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Minutes 16 September 1925
[Page 1] 1925 - 1926 Provincial Types in American Literature Officers President Mrs. Withers Vice - President Mrs. Richards Secretary - Treasurer Mrs. Shewmake -
Minutes 17 April 1925
[Page 1] On the evening of April the seventeenth, the Book Lover’s were entertained by Mrs. Shewmake. Mr. J.M. Douglas was the speaker of the evening. Everyone enjoyed immensely his interesting papers on Astronomy. Our hostess served delicious cake, cream and mints. Check from Mrs. Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.00 Dues collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . $17.00 Amt. Paid for Flowers and telephone message . . . . $5.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11.80 Amt. Paid for flowers and telephone message. . . . . $5.20 Amt. on hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.60 -
Minutes 17 February 1905
[Page 1] The Book Club met with Mrs. Black on Friday aft. Feb. 17th. Ten members were present in spite of the swelling snow & ice which made walking so disagreeable. In the absence of our regular Sec., Mrs. Smith, the minutes of the last meeting were read by Miss Dupuy. Nearly all of the members present responded to Roll-call with items of interest. We were told that Napoleon Bonaparte’s old home at St. Helena is now used as a barn. An electric R.R. has been completed to the top of Mt. Vesuvius. After having recently spent an eve. in the study of the short story it was interesting to learn that Collier’s Weekly has offered some time ago prizes for three best short stories. 12,000 stories were sent in & the judges had a great deal of trouble deciding to whom the prizes rightfully belonged. The 1st prize of $5000 was awarded to Roland Thomas; the second, $2000 to Margaret Deland, & the third, $1000 to Raymond Alden. The current events were given by Mrs. Price. Among other things we learned that the Cuban Government -
Minutes 17 January 1902
[Page 1] 1902 Club met Jan. 17th with Miss Neel. We were glad to see some who had been on the sick list. Items reported were varied and interesting. At the late bicentennial celebration at Yale, of eight honorary degrees conferred, five were on Southerners. Senate Clark of Montana has paid two hundred and fifty thousand for a German Art Collection. Consideration of the purchase of the Panama Canal from the French at forty millions, is by some considered only a bluff diverting attention from the Nicaraguan route, which when completed will cause a decline in the value of overland Rail Road stock. In regard to “Wind and Wave” the book for discussion Miss Neel could find little about the author (Mr.) Burch. Two things however gave her satisfaction: he was neither a woman, nor an American. The Scene of the Story Leyden is beautiful for situations and construction. The Rhine there being drawn out into -
Minutes 17 March 1905
[Page 1] March 17 - Our hostess on March 17th was Mrs. Dupuy. Seven a’s were put down opposite the roll, an unusual number but four visitors kept our ranks from looking thin. Mrs. Currie made mention of a recently published & complete collection of Swinburne’s poems. Our ignorance of Jas. F. Rhodes was uncovered by a mention of his history of the U.S. on which he is working. He is called our greatest living historian. The king of Siam’s custom of mating off each year the old maid of his realm with the inmates of the prisons who thus exchange one servitude for another – let us hope not worse - has influenced our Missionary member to postpone her departure until she has decided which suitor may accompany her. A Pittsburg millionaire has given one million dollars to New York City - its interest -
Minutes 18 December 1903
[Page 1] hostess Dec. 18th. Christmas preparations cut our number down to nine members. It was indeed, a pleasure to have Mrs. Lingle as our guest. The items in response to the roll-call were interesting and varied. The appointment of Dr. Edward Everett Hale as Chaplain of the Senate came near precipitating a theological discussion. New books by F. Hopkinson Smith and Myrtle Reed were noted. Mrs. Strohecker gave us an example of how fleeting worldly power and position is; as shown, by an incident, in the life of the Empress Eugenie. The death of Herbert Spencer, at the age of eighty-three, was mentioned. It was Mrs. Black’s duty to gather “current events,” and to -
Minutes 18 March 1932
[Page 1] The annual meeting of the club was held at Miss Maude Vinson’s May March 18th. It was voted to ask Miss Lizzie Young to compile the program, the list of officers and important data concerning the club for future reference. The nominating committee of three presented their report. Pres. Mrs. Walter Lingle. Vice Pres. Mrs. Harding. Mrs. Howard Arbuckle, Sec. & Treasurer. They were unanimously elected. The officers write the addition of Mrs. Lingle, Mrs. Shewmake and Mrs. Cuming will constitute the next program committee. Mrs. Grey had the program, by subject being Rosland. Mrs. G. B. Watts Sec. -
