Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . Horatio Gates Bowen, 1797University Librarian, 1824-40 celebration, the im-mense sums in moneyand labour it costs wouldbe saved, and might be applied to better purposes thanthose of vice and dissipation. The loss in labour alonemay be safely computed at twenty thousand dollars; — inmoney almost double that amount; — and yet all this issquandered away to celebrate the annual commencementof Brown University, without saying anything about theloss of reputation, hats, umbrellas, blood and the senses. Literary Cadet, Septe
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . Horatio Gates Bowen, 1797University Librarian, 1824-40 celebration, the im-mense sums in moneyand labour it costs wouldbe saved, and might be applied to better purposes thanthose of vice and dissipation. The loss in labour alonemay be safely computed at twenty thousand dollars; — inmoney almost double that amount; — and yet all this issquandered away to celebrate the annual commencementof Brown University, without saying anything about theloss of reputation, hats, umbrellas, blood and the senses. Literary Cadet, September 8, 1827. Mi emories o/B. rown 53 Essay-Burning in 1831. Y GRANDFATHER, Jo-seph Cady, was steward ofBrown University from1812 to 1826. The firstyear he bought a lot onGeorge street of a Hopkins, who a good deal of land nowj belonging to the house stood wherethe west part of Rhode Island Hall now stands, on the east part. A narrow lane ran between thetwo houses until it lost itself at the turnstile leading onto the front campus. Mr. Cadys garden extended up tothe site of Slater Hall. The first thing I remember about college affairs was theburning of the essays by the students when I was aboutseven years old. It was probably at the end of the springterm of 1831. Commencement was then the first Wed-nesday in September. One morning I noticed two tallpoles standing on the east side of Hope College withbundles of white paper tied on them. Soon I heardmusic, and running up the garden promptly climbed thefence to investigate. A procession of students, dressedin fantastic costumes, came around University Hall,
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