Minutes 30 March 1906
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Minutes 30 March 1906
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[Page 1] The sun shone upon the Book Club upon the afternoon of March 30th, as ten members and two guests assembled with Mrs. Currie. Our visitors were Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Miss Louise Dupuy the and the Club would be glad to welcome Miss Dupuy to our circle next year as a regular member. Our hostess, Mrs. Currie, had announced to me from time to time, that as she could discover nothing concerning her author, we would have a scanty program at her meeting. Our Club has learned to anticipate an unusually pleasant hour when our perturbed hostess informs us thus ahead of time, and so we were found it on this occasion. The news items were fresh and well chosen to begin with, and the Current Events interesting and instructive. Our book under consideration was The “Wood-Carver of Olympus,” by Mrs. W. E. Waller, author also of “A Daughter of the Rich.” The book has been almost met
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[Page 2] with unqualified approved of by the Club, some pronouncing it by all odds the most readable book on our list. The book is pronounced thought to be rare & sweet, leaving a wholesome pungent after-taste in the mouth. Its author hero, Hugh Armstrong is called a noble, cleverly drawn character, one we are the better for having known. The book appeals to the imagination & sympathy primarily, as the hero is a cripple, & we note with interest that the words of loudest approbation come from prominent clergymen all over the country. Professor Harry Thurston Pick, editor of The Bookman declares: “it is a book that does one good to read & which is not readily forgotten: for in it are mingled inextricably the element of honor & pathos, & also a strain of generous feeling which uplifts & humanizes.” Generous & high praise we call this, & we shall look for more from
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[Page 3] this talented pen. After a little general discussion of the book, a lull came, and at this point Mrs. Currie introduced a novel & delightful feature. Upon the lace curtains of the parlor were pinned as upon a Christmas tree cut out & numbered photographs, of prominent authors and personages, & each lady was given a card with numbers on it running from one to nineteen: we were to name these celebrated faces; according to their numbers, & praise & glory or ignominious failure awaited us, as with childish excitement we pulled at the curtains & racked our brains to recall names & fix faces. There is much of the child left in all of us, as our merriment & excitement on this occasion evinced. And when the moment came to lay bare our ignorance & announce how many names we had guessed, it was genuinely funny to see how a Presbyterian conscience
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[Page 4] made us acknowledge that we had heard & borrowed information here & there! After our merriment had subdued & we had partaken of some cooling fruit, we adjourned in high spirits to meet April 13, with Mrs. Charles Grey.
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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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30 March 1906
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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-058
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Coverage
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1906
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4049696