Minutes 19 April 1907
[Page 1] April 19, 1907 Much to the regret of the Secretary she was late for the meeting of the Club on April 19th and failed to hear Miss Holt’s account of Sidney Lanier’s life & works. Miss Holt handed over the following notes – “It is marvelous what was accomplished in the short span of 39 years. Of these the most important milestones are his birth at Macon, Ga., Feb. 3, 1842, his graduation at eighteen years of age from Oglethorpe College; his enlistment in The Mason Volunteers in 1861; his service as a private & later as an officer under the Signal Service. Exposure at this period led to his decline in health. In 1867 he married Miss Mary Day of Macon. After a rather unsuccessful attempt at Law, in 1873 he moved to Baltimore & then his real work in Literature began. Previously “Tiger Lilies,” a novel, had been published. Then followed in rapid succession Poems, his two great works “The Science of English Verse,” “The -
Minutes 19 December 1902
[Page 1] December 19th - 1902 The last meeting of the year Was, by special arrangement, held with Mrs. Harrison instead of Mrs. Currie and the sympathy of the club is extended to the two members necessarily absent The current events more furnished by Mrs. Dupuy - such being the case, it gives without saying in our Club that they were newsy and interesting. It was thought best to read our “Constitution and By-Laws. The Pres. requested Mrs. Harrison to read the Resolutions framed on the death of Miss A.G. Neel. The Resolutions were approved; a copy sent the family and recorded in the Minute Book. The members of the club would officially thank Mrs. Harrison for her timely suggestion, and for so ably and beautifully experiencing for them their sense of loss and bereavement. -
Minutes 19 January 1903
[Page 1] January 19 - 1903 The death of an honored member of our community (Mrs. Shearer) caused a postponement of our meeting from Friday 16th to Monday 19th. The members with exception of Mrs. Dupuy assembled in Mrs. Grahams parlor, whose privilege it was to enlighten the club concerning “Maeterlinck,” the author of the Life of the Bee. To the large majority of the Club he was a utterly unknown quantity. The first price of information Mrs. Graham gave was that Maurice Maeterlinck is a young man 35. The only thing we thought we knew was the he would prove a hoary headed philosopher in appearance, an athletic, fresh-country gentleman, quite approachable in manner. A Belgian with a commodious, comfortable -
Minutes 19 January 1906
[Page 1] Upon the afternoon of January 19th eleven members and two welcomed guest assembled with Mrs. Holt, whose to consider the new Japanese novel “The Breath of the Gods.” As we neared the house and glanced up at doors and window, we became suddenly aware that the home was shaded, as for some afternoon reception, and so with high antic- ipation we touched the door bell, to be greeted instantly by two tiny Japanese ladies in glowing kimono’s & tucked up hair, & ushered into a hall tastefully lighted by little hanging Japanese lanterns: tall vases filled with huge chrysanthemums stood here and there, and the air was full of suggestions of the far away island - country of cherry blossoms, [saldal]-wood and almond eyed beauties. After the roll call, we listened to some well -culled general items from Mrs. Charles Grey broken here & there by the remonstrating voice of Mrs. Graham who protested that Mrs. Grey was stealing her literary thunder. -
Minutes 19 January 1906 - Smith
[Page 1] For the first time season the whole Club assembled at a meeting held January 19th, with Mrs. McConnell, at Dr. Smith’s. As the roll was called each lady responded with an apposite quotation from the life of one of Shakespeare’s heroines, giving if possible the scene and setting of each quotation. Mrs. W. R. Grey confessed that she had failed to procure for us our Current Events but no excuses are needed for the busy mother of five small children, especially when she undertakes cheerfully to bring “Events” for the next meeting! William Shakespeare - the very name appalls us, and his mighty shade seems hovering near to see that we do his memory full justice. We feel anew the shudder of him who stands beside his grave today at peaceful Stratford-on-Avon, and reads for the first time: ‘cursed be he who moves my bones!’ And so reverently we shall say & do only a little, revive a few memories within us, review only a few well known facts, realizing that in one short meeting we can do but little with a name and fame so great. X X X . -
