Word: walkerism
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...treatise on political economy by Prof. Francis A. Walker has just been published...
...conclusion of Mr. Orne's remarks President Eliot was introduced. He said he came there as a representative of the great university the prosperity of which was due in no small degree to the labors of him whose memory those present had met to commemorate. Dr. Walker was a man who impressed one at a glance; his physique was grand and his constitution strong and vigorous. His power over young men was very marked, and many are now living in the prime of life who look back to some discourse or conversation of Dr. Walker's as a turning point...
President Eliot said that he spoke from experience, as he felt that his gratitude was due to Dr. Walker in no ordinary degree for his invaluable advice and kindness to him at the earlier stages of his own career. He closed with a glowing eulogy of his probity and worth...
Professor Lovering was introduced, and said that he could add little to that which had been so ably said by those preceding him, but that he felt he must take this opportunity of testifying to the love and reverence which he had for Dr. Walker. His association with him began when, as a boy, he was selected to be his reader, as his eyesight was beginning to fail. For several years he read to him two hours a day, the doctor in the meantime advising and directing his studies, and finally supplying him with the means of obtaining a collegiate...
...others. The singing of a hymn by the congregation and the pronouncing of the benediction closed the service. The monument which was presented was designed by Mr. Henry Van Brunt of Boston. In the centre is a replica in Italian marble of Miss Anne Whitney's bust of Dr. Walker now in Memorial Hall...