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ery pupil. It aims to contain matters relative to school interests, which pur­pose a large number of subscribers would aid. The editors desire to bring this paper up to the s tandard of a ny school pape r published a nd earnestly wish the a id of e very pupil for s uch an end . . For the remainder o f the year , theil , the sub­scription price to 'T HE REGlS'l'ER will be t wenty-five cents, thus bring ing it with­in the reach of al l. Let everyone not already a s ubscri ber take advantao-e of this offer. '"

To 'l'HE A lumn i T HE REGIS'l'E]{ wishes .to say, "Dou ' t le t yonr interest in the Oma ha Hig h School die out. " We are interes ted in you , we want ' you to be in us . You have many friends here un­doubtedly, perhaps ma ny you ar~ not aware of. W hy not keep posted in H ig h School doings th roug h THE R EG­ISTE]{~ At least let us hear from . you . Send us something conceruing yourself or perhaps the school which you a re at­tending. We a ll, at leas t , hope to go to college; let us lia ,;e a ll opi n ion of your college . It may perhaps bclpsome to de­cide for a more advanced education . All contributions will be tha nkfully received if only a short note to let I1 S know wI! re y u are.

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1'1' IS a surprising fact that the

other teams of the f00tballlea~ue, with

the exception of Plattsmouth , were far

better supported this fall than ours; and

that, too , when there was only olle of

them that could beat us, and none from

schools half as large : \Ve consider that the interest in a thletics has ebbed low enough in the school , and that a a ecided effort should be made to check it. The hoys could not do better tl:ian to join the Athletic Association, and the girls should make up their minds to attend as many baseball, football , and other con­tests as possible next season ·

Congressman Mercer has recently in­

troduced a bill in Congress for the ap­

pointment of a military instructor for

the Hig h School. The R EGISTER is in hearty sympathy with the proposed leg­islation , and we think that the boys wonld almost unanimously welcome such a fea ture into our school. Mi litary organizations have been formed in the H igh School, but none of them have ever .attained a very marked degree of excellence. \\Te recollect seeing such a body consisting of six members, saInte President Cleveland as he drove by on h is v isit here during hIS fonner admin­istration . We could easily secure a hun­d red members now, and the benefit and pleasure to be derived from snch an or­ga ni zation cannot be over-estimated.

The Council Bluffs H igh School h as a mi litary company in which the whole to wn takes a lively interest ; but as we have surpassed them in foot ball we think we should also be able to surpass t hem in milita ry tactics . There is no reason why we should not be able to make almost as good a showi ng as the O maha G uards hy next s l1mm er.

A SOPHOMORE'S DRE.~M.

By THE AU'l'H Oll OF IiIfHE BULLDOZER,"

"Oft in t he still y night E re slumber 'S ch ain h as bound m e,

Fond m em ory brings the light Of other days around m e."

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I always had a g rudge against Julius C::esar because he wrote "De Bello Gallico ," hut las t night was my first op-portun ity fo r reve'nge. '

When I met him last night at 1-6th and Farnam it was about 6 o'clock in the mornin o- and not yet light, but I , '" recog nized him immediately . and took ad vantage of his a ugust presence to shove a Gatling gun into his face , and demand an apology . He ~ 'whipped out" a catapulta and sent a 5-ton paving stone throu o-h the lobe 'of m y left ear. I was

'" just in the act of hammering him over the head with the big end ofa Krupp can ­non ( for merly a Gatling gun) , when Bob Fulton , the steamboat man , walked out of the postoffice, which was directly overhead, a nd opening a box of "Septima Hora" cigars , offered to "set 'em up " if we would disconti nue hostilities. C::esar was g lad of the chance, and ran up a white flag behind the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building , wh ich he had been usin g as a breastwork. \ Ve com­prom ised on condition that C::esar would tra nsla te m y Latin. H e presented me with a tra nsla ted book, w hich he drew irom his spectacle case, a nd then we be­came good fr iends.

