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...studies among Dartmouth alumni, a graduate present said he had no sympathy with any movement intended to foster the study of Greek and Latin. He was a follower of Charles Francis Adams in that respect. The three greatest masters of English literature on the other side-Shakespeare, Erskine, and Cobbett-knew little Latin and less Greek. The same was true of Whittier, Greeley and Pinckney on this side...
...Harvard Necrology for 1878-79 presents some very interesting facts. The unwearied devotion of Mr. Sibley has been rewarded by the discovery of particulars concerning the death of many of the older graduates. Among these are Samuel Cobbett of Lynn, class of 1663, who died at Fairfield, Conn., 1713; Pascal Nelson, class of 1721, died at London, Eng., 1760; William Phipps of Cambridge, class of 1728, died at Pemaquid, Me., 1750 - 51; Samuel Moffatt, class of 1758, died at Demarara, 1780. The Necrology contains the names of seventy-five Academic graduates, fifty-eight of whom have died since last Commencement...