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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...estate henceforth belongs to the college, without any condition or restriction whatsoever, and for use in any way which the Corporation...
President Eliot went on to say that Henry L. Higginson '55 entered the army when the war broke out. He was wounded in '63 and had to leave. He became a successful business man, has made the best use of his money, and is now doing what his six friends would have liked to do in helping the development of manly sports...
...Yesterday and Tomorrow," though short and slight, contains some clever imaginative touches. An excessive use of the auxiliary "would" is notice able...
...Longfellow land will be filled in without the expense of doing it immediately. Therefore within twenty or thirty years Harvard will possess athletic grounds within a few minutes' walk of the college of about a hundred acres in extent. These twenty acres, however, can be put into use within a few months...
...gift of Mr. Higginson is unsurpassed alike in generosity and in the direct benefit it will bestow upon athletics. Through his munificence the problem of accommodation for athletic sports has been satisfactorily solved. Harvard is to have a magnificent field, as large as all the grounds now in use. The soil of the new field is better than that of Norton's Field, and can be made ready for use with little difficulty. As soon as that is put into shape, work will be begun upon the adjacent swamp land belonging to the college, and this will be gradually reclaimed...