Minutes 19 September 1924
[Page 1] 1924-1925 Biography Officers – Miss Young - President Mrs. Hamilly - Vice - President Miss Johnson - Sec. & Treas. -
Minutes 2 March 1906
[Page 1] All the members of our club who were fortunate enough to attend the meeting with Mrs. Price on Friday March 2nd, will long remember the evening as one of much pleasure and merriment. An unusually large number was absent - measles still bring a guest in our midst - but the missing places were filled by the following guests whom we were glad to have with us; Mrs. Morrison, Miss McAllister, Mrs. Haliburton, Miss Price, Mrs. Munroe, Miss Glasgow, Mrs. Reid, & Miss Louise Dupuy. Mrs. Price very kindly sent a hack for those of us who lived some distance away & we appreci- ated her thoughtfulness & found the drive in the night air highly enjoyable. In the absence of the Secretary, Mrs. Har- rison, the roll was called by the President, Mrs. Dupuy. All responded with some item of news. Miss Holt read the minutes of the last meeting which she kindly con- -
Minutes 2 May 1907
[Page 1] May 2nd 1907. We have come to our last Book Club meet- ing of the year & it is with some regret when we think of it but we have the pleasure of looking back upon a de- lightful year’s work. On the afternoon of May 2nd all of the members with our visitors, Mrs. Frank Dupuy & Miss Luke, gathered in Mrs. Martin’s roomy parlor where spring flow- ers were in profusion – old scotch – narcissus, roses etc. After roll call & the reading of the min- utes we listened with pleasure to Miss Young’s paper on Current Events which she said had been prepared in true American style - quick. The thought passed through the retiring Secretary’s mind that Miss Young could write minutes so easily & well. The book for the aft. was Whistler & Others. The time was devoted to Whistler, beginning with a short biographical sketch which Mrs. Worth gave. We learned that -
Minutes 2 October 1902
[Page 1] Minutes for Book Club - Fall, beginning 1902- By order of the President, the members of the Book Club were called together on the evening of Oct. 2nd at the home of Mrs. Smith. This goes on record as the earliest date set for a meeting since our club was organized. A testimony to the business like character of our President, Mrs. Grey, and a circumstance which arouses a slight suspicion of our own Pres.’s haste to lay aside the “Robes of office.” We regretted the absence of three members, Mrs. Sloan, Miss Withers and Miss Thompson. A majority being present we proceed with the regular business, incidental to the opening of each new series of meetings. The election -
Minutes 2 October 1903
[Page 1] 1903-1904 The Woman’s Book Club of Davidson was called together the first Friday in Oct. by the retiring Pres., Miss Thompson, for the purpose of selecting books and electing officers for the coming year. By unanimous vote Mrs. Smith was chosen President, Mrs. Currie Vice Pres., and the office of Sec. heretofore having been looked upon so such a burden for one member to bear alone, it was proposed by Mrs. Martin that the honor and burden of the office be shared by the members alike each taking her turn, The proposition met with the hearty approval of the Club-so it falls to the lot of the one so unfortunate as to be the first on the roll, alphabetically, to start the venture, The list of books to select from was not so voluminous as that of the previous year. Authors -
Minutes 20 April 1906
[Page 1] On the afternoon of April 20th, thirteen members assembled with Mrs. Charles Grey, the our one guest present being Miss Lucy Martin whose presence among us gave much pleasure to us one and all. We hope she did not view us with a critic’s eye, but we confess to some small trepidation at discussing general literary subjects before a teacher from a school whose Literary Society is called The “Lanier,” for the name is associated with all that is vague & transcendental! The Club welcomed back to its midst Mrs. Smith, whose long absence from our meetings has been the source of general regret. There was too a feel of spring in the air: in the woods just in sight the red-wood was in full blossom, and huge branches of log-wood here & there reminded us that nature was again making all things beautiful. As the theme of the evening was to -
Minutes 20 December 1901
