SLU History
Financial crisis averted when $50,000 is raised or pledged; one fourth of the
money comes from alumni and more than half from the citizens of St. Lawrence
County.
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The Laurentian begins
as an alumni and literary monthly (now an annual student literary publication).
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President Alpheus Baker Hervey broadens the
curriculum through a wider choice of electives. |
Beta Chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority is the second women’s
society established on campus. |
Senior Owen D. Young proposes
that the Thelomathesian Society become the representative student government
body.
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World
History
Congo becomes personal possession
of King Leopold II of Belgium.
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Queen Victoria celebrates Golden Jubilee. |
Benjamin Harrison elected President of U.S.
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Sir Author Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. |
The Dreyfus
Affair begins to unfold in France. |