It being' a holiday, Addison , who had just climbed down a telegraph pole from somewhere. suggested that we have some fun. As it was about the middle ofJl1ne, C::esar suggested coasting. Accordingl y we const ructed some sleds out of pad­backs vvhich always break off the fi rs t ten minutes yo u have them , a nd a few w hiskerless erasers, and started to COast

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down Twen~y-second street a nd back (for Newton, the gravi ty man, had fixed it so we could s lide both ways) . By tbe time we got half way down on the sec­ond tri p the sleds bad all changed to a large tra \-eler, and our crowd had been a ug me nted by the presence of \Vent­worth, the t riang le man , Xenophon , the hieroglyphic man , and Dolan , the hot tomola man.

\Ventworth suggested that we d raw a straight line from the steeple of the new postoffice building, to the ppint " z" a. the foot of I zard street , and have a good slide while we were a t it . This line hav­ing been drawn we started dow n it on the traveler and proceeded a t a rapid gait till we strll!ck a " bump" a t \Vebster s treet, which li fted us into the a ir. In­stead of coming down hard a t the llex t crossing we sailed on in the air till we finall y exhausted the force of the mo­mentum , and the!! we lighted . The g round below being jus : ordinary ground and rathe~ soft , we did not s top, but went on throug h . After a while we reached water and began to float, at the rate of fort y miles an hou r. ' The jight o f our miners' lamps showed Ollr s limy prison walls to g row smaller and smaller. Four feet wide, now three , 110W two, n ow one . Smaller it g rew till it was only half an inch from wall to wall. Then suddenl y it grew very lig bt a nd we found ourselves 'poured .out of a h yd rant into a m sty dipper. A large hole being in the bottom of the d ipper, the re­ma inder of the crowd fell ' t hro ug'h a nd were nevel' seen aga in . J ust tben a teacher passed by and sent me to tbe seventh hour fo r getting into the sink with m y fee t.

At this juncture Ediw n came riding up the hall on a bicycle which he had made of the F erris w heel. A large crowd gathered around him and asked him if

he could not fix the bell. He went to the Physics ~oom a nd procured a screw­driver , a monkey-wrench , and a buzz­saw, a nd soon had th e bell fixed so that it wou ld ri ng autotnaticall y and g ive us forty-fi ve minutes noon intermission. Such a 111 0b of g rateful h~arted g irls crowded around him that be had to flee for his life, as they looked as if they wanted to , kiss him for g iving them twenty -five minutes longer to dance. Wearied by ma ny expressions of grati­tude , he shoulde red bis ma mmoth bicycle a nd crawled throug h a hole in the dipper and was seen no more. The hole is still tbere, but tbe be ll don't ring as he fixed it; we ca n coast on ly down the hill , the new post office sti ll hides its head behind a high board fence, and the tra ns­la ted Latin book is nowhere to be found.

.Don ' t miss Tnln.

A-a-a-a -a -a-a-las!

After tbe Ball-who started it.

U nited we stand , divid ed we fall.

Come to the p lay for genuine enjoy -men t.

Pressing circtunstances-four on a seat:

They do say the missi ng link has been found.

The class of '96 are to have a "col­ored yelL "

\Vhat is the matter w ith the Senior

social? It 's a ll right

Wanted-A good baton. ya'rds need a ppl y.

No wood-

\Vallace Lyma n w~s a vis itor at the M nncba li sen e ll tertai nlll en t .

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The crowd :-" \Vhere is Somers?" Ecbo:-

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Seniors'sample room.

Russell Wilbur was home for the holi­days.

Davenport 's whiskers-the last rose of summer.

. Miss C .-The love of eating is pecu­liat to Americans.

The Munchausen Club is not a Soph­omore organization

Do not read your neighbor 's REGIS­

'l'E R. Subscribe yourself.