[Page 1] 1901 Dec 20th One of the coldest evenings in December the ladies drew up around the heater in Mrs. Holt’s parlor rejoicing in its warmth. There were only ten members present and one visitor. Mrs. Grey reported a new novel by C.W Chestnutt the mulatto author, title “The Mirror of Tradition.” Mrs. Black recalled him as a trimmer of hedges in her home near his, before he rose to fame. He now lives in N. York. A Frenchman has invented the spectrograph which mirrors the speaker at the telephone. Attention was called to some papers on Stonewall Jackson by Dr. Graham Sr. now coming out in “Things & Thoughts” a Wincheste, Va magazine as of special interest . Mr. Wm. Archer chronicling thirty three living English and Amer. poets mentions our Alice Brown. Ian McLauren’s Young Barbarians is said to be very popular. A young Eng. Boy descended on one side from Lord Byron and on the other from Bulwer & Owen Meredith ought to be one of The poeta nascitus. -
Minutes 20 February 1925
[Page 1] One of the most enjoyable meetings of this year was with Mrs. Withers on the evening of February the twentieth. Dr. Hood gave in his interesting manner an account of the life of William James, the noted Psychologist. Ice cream, cake and coffee were served during the social hour. -
Minutes 20 March 1925
[Page 1] Of the meeting with Miss Johnston March 20th, the Book Lover’s went to study Provincial Types in American Literature. Mrs. Hamilton entertained the Book Lover’s on April the third. After Mrs. Grey gave her paper on Garibaldi. The officers for 1925 - 1926 were elected: President - Mrs. Withers Vice - President - Mrs. Richards Secretary - Treasurer - Mrs. Shewmake -
Minutes 20 November 1903
[Page 1] November 20th 1903 The big fire was a welcome sight as the ladies drew up in Mrs. Grey’s parlor that cold November twentieth. Three visitors kindly swelled our number to eleven, for there were five absentees. So many books not brought in raised a question of enforcing the fine for that neglect, and the president was waxing warm on the subject; but milder counsels prevailed and a warning was uttered that the next delinquent should pay for the new blank book. There were ten or fifteen minute of chatter before the members all gathered, and the hour of the meeting, quarter to four, was emphasized. Fortunately Mrs. Currie had her glasses and was able to read her minutes carefully and thoughtfully prepared. The death of several authors was noted; Gilmore and Merriman among the number. Some of the ladies felt a little spiteful recalling the low and vicious type of female character portrayed in “The Sowers” and others of Merriman’s books. -
Minutes 21 December 1905
[Page 1] 1905-1906 December 21st again saw the elements conspiring against the Book Club in the form of a drenching winter rain. Nevertheless eleven members presented themselves, nothing to be daunted expecting confidently an unusually argeeable meeting with Mrs. Martin. As James Whitcomb Riley would say, there was a genuine “feel of Christmas in the air,” a repressed excitement abroad in the land. Many of us had left at home rows of little expectant faces, a confused jabber concerning “Stockings” and “Secrets,” mingled with a childish sense of responsibility but their already depleted funds would give out ere the last mysterious gift was purchased. Ah, Christmas, Christmas, the very name that not so many years ago had power to thrill us too by its magic power even in the torrid days of Angst! Christmas greens greeted us as we entered Mrs. Martin’s warm parlor, and a soothing cup of tea was served immediately to inure us against the effects of the -
Minutes 21 November 1902
[Page 1] Nov. 21st it fell to the job of Miss Withers to entertain the Book Club. The Beginnings of New England by John Fiske was the book of the evening. With an author who deservedly takes rank among our small company of great writers, it was not a difficult matter for Miss Withers to accumulate. much material of a very interesting nature. In a sketch of his life she told us that John Fiske wast was born in Hartford Conn. The youth of this remarkable man was not less striking for its achievements than his maturity. From infancy he exhibited reachable precosity. He was a prodigious worker from his early youth. He studied 12 hours a day before he was 16 years old and 15 hrs. after that. The outcome -
Minutes 21 September 1928
[Page 1] Sept. 21st, 1928-1929 Book List Mrs. Richards Destiny Bay Mrs. Grey Bambi Mrs. Hood Pirates Face Miss Vinson The Bridge of San Luis Rey Miss Young Swan Song Mrs. Hamilton Count [Trudence] Mrs. Woth Black Majesty Mrs. Vonles Autobiography of Kingsley Mrs. Cullmun All Kneeling Mrs. Douglas Life of Mary Disraeli Miss Douglas Mrs. Arbuckle Old Father of Waters Mrs. Lingle [Mother] Country Mrs. Black The Understanding Heart Mrs. Shewmake Contemporary American Criticism Mrs. Withers Golden Bee Miss Withers Winter’s Moon Miss Thompson The Cavalier of Tennessee Miss Drew The Bonney Family Miss Johnston The Foolish Virgin Mrs. Harding The Children