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This seemed unfair to; Mrs. Evelyn Stafford Brannon, mother of three bright children. Mrs. Brannon, an alumna of Antioch and Columbia and onetime teacher at Chicago's Sherwood School, decided to start a school for bright children...
Editors of the Pioneer, the Golden Era, the Overland Monthly, the Californian were such resourceful amateurs as Sam Brannon, wildcat Mormon leader who got rich collecting tithes from gold prospectors; Ferdinand C. Ewer, tall, goateed, atheist Harvardman who later became an Episcopal rector; Charles Henry Webb, lisping, redheaded ex-sailor and miner, wit and lady-killer, who fled to California to escape the Civil War. (In the second year of the war, 100,000 army deserters and pacifists rolled into California. Among them was a slouchy ex-river pilot named Samuel Clemens...
...MARGARET BRANNON...
...Sophomore class dinner this evening, D. Brannon will act as toastmaster. The toasts will be responded to as follows: "The Press," W. Field; "The Grind," G. Williamson, Jr.; "Athletics," W. A. Schick; "The Class," R. W. Leatherbee. A reception, before the dinner, will be held at 6 o'clock. Daggett's band will play during the dinner...
...Saturday was done by Wright of Hopkinson, who showed carelessness at times but played a very strong game, using a vicious under-hand stroke and lobbing with great precision when necessary. By far the most interesting match of the day, however, was the one between Williams and D. Brannon of St. Mark's. Williams won out by remarkable steadiness and clever placing. He has an unusually strong backhand stroke which he uses with great effect...