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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
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Minutes 3 January 1903
[Page 1] Jan. 3rd 1903-
For more reasons than one we might call this the Holiday number. Coming as it did in the holiday season and with the rest (Mrs. Dupuy, our hostess) gave us a rest from regular routine. In spite of recent festivities, which among the more dignified members took the form of hay-rides, peanut hunts and masquerades, there was considerable evidence of serious thought in the sprinkling of an “item” here and there. We do not hold ourselves answerable for the members who arrived too late to be called on, rather a suspicious circumstance. The book for the evening was the Master of Caxton by Hildegard Brooks. Our hostess had made most commendable efforts to gain information about the author with which to enlighten our ignorance
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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.
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Minutes 5 December 1902
[Page 1] Dec. 5th
After being house bound by several gray and rainy days the members of the club met each other in Mrs. Black’s parlor Dec. 5th , with more than the usual degree of interest and pleasure. Evidently the rainy days had afforded unusual opportunities for gleaning items of interest. The members fairly bristled with information, and not a single duplicate arose. In the interval for business it was moved by Mrs. Harrison that resolutions on the death of our loved member Miss Alice Neel, be drawn up Mrs. Dupuy, and a copy presented to the family as well as recorded on the minute book. Mrs. Dupuy, strongly desiring to be relieved of the duty, for personal reasons, it was moved and
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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
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Minutes 7 November 1902
[Page 1] The first regular meeting of the Book Club was held Nov. 7th with our new president Miss Thompson, as is customary. The members responded to the roll call with items of interest. Mrs. Harrison being the only member absent. She had the sympathy of the club, for the ladies know from past experience that Miss Thompson’s meeting is one to be looked forward to with unmixed pleasure. She was fortunate indeed in having such an attractive subject as Mrs. Nancy Huston Banks and her book Oldfield. In addition to a personal sketch, our indefatigable hostess had a most charming autograph
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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
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Minutes 8 May 1902
[Page 1] 1902
On account of sickness the first meeting in April was omitted. At Mrs. Martin’s however we had the happy experience of seeing all the members of the Club present and of greeting two visitors from Mooresville also. Mrs. Grey reported a new book by S.R. Crocket. “The Horn of the Moon.” Mrs. Harrison mentioned some contradicttions in the character of the late Cecil Rhodes which will make a proper estimate of him difficult in this generation. Ernest Seton Thompson was born in England of poor Parents witnessing that is often \the nursing cradle of genius. Walter Besant is writing a life of Edward Seventh which suggests the old adage. You can’t tell how long a snake is until he is dead. An airship is under construction in Chicago described for searching the North-Pole this summer. “Lowell and his Friends” was then introduceed, author Edward E. Hale of Boston. Of fine literary stock-reared in a litera
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Minutes 1 April 1902
[Page 1] 1902
Eleven members of the Book Club met with Mrs. Black April first. The house-keepers were interested in a report from the president of a model electrical bakery run by Niagara power, with tables arranged to go & return for service, bearing orders from the guests. Every one wished for one of their own. John Richard Green the English historian described in conversation as “vivid as lightning.” Henceforth the Cubans will join with the Mecklenburgians in a in celebrating twentieth of May Declaration of Independence. [Henceforth] The children of Marion Crawford petition to bear their fathers double name as Tom Marion Crawford, Dick Marion Crawford, etc.- as a tribute to his celebrity-xxx. In spite of vigorous efforts our host had been able to obtain little more than an autograph from the authors personally. We were interested to hear that she was a native of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
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Minutes 14 March 1902
[Page 1] 1902
The Book Club met March fourteenth at the home of Miss Withers, with a more satifactory attendance than for some weeks. We were pleased to have with us for the evening Miss Addie Herron one of the charter members. Mrs. Harrison read Henry Van Dyke’s “Footsteps to Peace” greatly to the enjoyment of the ladies. It is too fine for theory- but is good to memorize and practice. Ellen Glasgow’s latest book “The Battlefield” has just left the publishers. An amusing incident in Tennyson’s life was recited. A blunder due to defective eye sight in his peer among poet laureates made him pat the Czarina caressingly on the shoulder. Confusion still reigned as to who was responsible for current events. We are almost hopelessly behind the times but expect to be landed handsomely abreast at the next meeting by Mrs. Currie.
