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Rare Antique American Williams College Adelphic Union Exhibition Program! 1846!
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Adelphic Union Exhibition
School: Williams College
Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts (MA)
Date: July 15, 1846
- Order of Exercises -
Music.
Sophomores.
1) Dissertation - England & America
By: C. D. Mills, New York City
2) Dissertation - Intolerance
By: N. E. Gardner, Hancock
3) Dissertation - Decline of Poetry
By: W. C. Benton, New Marlboro
4) Dissertation - Thought and Action
By: E. H. Van Deusen, Pittsfield, MA
Music.
Juniors.
5) Oration - "The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave"
By: E. Emmons Taylor - Rupert, VT
6) Oration - Life, Ideal and Real.
By: Stephen E. Burrall, Brooklyn, L.I.
7) Oration - Chivalry
By Thomas Ward Stafford, Bloomfield, NJ
8) Oration - Tendencies of Revolutions
By: John D. Wilson, Knowlesville, NY
Music.
Seniors.
9) Oration - Public Opinion
By: George D. Wells, Greenfield, MA
10) Oration - The Star Chamber
By: A. Stanley Kellogg, Vernon, CT
11) Oration - Fourierism
By: Isaiah H. Nutting, Groton, CT
12) Oration - The True Principle of Innovation
By: Charles B. Ball, Lee, MA
Music.
13) Oration - Undeveloped Mind
By: V. C. Turner, Chicago, IL
14) Oration - Greatness of Soul with the Valedictory Adress
By: William H. Philip, Mellenville, NY
Music
INFO:
Notable Names Mentioned:
"GEORGE DUNCAN WELLS
George Duncan Wells, son of Judge Daniel Wells, was born in Greenfield, August 21, 1826. When a youth he was a member of the community under the care of George Ripley at Brook Farm, his principal tutor being Charles A. Dana. Here he imbibed much of his love for poetry and art and his interest in the social problems of the day. He graduated at Williams College in 1846, and took up the study of law with his cousin, Daniel W. Alvord. He took the law course at Harvard and after his admission to the bar in 1849 ne practiced for a year or more in Boston in company with John G. King. In 1851 he returned to Greenfield and became the partner of Mr. Alvord. He was an eloquent speaker and soon obtained the reputation of being a good lawyer. He represented the town in the legislature in 1858 and 1859, and the latter year was the chairman of the judiciary committee. He was a good debater, strongly sympathizing with the free soil movement.
In his tilt with Caleb Cushing, "the democratic giant," he won lasting honors. In 1859 he was appointed judge of the police court in Boston. He considered this a chance to put into practice some of the principles which were instilled into his mind when at Brook Farm, and gave his soul to the work in hand. But in the spring of 1861 he heard the call of his country, which was to him a call for open conflict with the forces he had been fighting against for years. May 22 he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 1st Massachusetts regiment. He distinguished himself at the first battle of Bull Run, and at the siege of Yorktown upon the personal request of General Hooker to General Grover commanding his brigade, Colonel Wells led the assault on the redoubt in front of Yorktown, and was the first man to enter the fortification. He saw hard service in the Peninsular campaign. For a time he was provost marshal of Williamsburg. At one time he was in command of a demoralized Pennsylvania regiment, which he succeeded in bringing into good efficiency. In 1862 he was appointed colonel of the 34th Massachusetts regiment, and spent a short time at home in drilling and organizing his men. His command was taken to Washington in August, 1862, and for a time garrisoned Fort Lyon, chief among the defenses of that city. In July, 1863, he was in command of Harper's Ferry at the head of a brigade under General Nagle. In October he drove back an invading force under the rebel General Imboden, pursuing them ten miles and making a remarkable march. In December he was in co-operation with Averill in his celebrated raid to cut the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. When near Harrisonburg his little army of 1,400 men was attacked by Early with a much larger force, but Wells held the enemy in check and effected a masterly retreat, reaching Harper's Ferry with his army in good condition and bringing a hundred prisoners. He was afterwards in command at Martinsburg, and in April, 1864, his regiment was joined to Seigel's command. He was in the most of the Valley fights during the autumn of 1864. October 13, 1864, he was in command of a brigade at South Cedar Creek, and was hard pressed by the enemy. While engaged in directing its movements he was pierced with a bullet and slid off his horse. He was soon surrounded by his officers, and just then came the order to retreat. He would not be moved, saying, "It's of no use. I cannot live. Gentlemen, save my regiment."
