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...letter from George Washington to Gen. Schuyler; an official document of the Confederate States signed by Jeff. Davis and Alex. H. Stevens; an invitation to Charles Sumner from President Lincoln to attend the inaugural ball. But that which will probably interest you most of all is Longfellow's first draft of Excelsior, dated September, 1841, half-past three in the morning. It is written in his usual neat hand on the back of a letter addressed to him by Charles Sumner...
...showed much enthusiasm for the work of the proposed society. Mr. Jones was elected president by acclamation, and the other offices were assigned as follows : Messrs. Cummings, D. S., and Noble, '84, vice-presidents; Mr. Roundy, '85, secretary; Mr. Hansen, '85, treasurer. Committees were appointed to draft a constitution and select a design for a shingle. The scheme of work proposed in yesterday's CRIMSON was adopted. It was decided to hold the first public declamations and recitations by the club, in Sever 11, on November 18. The next meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday, November...
...selected to take part in college athletics are men of fine physique, who, in order to keep themselves in excellent condition, do not need the amount of training which they get. Time is often of great importance to them; but their physical powers are in demand, and this double draft upon their energies sometimes costs them their degrees. Men have been induced to enter the professional schools after graduation, that they might help retain the championship for certain sports. The evil of such a course is two-fold. It tends to raise the standard of the sport beyond the capacity...
...first draft of the theme will consist of a scheme containing only the heads of the argument. This will be criticised by the instructor and returned to the student to be written out. The completed production will be subjected to no further criticism, but will be marked on its merits largely with regard to its value as a piece of argumentative composition...
...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. 28, 1841. Half-past three in morning." It is written on the back of a letter addressed to him by Charles Sumner. The two lines...