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...note from A. Lincoln, inviting the Hon. C. Sumner to accompany him "for half an hour" to the inaugural ball, March 5, 1865. There is also a finely written letter, dated London, April 28, 1758, in which Franklin begs the college (Harvard) to do him the favor "to accept a Virgil I send in the case, thought to be the most curiously printed of any book hitherto done in the world." Some letters from Emmanuel Kant to the grandfather of Prof. H. A. Hagen of Harvard are here preserved. Here, too, is Longfellow's first draft of "Excelsior." dated "Sept...
Hooper, '83, has left college to accept a position with the Century...
...wish that he might be present upon the occasion of the conferring of the degree, as he thought it likely to be a very festive one. General Butler looked up smilingly and said, "I will be glad to see you there." "Very well," responded the judge, "I will accept your invitation." Gen. Butler in his speech declared that he agreed with Judge Matthews regarding the Harvard College degree. If he was to be honored by that celebrated college, he preferred that the title of D. D. should be conferred upon him instead of LL. D. He thought he could fill...
...same as those for absence from lecture or recitation. The only positive ones are sickness of student, sickness or death in the family, the marriage of a relative. If the dean of the faculty, to whom excuses must be made, is in a good humor he will perhaps accept others. The students are unanimous in their condemnation of such obligatory religious exercises. The thoughtful ones considering that such a farcical performance is a disgrace to the name of religion, the others voting it a bore...
...Appleton Chapel last evening. Every year, Mr. Hale said, 6000 men graduate from American colleges and 1,000,000 immigrants enter this country. These 6000 men are endowed with a liberal and not merely a "bread and butter" education. They are to be leaders among the people; they must accept this fact modestly, but surely, else they should not come here to spend three or four of the most valuable years of their lives. For some men there need be no struggle to decide what profession to select; they are born with a genius for some specially, whether...