University ideals at Sewanee
Article describing Sewanee’s recent commencement exercises and its growth as a university.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-09
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University of the South
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W.S. Rainsford
Theodore Roosevelt thanks W.S. Rainsford for sending a pamphlet and praises the University of the South for publishing it. Roosevelt promises to take up the matter with The Outlook and send a pamphlet of his own that might amuse Rainsford.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-06
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edgar Gardner Murphy
President Roosevelt wishes his position on the difficult matter of child labor were clearer. Currently, he leans towards not promoting immediate action. However, if other measures fail, it necessitates a bill such as the one proposed by Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Roosevelt highly regards and appreciates Sewanee, Edgar Gardner Murphy’s alma mater.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. Lawton Wiggins
President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot attend the semi-centennial of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He praises the school for its focus on good citizenship.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-06-04
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. Lawton Wiggins
President Roosevelt informs Vice-Chancellor Wiggins that he will be unable to attend the Semi-Centennial celebration of the founding of the University of the South.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-17
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Speck von Sternburg
President Roosevelt encloses a note and believes Ambassador Sternburg “would do good” by speaking at Sewanee University, but emphasizes he should not change his plans just to do so.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-04-18
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Letter from Stuart L. Tyson to Theodore Roosevelt
Stuart L. Tyson asks Theodore Roosevelt to donate to the University of the South’s chapel, as it is falling into disrepair.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-15
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Letter from Silas McBee to Theodore Roosevelt
Silas McBee thanks President Roosevelt for helping to secure German ambassador Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg as Sewanee’s commencement speaker. McBee believes that von Sternburg was impressed by Sewanee and discusses the role of the university in contributing to the South and the South contributing to the nation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-06
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Letter from Silas McBee to Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was asked to speak to Hermann Speck von Sternburg about making the commencement address at the University of the South.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-04-16
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The relation of education to good government
In a commencement address to the faculty and students of the University of Illinois, German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg urges the graduating students to use their theoretical and practical knowledge for the public good.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-09