Word: promptness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...DEAR MR. STICKNEY:-Was very glad to get your letter. I was away on our spring baseball trip, or your letter would have received a prompt reply. As to your coming down here I will tell you plainly, I will do all I can for you in every way, if you really wish to come. I can get your board, tuition, etc., free. The athletic men at Princeton get by all odds the best treatment in any of the colleges. I would like to talk it over with you personally. If you will accept an invitation from me to come...
...cast off clothing, shoes, rubbers, books, and c., fer use in missionary work among colored people at Talledga, Alabama, in charge of Frederick Reed, (Harvard '82). All who can contribute anything please send postal to J. B. Lewis, 67 C. H., or A. B. Seymour, 12 Farwell place. A prompt response will enable us to make one shipment before Christmas...
Several complaints of thieving at the gymnasium have recently been made, which prompt us to give a general caution. It is a humiliating fact, that, among a body of two thousand students, there are almost sure to be a few without principles of honesty. This year three overcoats with money and valuables have been lost, and numerous towels have mysteriously disappeared. The gymnasium authorities are unable to prevent this while men leave their property scattered around so carelessly as at present. The men using the lockers must understand that they do so at their own risk and so must...
...cast off clothing shoes, rubbers, books and c., for use in missionary work among colored people at Talledega, Alabama, in charge of Frederick Reed, (Harvard '82). All who can contribute anything please send postal to J. B. Lewis 67-C. H. or A. B. Seymour, 12 Farwell place. A prompt response will enable us to make one shipment before Christmas...
...cast off clothing, shoes, rubbers, books, and c., for use in missionary work among colored people at Talledega, Alabama, in charge of Frederick Reed, (Harvard '82). All who can contribute anything please send postal to J. B. Lewis, 67 C. H., or A. B. Seymour, 12 Farwell place. A prompt response will enable us to make one shipment before Christmas...