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...names of the selections have not been announced, but in the past "Copey," has read from Stephen Leacock, Rudyard Kipling, the Bible, and other sources. Until 1932, when his health forced his withdrawal, Professor Copeland live in Hollis Hall in the yard, and he still maintains a great interest in the undergraduates...
...shows were given in the downstairs living room. In the upstairs living room, at the far end of the hall, a series of informal talks by prominent professors on topics of current interest sponsored by last year's Union Committee. It was in this room that Harvard's famous "Copey" gave his Christmas reading exclusively for the first-year men. The Debating Council also used this room for its meetings and forums...
Many thousand Harvard men have grown to love him so that he may be compared only to the ever-present "Copey" in their minds. That ready smile and constant cheerfulness have made him popular with everyone. Yet those men see more in his attitude than that of the hail fellow well met. They recognize the great knowledge of music which has made his arrangements and compositions used by the leading choral organizations the world over. Still more they recognize the sincerity which has gained for him the confidence of so many friends. It was that sincerity that convinced President Lowell...
...nearly so angry about this, however, as is that other champion of outworn traditions in spelling, Professor Charles Townsend Copeland (known as Copey, and to headline writers as Copy or Coppy...
Professor Charles Townsend Copeland '82, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Emeritus, known to hundreds of Harvard alumni and undergraduates as "Copey," will give his annual Christmas reading at 4.30 o'clock on Tuesday, December 19. His selections have not yet been announced, but no matter what they are, a large gathering will certainly assemble to hear him read. His two readings last year, one of which was entirely from the King James version of the Bible, were attended by a large number of enthusiastic Freshmen who filled to overflowing the upstairs common room of the Union...