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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 19: (search)
over we all went to Cozzens's, where all were presented to the rest of the Board of Examiners. The Board then went to a room by itself, and was called to order by Commodore Bainbridge, and General Houston, being the chief military personage on the ground, was chosen President; though for the rest, he is a pretty coarse Tennessean, who tries to be kind, good-natured, and even elegant. . . . . The other members are pleasant enough, particularly the three commodores, Bainbridge, Chauncey, and Jones, who are very agreeable indeed, and Colonel White of Florida, who proves an amiable, gentlemanlike man. We went forthwith to the examination, which was extremely thorough. Thirteen young men were under the screw four hours, on a single branch, and never less than four on the floor, either drawing on the blackboard or answering questions every moment, so that each one had above an hour's work to go through; and, as I said, in a single branch. It was the lowest section of the upper class,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
480. Jackson, Judge, 40, 371. Jakobs, Professor, 111, 112. Jamieson, Robert, 275. Jarvis, Charles, 20. Jefferson, Thomas, President of the United States, 16, 53, 110, 212, 302 note, 303, 345, 346, 377; visits, 34 38, 348, 349; his philosophy, 37; letters from, 300-302; opinion of Bonaparte, 301; plans for University, 301; eulogy on, 378. Jeffrey, Francis, 30, 42, 43-47, 277, 280. Jersey, Countess of, 138, 269, 296, 297, 410. Johnson, Samuel, 53, 55. Johnstone, Judge, 381. Jones, Commodore, 373. Jordan, Baron von, 461, 478. Jourdain, Camille, 255. K Kahlden, Baroness, 489. Kane, Mr., 376. Kastner, Professor, 76, 77. Kean, Edmund, 67, 127. Keating, Dr., Oliver, 10. Kemble, Stephen, 291, 292. Kenney, Mr., 406. Kent, Duchess of, 435, 437. Kent, James, Chancellor, 338-340, 380. Kenyon, John, 411 and note, 418. Kenyon, Mrs., John, 456. Kestner, Charlotte Buff, 78. King, Rufus, 350, 351. Kingsley, Professor, 14. Kirkland, President of Harvard College