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Montgomery P. Sellers prepared this oration, entitled “The Scarlet Letter," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-S467s
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
The Dickinson Quarterly, an anonymous satirical single-page broadside, discusses the students' rejection of an honor system favored by the professors. The students propose an Exemption system as an alternative solution. This post also includes a clipping from the November 1, 1895...
Location: I-Original-1895-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1880-1899
Professor Montgomery Porter Sellers ('93) writes to Augustine Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, about Birrell’s claim in his book, Life of William Hazlitt, that “the presidency of [Dickinson] College” was offered to Hazlitt in 1783. Sellers, who is in the process of “collecting...
Location: I-SellersC-1964-5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
Professor Montgomery Porter Sellers writes to Augustine Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and describes an observance of "Nisbet Day" that morning at Dickinson College, explains how Charles Nisbet became the first President of Dickinson, and provides additional information about Charles...
Location: I-SellersC-1964-5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
