ISBN: 9781150533761

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 148 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 148 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: . . . to the Convention of College Converts. Opening the door to the outer office, he sees it filled with patient men and women, Professor This and Dr. That, so he decides to escape through the secret corridor at the rear, only to be waylaid by a member of the faculty who wishes to talk about the Summer Session. Man Alive, Summer Session with the mercury below zero! After having been applauded to the echo by the audience in the Auditorium, he hurries to a meeting of the Student Council, followed by a Deans meeting. Then to his office, to take under consideration the proposal of Professor So-and-So to ap ply mental tests to matriculants. These novel theories are cut short by half-a-dozen telephone messages, a telegram, and a long distance call. A decision is finally deferred altogether when a taxi arrives to convey the President to the West Side campus, there to confer with the architects and Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings on details of the new Armory, Psychopathic Hospital, and Nurses Home. On his return he stops down town to do an errand for Mrs. Jessup and is cornered in the Jefferson Hotel by a senator who is passing through Iowa City. After settling the terms of the Peace Treaty, the Labor Question, and a few minor issues, he arrives at the office about noon, in time to gather books and papers together for the afternoon trip to Cedar Rapids. Just as he is leaving, his secretary reminds him of his promise to write an article for the AlumNis due that day. He names a proxy and dashes away to the Jefferson Coffee Room. Its time for lunch now. Even a President must eat to live to work to be the president of one of Americas greatest universities. PHI BETA KAPPA Following a new ruling, several students we. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, Washington: Blair & Rives, Printers, 1840. 26th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Doc. No. 501. May 25, 1840 -- Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. May 29, 1840 -- Ordered to be printed. "I transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, together with the papers therein referred to, relative to the proceedings instituted under a resolution of Congress, to try the title to the Pea Patch island in the Delaware river, and recommend that Congress pass a special act, giving to the circuit court of the district of Maryland jurisdiction to try the cause." 16 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book, creasing and chipping along spine edge. Browning along page edges, some minor foxing spots. Document in VG- condition.. Paperbound. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Pea Patch Island., Blair & Rives, Printers, 1840, U. New.<