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Minutes 28 February 1902
[Page 1] 1902
Sickness and bad weather caused the omission of the meeting with Mrs. Smith February fourteenth. Nine ladies gathered with Miss Thompson February twenty eighth - four being detained at home by unavoidable circumstances. Mrs. Gray reported that the Edinburgh Review founded by Sidney Smith and Frances Jeffrey would celebrate its hundredth anniversary in April. Sousa the march man, has written a book: title “The Fifth String.” Of fifty thousand newspapers published in the world, twenty-nine thousand are by the English speaking races. Wireless telephony it is said will follow wireless telegraphy. “Heart of the Ancient Wood” was then taken up. The author Charles Roberts professor of English and French in King’s College Nova Scotia was born Jan. 10th 1860 in New Brunswick. Son of an Episcopal rector he has won two gold medals and written books on history, fiction and poetry
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Minutes 31 January 1902
[Page 1] 1902
Jan. 31st, the Secretary, arriving late, found the ladies already seated around Mrs. Sloan’s pleasant sitting room. As a substitute for our only absent member, the President brought Miss Daniel a welcome visitor. In response to roll call Mrs. Grey gave some of the eccentricities of authors- Victor Hugo is reported to compose while walking, a modern Peripatetic . Mrs. Black gave a review of “Richard Yea and Nay” by Wm. Moody who considers the imagination of the author suggestive of Shakespears tho lacking in art sense and human touch. Miss Whithers on current events noted two changes in the Cabinet. Shaw as Treasurer and Payne as new Post Master General. Danish West Indies bought by the U.S. lately for five millions of dollars has a valuable port St. Lucian used as a coaling station by the increased number of trading and other vessels plying between the United States and the far East. Attention was called to Uncle Sam’s care in his money-making: each bill being counted sixty three
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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
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Minutes 3 January 1902
[Page 1] 1902
Club met Jan. 3rd with Mrs. Dupuy. She having exchanged evenings with Mrs. Martin by request. At the Charleston Exposition products of home silk manufacture are on exhibition woven before the Revolutionary War. Also some copies of the Columbia Register printed on silk. _____ of the present date showed small progresss in the silk industry. Vanderbilt bringing over from England a music teacher for his home in N.C.had to smuggle him in under a false name, as a cover, from a band resolved to intercept the “importer laborer” James Ephraim McGirt is added to the list of colored poets. Congress has appropriated one million of dollars for the Soldiers Home in Johnson City, Tenn. for both Union & Confederate soldiers. Thirty five buildings have been erected. Experimenters in Mich. Univ. have discovered a new specific against typhoid fever, dysentery and all intestinal diseases. B_______, by name, is to be used as vaccination
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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.
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Minutes 6 December 1901
[Page 1] 1901
Club gathered Dec. 6th in Mrs. Harrison’s new parlor, so handsomely furnished with pretty old things. All members present except one. The budget of items was full and interesting including the Isthmian Canal Hay-Pauncefort Treaty. Ship Subsidy- reciprocity and other home interests. Besides Trans-Siberian R.R. Archeaology was of special interest. Late discoveries showing hat we have only made ___ scratches on the surface of the subject. The fount [?]of Romulus has been unearthed in Rome and at home a canal in Arizona evidences a civilization three thousand years before the Cliff Dwellers. The Ruling Passion by Van Dyke - subject for The evening was then introduced by the host and through personal friendship which the author copiously illuminated with interesting photos of the whole family. Henry Vandyke born in 1852 son of a minister-a fair blond, wealthy, highly educated & gifted in art, music, and poetry. With a voice so effective as to give to all he says of grave or gay a music all its own. It was a surprize to many that a name so long and widely known belonged to a man only forty nine years old.
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Minutes 22 November 1901
[Page 1] 1901
Club met Nov. 22nd with Mrs. Grey. Every member was present. Mrs. Martin reported an improvement in the morals of the Stage as noticed by good judges. Ernest Seton has dropped the Thompson from his name, added he says for a reason no longer operating. White tents will be substituted by some color less conspicuous. We don’t know what the poets will do about it. Carnegie says he has two hundred and eighty millions still for beneficence.Query - How many more secretaries will be need after this statement. The late Lt. Henry Chang was to China what Gladstone was to England & Bismark to Germany. The Pan American Council meeting in Mexico is said to be a great success. Clapp is waiting for the “Atlantic Monthly” on the drama-having recently made a hit with one of his own. Mary Johnson’s Serial is having a noticeable affect on the subscription list of the same. Mrs. Harrison showed the original Duchess of Marlboro in the Gainesboro hat
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Minutes 25 October 1901
[Page 1] Minutes of the Book Club Winter of 1901-2
Book club met Oct. 25th at Mrs. Martin’s to elect new officers and also to choose books for the year. By ballot Mrs. Grey was made President- Mrs. Black Vice Pres. - Mrs. Dupuy Sec. First meeting under the new officers Nov. 13 at Mrs. Graham’s was for distribution of the books. There being a division of opinion as to the mode thereof. Mrs. Harrison-Chose- The Ruling Passion by Van Dyke and the other twelve woman-like shirking responsibility, drew by lot as follows Mrs Grey Blennerhasset. Miss Thompson-Heart of the Ancient Wood Miss Holt-Richard-Yea & Nay. Miss Withers-Sir Richard Calmandy Mrs. Martin-Lowell and His friends. Mrs. Black-The Day of his Youth. Miss. Neel-Wind and Wave. Miss Currie- Napolean. Mrs. Sloan-Tribulations of a Princess. Mrs. Dupuy-Some Women I have Known. Mrs. Smith – Truth Dexter Mrs.Graham-House of de Mailly On a motion from Mrs. Martin that two members be appointed at each meeting to report on current events. Mrs. Grey the Pres. chose Mrs. Harrison for Foreign and Miss. Holt for Domestic. though Mrs. Harrison thought her items would be unavoidably
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China Mission. A Primitive Ferry on the Grand Canal, North Kiangsu.
Low building line the far bank, and boats are visible on this side of the canal. A pontoon boat crosses the river.
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Davidson College. Davidson, N. C. Alumni Gymnasium
Published by White Drug Co., Davidson, N. C., Post Cards of Quality. - The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Watt's Dormitory, Davidson College, N.C.
Card has postmark on front. No back. 2 copies.
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Davidson College Base Ball Team, 1907. Pub. H.B. Gillespie, Davidson, N.C.
Identical to 35 with extra writing.
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Private Mailing Card
11 x 3.25 inches
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Time Saver for Busy College Students
Humorous card with lists to allow students to send home a generic card.
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Davidson College, Davidson N.C.
Sepia version of 0024.