What do you think of the young mall who forgot to go to his Virgil recitation?

There are six mustaches in the Junior class , but only one is visible to the naked eye .

According to a certain student, all poetry is divided into two classes, comic and holy .

Subscribe for the REGISTER. Only twenty -fi"e cents for the remainder of the the year.

The Chicago University has purchased for *80 ,000 the library and manuscripts of the historian Bancroft.

Kretch;-"I don't see why the girls don ' t ask a fellow If they want him to go to the social with them. "

Van Horn was reported to be ill a terri­ble condition , unable to talk from the ef­fect of yelling at that Senior social.

Phil Nestor, formerly of the High School, has a first class position as book keeper in one of the Omaha banks.

The Sophomore Guitar and Banjo Club will furnish music between acts at the Senior play 0\1 Thursday and Friday a fternoons .

Who stayed at school till 3 :30 trying to get up courage to invite a young lady to the social , and then wanted to go back from 16th a nd Dodge and try again .

It is said that one of the Sophl11ores hurt his finger yery badly . ' He put it in his ear and got it caught in the wheels .

Should any of our readers think of taking up a course of shorthand and .typewriting , call on us and see what we can do for you.

A Sophomore was hea rd to say that he always did advocatQ a tax on raw ma­terials, but objects to raw material on tacks. (He sat Oil a pin. )

TheSophoUlore Guitarand Banjo Club is being trained by Mr. Cummins, who is without exception , the best banjo and guitar teacher in Omaha.

Miss Valentine 's Christmas greeting to the Sophomores in the room over which she presides, of a spray of holly , was a delightful surprise.

Heard in history: "Stephen and Ma­tilda con tended for the throne, btl t as the people had never had a woman for a king, they rose in rebellion against Ma­tilda. "

While coasting recently Fred Pinker­ton was so unfortunate as to break bis leg. Miss Sallie King who was in the sam~ party, is suffering from a sprained ankle.

Mont Kennard, our former ninth grade editor, has been obliged to leave school on account of his health. He has gone to . California. \Ve hope to hear froUl him often.

The Seniors showed their enterprise by putting IIp their own electric lights for their play. They feel very-much ill­debted to Mr. Turner for the assistRn ce he gave them .

I1nportant rules of Greek syntax : 1 r you don't know a tense call it the second Aorist. If you dOI.l't know the letter dropped , call it J)igamIllR.. If yon don ' t know a dative , ca ll it reference.

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Prof. Wig man 's uinth 'g rade class has g~ll e into partnerslIip with );ood S t. NIcholas, a nd it ha s worn balf a n in ch cff the grindston e in its prepa rations for great things.

The g raduates call have deg rees in art a nd sci ence, ill a word , the full privileges of a uni ve rsity . In 1643 , £ roo, the · firs t dona tion by a ""oman to an educa­tional in s titution was made by Anne R adcliffe, (I .. ady MOlllton) to Harvard . From her Ihe new in stitution gains its n ame. The seal of H a rva rd Colle<Ye is a ffi xed to the diplomas, a nd the Fellows and P resident of H arva rd are vested with vis itorial powers in Radcliffe Col­lege .

\Ve are g lad that Miss J ohnston has recovered her usual hea lth and spirits and is agai~l able to instrnct ellterpri s in g: Fres.hmen III the latest metbod of pre­servll1g the healtb.

'I'he Sophomore edi tors are un Ab le t~ find Oll t a'lI y tbing abou t the M u ncha usen club , except tb a t it is a cl ub of pre" ari ­cators under tb e a tl5pices of Geo. Martin , Waldo Warrell and H arry Lindsey .

The Seniors will repeat their play im ­mediately after school on tb e aft ernoons of January 4th and 5th. T en cents ad­mission will be ch arged. The proceeds, a tel' dedu cting expenses, will go to the A thletic Association .

