UNIVERSIDAD INTERAMERICANA Puerto Rico LOGIA SAN GERMAN DR HARRIS Texas MASON

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VISIT MY STORE  /<br>VISITA MI TIENDA<br>GANE $1 POR CADA $20 COMPRADO / EARN $1 PER EACH $20 BOUGHT<br>ANA, TNA, NTCA, ECI, CC&GTCC, NGC, & USNS<br>*******<br>UIPR<br>*******<br>CENTENARIO<br>UNIVERSIDAD<br>INTERAMERICANA<br>DE PUERTO RICO<br>***<br>1912 - 2012<br>***<br>INTERAMERICAN<br>UNIVERSITY<br>OF PR CENTENNIAL<br>SPANISH:<br>!S<br>aludos! Esta subasta es por una (1) histórica medalla celebrando el centenario de la Universidad<br>Interamericana de Puerto Rico, la 2da mas grande en la isla. La pieza es en niquel con coloridos detalles en esmalte. El terminado parece proof (flor de cuño) y viene en una cápsula plástica de presentación. Mide 40mm - grande como Peso de plata - y viene con una frase impresa en el borde liso (marca del fabricante). El anverso muestra la efigie del Estadounidense Tejano, Reverendo Presbiteriano Doctor John Will Harris (1876-1956) fundador y primer presidente de la UIPR en San Germán. A su izquierda aparece el logo oficial de la universidad, y a su derecha el símbolo Masónico de la escuadra y el compás con la letra "G" de "GOD" -Dios en inglés-, representativo de la logia masónica Luz de las Lomas # 53, de la que el Reverendo pasa formar parte por muchos años. El reverso muestra a manera artística logo oficial de los actos de conmemoración del evento, el cual consiste en las letras "U" e "I" super impuestas, sobre las cuales se yergue un número 100 con la frase "años de servicio." Aparece además el tigre, mascota de la institución. Esta tirada privada mandada hacer por educadores asociados a la institución para repartir internamente entre profesores y administradores allegados. NO ES VENDIDA EN LA UNIVERSIDAD.<br>Aparenta ser una tirada<br>ENUMERADA<br>de<br>100<br>ejemplares.<br>Tuve la suerte de conseguir una pequeña cantidad para distribuir al precio original de venta. Se venderán en orden ascendente. Si usted desea un número particular, escríbame rápido una vez comprada. Si no se la consigo, le devuelvo su dinero. Se pronostica esta pieza suba de valor rápidamente. Pocas a mano. A continuación, un reportaje sobre la vida del Reverendo Harris - en inglés-.<br>ENGLISH:<br>Howdy! This auction is for one (1)<br>l<br>imited edition<br>numbered<br>medal, commemorating the<br>Centennial of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico 1912 - 2012. It is made of nickel with enamel, measures 40mm - Silver dollar sized - and includes edge lettering featuring the name of the maker of this<br>privately commissioned piece<br>. It comes in a presentation capsule. Low mintage of mere 100 pieces, sure to increase in value before long. Few on hand to sell at the set up initial price of $19.99. Once gone, they are gone. Below is a copy of an article on Presbyterian Reverend, Dr. John Will Harris, founder and 1st president of Puerto Rico's 2nd largest University:<br>By Luis A. Otero-González, on January 2012<br>REVEREND DR. JOHN WILL HARRIS<br>This year, 2012, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico is celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary of service to the island of Puerto Rico. This centenary institution was the dream of John Will Harris an adopted son from Texas, a visionary who was an outstanding educator, a Presbyterian Minister, and a Freemason.<br>Dr. J. Will Harris, as he preferred to be called, was born on January 12, 1876, in the town of Dripping Springs, Texas. He was the son of Mrs. Annie Evelyn Buckow, daughter of German Lutheran immigrants, and David Harris, son of Irish Calvinist immigrants. That religious, Protestant home was his first school. He grew up with his brothers David Edward, Charlie, Clarence, and Joe; their sister died when she was only two when they were living at Derby, Texas. Their home of prayer and devotion served as the main ingredient of their daily life which was stamped forever on this Freemason founding father of the Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico. The Institute eventually turned into the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, one of the largest private university systems within the higher educational system of the United States of America.<br>Harris’s formative years were spent in rural Texas helping his father with cattle and horses. Nonetheless his spirit wanted to fly to other parts of the world to serve as an evangelist and educator. He wanted to he