Word: kirkland
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Barnes, W, 17 Kirkland...
Cogswell, C. N. 61 Kirkland...
...WEDNESDAY.Last day of receiving applications for the Parker, Kirkland, and Walker Fellowships...
Ralph Waldo Emerson entered the freshman class, in his fourteenth year, in 1817. Dr. Kirkland was then president of the university and Edward Everett professor of Greek literature. Among the other professors were Edward Channing and Ticknor. Emerson was greatly influenced throughout his course by the inspiration which Ticknor brought to the university. Among Emerson's classmates, were Upham, author of the "History of Salem Witchcraft," and Josiah Quincy, afterwards mayor of Boston. During his first year in college, Emerson was the "president's freshman," doing his errands and making his announcements for him. He was at this time...
Charles Sumner entered the freshman class Sept. 1, 1826. The undergraduates, now numbering nearly a thousand, at that period scarcely reached two hundred. Rev. John T. Kirkland was the president. Sumner occupied during his freshman year the room now numbered 17 Hollis; during his sophomore and junior years 12 Stoughton; and during his senior year 23 Holworthy. He was one of the youngest members of his class. With the advantage of the thorough fitting gained at the Boston Latin School, he took rank as one of its best classical scholars. He excelled in translations, and entered into the spirit...