1'eacher:-" \Vha t was winJling a t the Olympi c 700 B. C. "

t he rewa rd of ga mes a bOil t

Freshman :' ' -1'b~ winner na me put in the newspaper, g'iven an uli ve . ' ,

bad his a nd was

Some of the me mbers of th e OTeat ninth grade socie ty are. fee lin g hllr t"'tba t th e N ew York and Chicago papers do not write up their interestin g mee tings . \~Te shuuld be ~urpri sed if sucb a pe rSOB dId not find materi als fo r a remarkabl e article.

WILLIAMS ()OLLEGE,

By ]tUSSE'- !, W H .BUH. '93.

My first impression's of \Villiamstowll were ga ined in the season whicb is the mos t delig htful of all seasons here in the Berkshire Hill s, the mellow days of aut­tlIun . To. one coming frOI11 a bustling \Ves tern CIty to thi s q ua int , picturesque old pl a~e, Willia mstown is an entirely Ilew thIng . Sometimes I think Rip Van \\.'inkle must have gone to sleep on one of th e Be rksbires, in s tead 0-'" one of the Ca tskill ~, because there is such an air of peace a net l1n change~bleness here. I can hardl y qescri be tbe bea uty of a fall day he re- The old Co lleo'e s treet liued

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with elms which ha ve stood these hun-dred yea rs, tbe wide g rassy COlUmon in tb e middle of th e st reet which scarcely lea \'es space for a wagon road , the Col­lege bui ld ings of g ray stone , with vines nearly covering t he m , each buildin<Y with ~t s broad . we ll-mown campu: stretchIng before It , th e old-fashioned

Those wisbing to patroni ze home in ­dustry and obta in a good sq uare meal will do well to try the new res taurant and chophouse which has 1)een started in th~ nintb gr:~e stud y room. Tb e pro­pnetor, Mr. I uk ey , and the head wa it­er, Mr. Leona rd , a re geni a l gentlemen , and desen'e your snpport.

The Harvard A nll ex is no 1110re;it b as become Radcliffe College ill Cambridge.

wbite hOllses , with g reen blinds , the more ' pre ten t iOlls co lonial -sty le hOllses with th eir white pilla rs , (shades of Miss Shippey , I can 't tell whethe r they are Ionic or Doric) and off on the hill the beautiful s ummer bouses of the many wealthy New Yorkers a nd Bostonian s who live here half th e year-a ll thes~ things I ha\'e m en tioned fo rm a picture

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at which one accustomed to the hur1 y­

')urly of \Vestern life, and the newness

of everything in the 'West , gazes with

wonder. I didn't find time to study during the early fall , but was continual­ly tramping about among the hills , watching the foliage put 011 its autnmn garment of bright yellow , flaming red , and deep rich brown, making all the mountains round a , mass of brilliant color. Amid these autumn splendors, Williams celebrated her centennial anni­versary. On this occasion we heard speeches from Andrew Carnegie, Gov­ernor Russell, Dr. Briggs, Senator L odge , President Dwight of Yale , and P resident Elliot of Harvard . But I am proud to say that the finest address was the review of the history of Williams , made by Chancellor Canfield , of our own Nebraska U niversity . .

When the centennial was over the football season comme11ced with a venge­ance. Of course the r00tball seapon of '93 h as passed. and even the post-mortem gossip is almost hushed, b ut I will tell you a little of our football history of thi s yea r. The g rea t aim of Williams every fall is to win the championship of the New England Intercollegiate Football League , which is the rather pretentious name g iven to a triple league which ex­ists between Williams, A mherst , and Dartmouth . The feeling between Dart ~

mouth and Williams is so friendly that we did 110t feel very badly when they beat us this year , and won the champion­ship . A nd I assure you , that when our eleven went down to Amherst, accom­panied by 220 fellow s from the College, and beat Amherst by a score of thirty to twelve we were jubilant. For A mh ers t a nd \Vi lliams are tradi tional foes and deadly ri vals, and I am sorry to say that a good deal ot bad blood is usuall y dis-

played over the game. As for games played outside of the leag ue, we had the satisfaction of defeating Tufts and U nion, and of tying Cornell in an excit­ing- game played a t Albany , the score be­ing twelve to twelve . Prospects are good for a brisk base ball season in the spring, and the candidates for positions will go into gym training the first of next month. Omaha and her High School will probably be represented op the nine by Clarke , '92, who is nearl y Sllre of being pitcher.

