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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-09
Article describing Sewanee’s recent commencement exercises and its growth as a university.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-09
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-06
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-15
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-04
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-18
Sarah Barnwell Elliott just finished reading Theodore Roosevelt’s article in The Outlook about the Cherry Mines Settlement pamphlet, and believes he would be interested in some criticism from Mr. Williams about the work he did, which he wrote in a letter to Mr. Guthrie. Elliott also appreciates the compliments Roosevelt gave the University of the South, and hopes he will visit the institution someday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-31
Stuart L. Tyson asks Theodore Roosevelt to donate to the University of the South’s chapel, as it is falling into disrepair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-15
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-06
Theodore Roosevelt was asked to speak to Hermann Speck von Sternburg about making the commencement address at the University of the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-16