Minutes 6 January 1905
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Title
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Minutes 6 January 1905
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Description
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[Page 1] January sixth, 1905
The first meeting of the New Year fell on a stormy afternoon, fortunately afternoon, but the attendance bespeaks the interest & enthusiasm of the Club. For even under such unfavorable conditions & with two members out of town & two more in error as to the time of meeting, there were eight who answered to roll call, and one ever welcome guest, Miss. Addie Herron, formerly one of our charter members. We were gratified that our newly elected member, Miss Lois Neel should have braved the wind & weather to attend her first meeting; & we all felt, if we did not express, the pleasure of having Miss Thompson back in her accustomed place. From the “items” we learned that Chas. Wagner has gone home to France with an American D.D. The author of “The Simple Life” is more impressive we think, without this so often empty
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[Page 2] title. Bliss Perry has published a book of essays, called from one of the essays The Amateur Spirit. Jack London’s latest effort “The Sea Wolf” is a blood & thunder tale of pirate life. Mrs. W.N. Grey was on duty as reporter of current events & informed us that St. Louis claims a unique record in the exposition line. Its doors were closed free of debt. She startled us with some figures showing the surprising excess of cotton export in the south, over all other products combined – agricultural, mineral, lumber, etc. etc. etc. A R.R. is being built to the summit of Mt. Blanc at an expense of some millions. The book of the evening was “The Silent Places” by Edward Stewart White. His publishers were delightfully communicative. Where Mrs. Sloan
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[Page 3] finished reading their long letter we felt that we knew about all that was worth knowing of Mr. White from his cradle to his marriage last April to a Miss Grant of Rhode Island. He is the son of a well-to-do lumberman, & was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. 32 yrs. ago. Most of his boyhood days were spent in running thro the vast forest surrounding his home. When 14 yrs. old he had collected & stuffed 1400 bird skins. His school days were few, most of his studying was done at home. He graduated at the Univ. of Michigan, then studied Law at Coumbia Univ. Its practice he has relinquished for literature. One of his teachers was Brander Mautheuos, who encouraged his writing. His life had been spent largely in travel, with prolonged stays in Paris, the wilds of Canada & the west. His career has not been
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[Page 4] barren of adventure. Once he was shot at by a masked man, again narrowly escaped a lynching after the noose had been adjusted. Since his marriage he has been living in a home in Cal. of which he was himself not only the architect but the builder. Mrs. Sloan, accustomed to high living served a luncheon that took away all need of supper.
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Subject
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Women-North Carolina-Davidson-Societies and clubs.
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Books and reading.
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Women-Societies and clubs.
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North Carolina-Davidson.
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Creator
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BookLovers Club
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Publisher
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Davidson College
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Date
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6 January 1905
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For permission to reproduce image, contact archives@davidson.edu
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Language
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eng
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Text
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Identifier
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bl-039
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Coverage
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1905
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4049696
