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A. S. Packard (search for this): chapter 1.4
ourse. We became fast friends and always exchanged confidences. During the first term at Bowdoin we were, I may say, broken in to systematic study. The daily routine embraced Livy under Professor Upham, a continuance of the Odyssey under Professor Packard, and algebra under Prof. William Smyth. At least once a week every member of our class was obliged to declaim before the class under the supervision of Professor Boody. He also caused every student to write themes, which must fill at leaseverity of manner or method, a way of getting from a youth anything he wanted to know. In spite of his modesty and retiring disposition, scarcely able to give an address on his feet, Professor Upham was a natural and polished diplomat. Prof. A. S. Packard differed from the others. He had a fine figure, was very handsome, and wore a pair of gold spectacles; his hair and clothing were always in perfect condition. He was quick to see a student's fault and sometimes corrected it with severity
William P. Frye (search for this): chapter 1.4
s amount. The highest that was paid at any club was $1.75 per week. During my last year, with several classmates of special selection, I boarded at Mrs. Hall's, not far from the Tontine Hotel, for $1.50 per week. This board did not include what was called the term bill, which, for room rent, tuition, and incidentals, was paid to the treasurer of the college. In my class were thirty-six students. One only, Dr. Holmes, a surgeon in the army, died during the Civil War. Another, William P. Frye, of just my age, truly a most distinguished citizen, is now a United States Senator and President pro ter. of the United States Senate. John S. Sewall, D. D., for a time in the United States Navy, has just retired with accumulated honor from the Presidency of the Bangor Theological Seminary. Carroll S. Everett was, long before his death, a professor in Harvard College and at the head of the Divinity School of that institution. My classmates were scattered hither and thither over the
Seth Howard (search for this): chapter 1.4
leasant evening party of young people from the neighborhood. Among the girls there came to the party a young lady visiting her relatives in the vicinity, who was a cousin of Perley. During the evening I made her acquaintance. She was about two years younger than I, but very mature for her age. As two or three of us were chatting together that evening, I related some of my mischievous performances, probably exaggerating them, when with her large, dark eyes she looked into mine and said, Mr. Howard, do you think that was right? I may here say that this little contretemps eventuated in a lifelong relationship. The acquaintance ripened into a correspondence which absorbed my heart and much of my leisure during the college course. After this my purpose to do well, to accomplish what I undertook, and to make a success of life never faltered. The next winter I was able to get a school in the district where I was born. Here I began to teach for $14 a month. The following winter I
John Otis (search for this): chapter 1.4
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
Rowland Bailey (search for this): chapter 1.4
nd 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 not be accepted at West Point on account of the narrowness of his chest, and want of general physical strength. . . What I wish to know is whether, in case he is not accepted, you would like to have me recommend you or Rowland Bailey (my brother). The advantages you would have are a good constitution and strength for endurance, and you have a good acquaintance with the languages and are fond of mathematics. . . . The applicant must be full sixteen 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 refere
Parker Cleveland (search for this): chapter 1.4
yth's unruly hair had already begun to whiten; he had good health, was interested in everything that concerned the college or the welfare of the village. He was rather above the medium height, had a fine head and face, models for an artist. His large gray eyes when not abstracted beamed with kindness; yet the students who disliked mathematics called him Ferox, more from his earnest pursuit of a matter in hand, regardless of chalk and dust, than from any severity of look or act. Prof. Parker Cleveland was the oldest teacher when I came. He had been for over forty years connected with Bowdoin. His forte was chemistry. His lectures to students, including the medical classes, were plain, clear, and beautiful, not at all behind the times. Chemistry, geology, mineralogy, and astronomy could not be pursued as now with the new splendid opportunities for individual experiments, but in these subjects the venerable professor made ours the equal of any existing college. The man himself
Boody (search for this): chapter 1.4
mbraced Livy under Professor Upham, a continuance of the Odyssey under Professor Packard, and algebra under Prof. William Smyth. At least once a week every member of our class was obliged to declaim before the class under the supervision of Professor Boody. He also caused every student to write themes, which must fill at least two pages of foolscap. Professor Boody took great pains with our speaking, endeavoring to train us in the right way in all that pertained to elocution. He was equalProfessor Boody took great pains with our speaking, endeavoring to train us in the right way in all that pertained to elocution. He was equally careful in reviewing and correcting our compositions. One of the professors was always present in the Old chapel where all the students met at dawn for prayers, and President Leonard Woods presided at the evening chapel exercises; his singularly sonorous voice so impressed every student that he never forgot it nor the dignified lessons which came gently yet forcibly from his lips. As I run over my college diary, and letters which I wrote to my mother and which she always preserved with
Peleg Sprague Perley (search for this): chapter 1.4
e last week in September. Soon after reaching Bowdoin, before I was fairly settled in my college room in the south end of North Hall, I met a young man, Peleg Sprague Perley, who had belonged to the previous freshman class, but being kept away by illness so much of the year he had concluded to join the class to which I belongedant one to me. It was a complete rest from study and very much enlivened by social intercourse with young people in Leeds and the neighboring towns. My roommate, Perley, lived with his parents, brothers, and sisters in Livermore, which was separated from Leeds by the Androscoggin River. He invited me to visit him. I did so for aing party of young people from the neighborhood. Among the girls there came to the party a young lady visiting her relatives in the vicinity, who was a cousin of Perley. During the evening I made her acquaintance. She was about two years younger than I, but very mature for her age. As two or three of us were chatting together
Thomas O. Upham (search for this): chapter 1.4
the first term at Bowdoin we were, I may say, broken in to systematic study. The daily routine embraced Livy under Professor Upham, a continuance of the Odyssey under Professor Packard, and algebra under Prof. William Smyth. At least once a week that in any college. The harder studies which pertained to metaphysics, such as Butler's Analogy, Paley's Evidences, and Upham's Moral Philosophy were explained by the teachers and mastered by the students. I feel that I was too young and had to such fidelity and kindness that a student was never discouraged, but rather stimulated by them to do better. Prof. Thomas O. Upham, a tall man of sixty with head modestly drooping, sat at his desk and reasoned with any delinquent lad in such a he wanted to know. In spite of his modesty and retiring disposition, scarcely able to give an address on his feet, Professor Upham was a natural and polished diplomat. Prof. A. S. Packard differed from the others. He had a fine figure, was ver
Ferox (search for this): chapter 1.4
uld not well forget them. Besides his teaching the languages, he often gave us brief historical lectures of a high order. Professor Smyth's unruly hair had already begun to whiten; he had good health, was interested in everything that concerned the college or the welfare of the village. He was rather above the medium height, had a fine head and face, models for an artist. His large gray eyes when not abstracted beamed with kindness; yet the students who disliked mathematics called him Ferox, more from his earnest pursuit of a matter in hand, regardless of chalk and dust, than from any severity of look or act. Prof. Parker Cleveland was the oldest teacher when I came. He had been for over forty years connected with Bowdoin. His forte was chemistry. His lectures to students, including the medical classes, were plain, clear, and beautiful, not at all behind the times. Chemistry, geology, mineralogy, and astronomy could not be pursued as now with the new splendid opportuniti
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