Author : S. D. Hosmer
Release : 2018-09-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of Cambridge and Harvard College (Classic Reprint) by : S. D. Hosmer

Download or read book Reminiscences of Cambridge and Harvard College (Classic Reprint) written by S. D. Hosmer. This book was released on 2018-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of Cambridge and Harvard College The two-storied school house is yet on Front street, where I attended the Grammar School, when that faithful teacher, A. B. Magoun, began his life work in Cambridge schools. In 1840 I entered the Boston Latin School, and studied there not quite a year. But the college established a preparatory institution, the Hopkins Classical School, where most of the Cambridge boys fitted for Harvard. When examined for entrance-to college, that ordeal had lost its dread for some of us, who, six weeks before, had passed successfully our school graduation in presence of the college professors. The Seniors, on a certain day in the spring, paraded with full ranks the poorest scholars holding the place of honor, and those having Commencement parts bringing up the rear. The students too, at times, wore their Oxford caps, such as the faculty use at Commencement, outside the college premises, even down to the Port, and in Boston, always exciting the shouts and jeers of the town boys, and the gamins of the West End in Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.