4s for studies, I suppose it would be well to say a few words about them , al ­though in the modern college they seem to be ma tters of secondary importance. As for Williams, she i ., perhaps little less of a mere athletic association than some colleges I might mention , and she for! tunately st ands mnch nearer the head of the list of colleges in point of scholar­ship than she ranks when size, is consid­ered. It is not possible to "cut" exer­cises for days and w~eks in succession . as it is in man y inst itutions , since only twel\'e "cll ts"each term are alJowed ,and the yigilance of the eXCllse committee is hard to elude.

'ATilliams is a very easy college to en ­ter , b ut once in , it is necessary to keep up with the \vork ,as ~Jje faculty remorse­lessly "fi re" all who are delin quent. Three times during the Freshman year -there is a div ision of " the goats u pon the left hand " and' ' the sl1eep upon the right ," and , to use a mi xed metaphor , a general weeding out of the goats is sure to follow . W illi ams is a very con­servative college, and has never yet g iven a diploma to a grad uate who Inls '

not taken at least four te rms of Greek du ri ng his course. This year , bowe\,e l . students are adm itted to a full course as candidates for 'a rlegree a t g raduatioll , b y

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substi tuting ad ,'anced Fre llcb , or Ger­man or trigonometry in place of Greek. I wi ll not a tt empt to explain the laby­rinthine ways of gettin g into Williams as a full cou'rse student without Greek, but anyone who wishes to look the mat­ter up can do so in t he catalog ue, which can probably be obtained from Mr. Lewis , or which I wi ll be glad to re­quest the registrar to send to a ny wbose addresses I receive . I do wish tha t more Omaha fello ws would come to Wi lliams. It is w discouraging to come to Wi lliams 'filled with an idea of Omaha's im port­ance, and then have the only fdl o w who got a perfect mark ilia recell t test 0 11

Greek geog raphy ask you bland ly w1,at part of Oregon Omaha is ill .

n seems "to good to come into touch with the old O. H. S. again , t hat I have enjoyed this opportunity of te lling the REGISTER something a bou t \Vi lli :lms verY' 111 uch.

On Dec . IS the Sen iors held a class meeting. Tbe old committee 011 pins was discharged and a new cine appoint­ed, with instructions to re port as quickly as possible. Perhaps we will at last see those long expected pins ! The social was the n discussed-the resul'ts of which discussion were seen on Frida y night , Dec. 22.

The last meeting of tbe Athenaeull1 was one of the best in the history of the society. The debate was of so much in ­te rest tha t there was not time enoug h for all those wishing, to take pa rt , Th e su bj ect, Resol l'ecl t hat th e classical comse is of Ill ore benefit tha ll the englis h course , was decided in favor o f the af· firmative, \Vhile the literary s tandard has been very hi g h , the ml1sica 1 prorl ll c-

t ions have also been of rare , merit. If you want to see a class where each one is willing to do hi s part , and all pull to­ge ther, call on '95.

