expatriation as against the claims of indissoluble allegiance made by European nations as a result of their monarchical institutions. The chief cause of the War of 1812 was England's refusal to recognize the right of her subjects to become...
...this year. It will be awarded for the best thesis on a historical subject written by a successful candidate for honors in History or Political Science. The Charles Eliot Norton Fellowship in Greek Studies and the South End House Fellowship appears in the catalogue for the first time. A traveling fellowship in Botany for 1900-1901 is announced. Four Edward Austin Fellowships for graduates are offered to take the place of the Morgan Fellowships, now discontinued. The Scholarship of the Harvard Club of St. Louis, also for graduates, with an income of $300, is the only new scholarship...