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...inscription that would seem to solve the mooted point of the date of the foundation of the college was uncovered yesterday by Assistant-Professor K. B. Murdock '16. Professor Murdock an antiquarian of distinction has long been engaged in the search for absolute proof in the matter. It has long been believed that the college was founded in 1636 but there was no definite proof other than the reminiscences of some of the faculty members. The new inscription hitherto in a hidden and secluded spot bids fair to settle the matter for all time...
...Horn Adams, the author of "Nearer My God To Thee" and who was also the Pauline of the poem. A collection of "Bells and Pomegranates" in the eight original parts which was presented to his uncle, Ruben Browning, makes a valuable addition to the collection. There are also corrected proof sheets of this work, showing corrections made by Browning himself...
Four volumes of printed letters, with the originals inserted, corrected proof sheets of "Ferishtah's Fancies," with a long letter to the printer, a manuscript of "Helen's Tower," and the last part of a facsimile of "One Word More," Browning's epilogue to his "Men and Women," make up the rest of the poet's works on exhibition...
...more than a quarter of a century she worked on University publications, again and again taking proof home for hard work out of hours. Not a comma escaped her if concentrated intelligence could prevent. In her love of detail there was no dull routine; there was deathless enthusiasm; no detail could deaden her; to whatever she touched she gave life. Indeed, she and a comma together would furnish any third part with lively commany...
...University Gazette was her pride --the pride of proof-reader, editor, and guardian. On Wednesday, February 15, she was taken home from her office, threatened with death from failure of the heart; on Friday she persisted in getting up from her bed to read the proof of the Gazette. "There is nobody else to read it," she said. On Saturday morning, she died...