A lthough the Sophomore Literary So­ciety has 110t been long in existence it has a lread y nea rl y 200 members and has rendered several excellent programs, for which considerable praise is d ue the pro­g ram committee. A most excellent pro­gram was the last one presented. The question fo:- debate being, Resolved , That the Hawaiian Islands should be an nexed to the U nited S ta tes under an y circumstances. The debaters delivered in forcible style argllments of reniark able strength a nd althoug h the decision went to the negative it was not an easily won v ictory . M r. \Valdo \Varrell handled his subject in a manner that won the hig hest approbation of his audi­ence . Miss Mi nni e Lemon 's selection was of an amllsing character and was very well rendered. The musical nUJ:' ­bel'S oil the progra m ind ica te that the society has exceptional reSO ll rces in tha~;

direction . The socie ty after the render­ing of the program dow ned a suggestion of division in a )nannel: that shows their determination to stick together. Th e class will soon appear in colors and with a yell. Success to you,

SOCIAL.

On F riday , Dec. 22, the class of '94 met in the firs t Senior Social. A large number o f teachers were also presen t dra""n out perhaps, by the p lay, "'rulu ," a farce by Grace L ivin gston Fll rniss, the authoress of "Pallos' Lllck ," w hich was so successfu ll y produced last year. The pl ay was the most di ffi cnl t and elaborate ever p roduced at the schoo l.

The p lay del1landed somet hin g In tb e way of s tage li g h ti ng whic h conic! be

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easily controlled a nd ill conseql1enc several inca ndescent electric lig hts bad been put up at great expense and trouble, but the effect fully compensated those interested for their labor. The effect was novel and pleasiu!;" and tbe success of the play was in 110 small measure due to this .

Miss Kimball's interpretation of "Tulu" was hig hly satis factory, Miss Adler as "Petrolia " made a good im­pression , Miss Waterman the "Dnchess" was very proper and decorous, Mr. Pratt .was a little too dashing for an author of his years. Mr. Detweiler "dUll" bis part .well. Mr. Towle was an accom­plisbed villian a nd Mr. Russell was \'ery acceptable as the photog raphic fiend.

Dancing of whicb there were ten nU111-bers printed on very neat programs in tbe class colors was then ind ul ged in witb an intermission during which a ll repaired to the third floor where I·efreshments were served. \Vhil e waiting all enjoyed themselves \-ieill g with each other in g iving the various class yells.

The oniy dra"vback was the large number of stra ngers with Wh0111 the , g rea ter part of the class were unac­quainted .

At twelve a ll sepa rated re-echoin g in their heart "\\,hat 's the matter with '9..J.?

It 's a ll ri g ht. "

THE MUNOHAUSEN OLUB.

Abo l1 t s ix hundred I1nfortun ates as­sembled in th e Ninth Grade study rool11 last F riday to witness the opening (and also the closing ) (i)f the MUllcha l1 sen club 's career.

The club was organized some time ago, and built g reat bopes upon the sand ot public approbation. While the bopes and intentions of the founders were pe r­h al 'S of the noblest sort, Fate decreed

that these hopes should perish. And , as usual , Fate had her way.

Secretary Hay ward called the meeting to order, and , a fter apologizing for the absence of the pope as advertised, intro­duced President \ ;Varren , who, after briefly explaining the cause of the pope's abse~lce, like wise that of the remainder of the world 's monarchs , proceeded by me taphor, h ype rbole, simile, apostrophe, antithesis , sy necdoche, and the lik~ , ~o

reveal the club's moti ves . He pointed out the use of the ima~it1ati0n , and ex ­plained how the club intended to de­velop tha t faculty . Mis remarks were roundly applauded.

Mr. Hayward then awarded the prize which had been offered for the best yell , to Miss Burgess; the prize being a book entitled , " The Seventh Hour; Its Uses and A buses," by H arry Lindsey.

Mr. George Martin then related n

charming story of adventure, which was , bowe\"er, c1iffi(wlt to hear for the fre­quent storms of a pplause which greeted hi 111 at the end of every sentence-and occasion a ll y at com mas.

