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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 1: childhood and youth (search)
t my grandfather and one of the strangers had lighted their pipes. My father said, as his curious little boy was noticed: Otis, you must speak your piece. Step up on the bench there beside the door. I did so. My father then said: Now, Otis, makeOtis, make your bow and go on. I did the best I could and stammered through that wonderful speech which children learn without knowing for many years its meaning: You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage, And if I chance to fallr. Just then my father came in, and I never quite forgave him for reproving my mother for not having taken better care of Otis. Indeed, Otis was wholly to blame. The next day we proceeded to Bangor, Me. There two things occurred which have becoOtis was wholly to blame. The next day we proceeded to Bangor, Me. There two things occurred which have become part of my life. One was the impression produced by Mrs. Richmond's large music box that she wound up several times for my benefit, and the other was a misfortune which I had while playing with a little girl about my age. I shut the door upon her
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 2: preparation for college; Monmouth and Yarmouth Academies (search)
ome changed all this. My stepfather was very kind always and humored my whims; but his youngest son, two years my senior, by his criticisms and odd speeches soon made me feel that I was not yet a man. He evidently meant to take the conceit out of Otis. This discipline while I was learning and participating in all the farm work, which a lad ten years of age could do, was really needed and wholesome. But the new conditions and neighborhood associations made my watchful mother very anxious for aaway to a high school at Wayne Village. Improvement in all elementary instruction came with these two months. I learned, too, how to live away from home without too much homesickness. Soon followed another advantage. My mother's brother, Hon. John Otis, living in Hallowell, offered me a place in his family, if I would do the chores for my board. I was to take care of his horse and cow and perform such tasks as the situation might demand. The object was to give me the privilege of Mr. Bur
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 3: college days at Bowdoin; United States Military Academy (search)
ndertake the teaching and government of forty or fifty scholars. Though fully grown, I had no beard, and my face was yet that of a youth emerging into manhood. O Otis, you are too young altogether! the Chairman of the Leeds Committee declared. That winter vacation, however, was a very important one to me. It was a complete rhard at work in the summer term, preparing for graduation, and while even to my sanguine mind the future was dark enough, I received a letter from my uncle, the Hon. John Otis, then at Washington: Washington, June 20, 1850. My Dear Nephew: From what William (William Otis, his son) writes me to-day, I am of opinion that he will years of age. Is that Rowland's age? He must not be over twenty-one. Please write me your own thoughts before you apply at home. Yours sincerely, [Signed] John Otis. Oliver Otis Howard. This was a turning point in my career. What my uncle anticipated with reference to his son took place. He was rejected upon the phys
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 5: graduation from the United States Military Academy, 1854; brevet Second Lieutenant in Ordnance Department, 1855-56 (search)
inst the extension of slavery into the new territories. It was not long before my family came and we established the household anew, thinking that we would be at Watervliet for at least a year. None of us in the family were at this time members of any church, but I had made up my mind to have family gathering in the morning just before or just after breakfast, at which time a chapter of the Scriptures should be read. My brother, who was then a little inclined to skepticism, said to me, Otis, why do you do that? I replied to him that I could not tell him why, but that I had made up my mind to do just that. The Hon. Ira Harris, afterwards the United States Senator for New York, was the Dean of the Law School at Albany. My brother entered there under his supervision and went through a part of the course. He had a comfortable room with us and immensely enjoyed our home life. He was particularly devoted to our little boy, and as the latter grew they had lively times together.