Trinity Faculty Vacation Notes From Summer
Trinity College faculty spent the summer in brief travels and study. Edwin Mills lectured at Chautauqua then toured Colorado and Monteagle returning late August. W H Glasson taught economics at Cornell and visited relatives in New York before returning. Merritt enjoyed New York state and a north trip. Crawford summers in western North Carolina before opening. Few attended an Education Commission meeting at Old Point Comfort Virginia and returned before college. Edwards split time between western North Carolina and Durham. Gill stayed at home in Henderson. J J Wolfe vacationed in South Carolina. Webb left after commencement for Yale then France on a year study leave. Hendren worked at Osterville Massachusetts under Columbia direction before returning. Wannamaker spent summer in Durham and western North Carolina. Boyd vacationed in Raleigh Durham and the west. Kilgo and Pegram on campus. Newsom on campus most of summer with short home visit. Mordecai plus months on campus preparing for bar exams. McIntosh remained on campus, later attending the American Law Schools meeting in Portland Maine. Card instructed at Harvard Summer School and earned a diploma at Sargents School of Physical Education. Card’s Harvard course, first earned as student in 1904, marks Trinity as a leader in physical culture.
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Edwin Mills
Monteagle
Colorado
Mims
W. H. Glasson
Department of Economics
Cornell University
Glasson
New York
A. H. Merritt
New York State
W. L. Crawford
Carr
W. P. Few
South Carolina
Education Commission of the
Southern Methodist Church
Old Point Comfort
C. W. Edwards
Durham
A. M. Webb
Yale
New Haven
France
Board of
Kr. J. L. Hendren
Department of
Applied Mathematics
Osterville
Mass
Columbia University
New Bern
Auf College
Col
W. A. Wannamaker
Department of German
Littleton
Asheville
Nean SF
Mordecai
Law Department
Wile
Supreme Court
A.C. McIntosh
Trinity College Law School
Association of American Law Schools
Portland
Maine
W. W. Card
Harvard
Sargent
Card
Trinity
Ieader
His Chance in Life A Narrow Thread of Luck Also Runs Out
A Western millionaire told a New York reporter of a San Francisco moment when hunger led to a chance. A half dollar dropped through an iron grate in a restaurant cellar, inspiring a press run to retrieve it. The author recounts how eight dollars earned there funded a safer life, meetings with influential people, and a shift from despair to self reliance on a slender thread of fate.
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New York
San Francisco
Ainly
New York Tribune
Language that Drives Mules in a Logging Camp
Senator Knute Nelson early life in a logging camp reveals how language shapes work pace. Immigrant groups spoke many tongues while an Irish worker used blunt expletives to command mules, proving a universal language exists beyond mother tongue.
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Knute Nelson
Scandinavien
No Church Ties Cited by Deceased Laborer
A neighboring city laborer died recently and his fraternal order sought how to assist his widow. They arranged funeral details but asked if the deceased had a church affiliation. The widow replied, He never done nothin to belong to church far.
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Chicago News
Widow in White Stirs Paris Studio Romance
In Pasquale's art studio Little Compton from Delaware upstages Le Breton as a white widow in velvet and Parma violets becomes the focal point. Le Breton props a romance with a grand gesture, but Compton reveals the widow’s true status and she invites Le Breton to tea, ending the spring fever episode.
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Little Compton
Pasquale
Jules le Breton
Boulevard Des Anges
le Breton
Amiens
Comton
Delaware
Compton
Epring
Pasquale’s
Littl Compton
Hotel Lombard
Mme. Germaine
la Belle Geruine
the Lombard
Jules
le Freton
Seine
Belle
Parma
Bayard
Pasquile
Harvard
Henry B. Germaine
Brevity and Wit in Proverb Sayings Across Ages
A compact discussion on how brevity shapes proverbs. It traces how sayings blend sense and salt, citing Howell’s definition and noting the Greek influence. The Laconians’ famed conciseness is highlighted with a famous Spartan reply to Phyllis of Macedon.
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Nho
Howell
Greece
Philly
Macedon
Laconia
Dr Pierce Medicines Praised by Many in This Land
A long promotional piece extols Dr Pierce's Family Medicines including Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It cites patient testimonials, lists ingredients on wrappers, and asserts safety with no alcohol. It promotes openness about formulations and offers a free medical booklet.
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Dr. Pierce
Ladies’ Home Journal
Ohiladelphia
Fierce
Sages
Pierce
Evieanhce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Rest and recreation in a lecture on Alaska
A neighbor recalls a lecture by Mr Dodd about Alaska. One man found the talk restful and restoring after a long day, while another felt strained by sitting still and not speaking. He later lightened his mood by sorting wood and splitting kindling in the shed.
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Alaska
Mr Dodd
Mr. Dodd
Miss Kitty Faces Dieting Doctor Exchange
A Chicago Tribune vignette shows a girl debating dieting with doctors. The new physician declares indigestion fixable and asks about dieting, while the girl says she dislikes the foods another doctor prescribed. The exchange highlights conflicting medical advice.
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Chicago Tribune
Worth the Money in a Daughters Handfast Tale
A vignette contrasts a wealthy patriarch and a hopeful son-in-law as he claims the cost of raising a daughter exceeds 15000 dollars, while the suitor affirms her value. The piece then shifts to a note on Christmas history, claiming its first celebration and later official adoption, with dates and calendar irregularities noted in early records.
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Sit
The
Chicago News
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J. J. Wolfe
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Louise Merrifield
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