:vrr. Keniston haying been sent to the seventh hour ,. his paper was read by 1'1'11'. W a ll ace Lyman of Creig'h ton College ( formerly of '96. ) The paper lasted for about half a n bour , during which tim e the en raptured a udie llce mo "ed from tears to la ug-h ter and back again with a n ease which few writers or speakers ever a ttain . Mr. L y man was showered with bouquets (s uch as could be obtained) [ro111" time to time, which showed th e a udience's apprecia tion of hi s eloquence.

So far the program was anul1paralleled success. Mr. Gerald Somers was then called 01\ for that song he always sings. H e sang it , but--"A-a-a-a-a-a-Ias!! !" H e had scarcely reachf>d the second verse when the vast audieuce, witl~ a

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comnIon impulse, rushed out of the doors and windows, a nd hied , themselves be­yond the sound of hi s voice.

"And in that bour was the Munchau­sell club, prince of orgalli7.ations, slain."

OBITUARY .

From reliable sources we learn' that the life of the club las ted nine d ays, four hours , thirty-seven minutes , ana ten seconds .

It was an order of the class of '96. It died a violent death . . While its Illotives we re no doubt

noble , the misunderstanding public , demonstrated by their di sapproval of its intentional departure from the paths· of truth , their o\\' n adr.nira ti on for tha t virtue.

The officers of the club have haHded in their res~gnation to the janitor.

" De mortuis nil nisi bonum. A VICTIM, '95·

SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH.

By M ISS MUUE TOWNE, '\15.

NmV h ere's a young fe llow o f excelle nt pit h , F a te tried to conceal him by n a m ing him

" Smith , But h e shouted a song for th e bra"e Hnd th e

free, Just read 011 his medfl;l ' 'My Country,of T h ee."

Oliver Wendell Holmes thus wrote of his classmate , Sam~el F. Smith. The whole poem of which this is a part, was read at an anniversa ry of the Harvard

. class of ' 29.

This man has been known throug h­out the country as the anthoro[ "Amer · ica , " but at his home s impl y as a n un ­assllming Baptist clergy ma n ,

He was born at Bos ton in 1829. Af-ter graduating at Harvard, he studiea tbeology at A ndoyer , spending mos t of his after life in Maine and Massachusetts teaching modern languages, writing fOl: periodical litera ture a nd missionary journals, and composing short poems.

The s tory of the writing of "America , . as he tells it, is very interesting. , It g rew out of a visit of a certain ML ~Toodbridge to Germany to examine the system of Prussian public schools . He lea rned that much . attention wa" given to music, and brought back several song books which he ha nded over to Lowell Mason , the noted mus ical composer. Mr. Mason ga ve the songs to his friend , Mr. Smith, to be translated from the German. A mon g the collection was the music know n as "God save the kin g," the words of which inspired Mr. Smith to write a patriotic hy mn in the same meter. He accompli shed his ob­ject in half an hour, alJd dropped the bit of paper into his portfolio. He did not purpose to write a nationa l h ymn, but ga \'e a copy to Mr. Mason, and some weeks after it was fi rst sung publicly at a children 's celebration J ttly 4th, 1832, in Park street church , Boston.

Mr. Mason introd uced sing in g into the public schools of Boston, and" A mer­ica " was one of the songs fi ,rs t sung . From that school It spread over the whole country , and is now our national hymn, sung 011 fest ive occas ions wher­e\'er there a re Americans. MI;. Smith him self has heard it snng on A tlantic steamers , ill London. Paris, Berlin ,

In singing our national h y mll O\lr thoug hts natura lly turn to Ollr count ry , and we have not thought of the a uthor, many 01 11 S bardly realizing hi s ex is t­ence, bllt his recent death at Newton Centre, Mass . . hrings h i l11 fresllly hefo re Ollt t;1linc1s .

" S tockholm, Rome, Naples , Constanti ­nople , Calcutta, ana the baths of Pom­peii.

Afte r every thin g else about him is fo rgotten , he will be re me mbered as the author of this hVl11n . It is bnt anotllt-r insta nce of the ~n e poem whic h m ade Its writer famons.

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