The officers were obliged to retire to save themselves from capture. Lieutenant Cobb refused to go and was captured with his dying commander. Soon General Jubal Early came up and inquired who the wounded man was. Upon being told that it was Colonel Wells, he said, "What! The officer who commanded the force against us last winter? Send my ambulance for him." The next day our army recovered the lost ground, and Colonel Wells's body was found in the church in preparation by the people for a soldier's funeral. His body was brought to Greenfield and laid in the Green River cemetery which he had aided so much in making beautiful. [Source: "History of Greenfield: shire town of Franklin county, Mass.", Vol. 2 1682-1900; By Francis McGee Thompson, Lucy Jane Cutler Kellogg; Publ. 1904; Tr. by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
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"DR. E. H. VAN DEUSEN. The kind and beneficent face of Dr. E. H. Van Deusen, one of Kalamazoo's oldest and most honored physicians, is doubtless known to every resident in Kalamazoo County. His deeds of philanthropy, done in his quiet and modest way, and his noble character have won for him the love of hundreds who have in some way been benefited by him. Affable and courteous in his manner towards all, he is exceedingly unobtrusive and retiring; fond of domestic life and the society of Friends, but shunning crowds, both social and political. The public knows but little of the countless deeds of charity and helpfulness due to the kindly hearts and gracious hands of Dr. Van Deusen and his devoted wife, both of whose lives would act as a spur to good deeds. Edwin H. Van Deusen, A. M., M. D., was born at Livingston, Columbia county, New York, (August 29, 1828. His parents were Robert N. Van Deusen, a merchant and miller,: id Catherine Best, daughter of John Best, a farmer of Columbia county. He attended the district school during his boyhood, and then took a I reparatory course of three years at Claverack Academy, now known as Hudson River Institute, after which he entered Williams College, graduating at the age of twenty. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him three years later by this college. In 1848 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York, graduating two years later, at which time he accepted a position on the staff of the New York Hospital, where he remained three years. In 1853 he received the appointment of first assistant physician at the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, which he held until 1858. Provision was made for the establishment of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane by an act of the legislature of Michigan in 1848, and in I855 Dr. Van Deusen was appointed medical superintendent of the institution. The locating committee purchased one hundred and fifty-seven acres of land for the establishment of the institution, and Dr. Van Deusen, who had visited Kalamazoo frequently in I855, I856 and I857 resigned his position at the Utica Asylum, of which he was then assistant medical superintendent, and removed to Kalamazoo in the fall of 1858. On July 22, 1858, he had married Miss Cynthia A. Wendover, daughter of John Thompson Wendover. Esq., a merchant of Stuyvesant on-the-Hudson. They have one son, Robert T. Van Deusen, who was born on April 6, I859. He is now married and resides at Stuyvesant, N.Y. Up to 1858 the appropriations by the legislature for the asylum had been insufficient to carry out the proposed plans, and in February, 1859, Dr. Van Deusen, with the assistance of Dr. Foster Pratt, secured one hundred thousand dollars, the first large appropriation of the legislature. Under his supervision, active building operations were commenced. On August 29, I859, the institution was formally opened. The center building and the contiguous half of what is now the south wing of the female department were then finished; the south wing was completed in the next two years, and the north wing about six years later, while what is now the male department was finished in I877. Dr. Van Deusen attained a success in this work that is seldom met with in the history of public buildings of this character. Dr. Van Deusen served as a member of the commission appointed to select the location and supervise the construction of the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac, and acted on a similar commission in connection with the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Traverse City. He also served for six years as a commissioner on the Michigan state board of charities and corrections. He held the position of medical superintendent of the asylum until February, 1878, when failing health, brought on by excessive labor, compelled his resignation. Possessed of a thorough knowledge of the institution's requisites, a wonderful grasp of detail, and a brilliant executive ability, his name was a synonym of success in a broad field of labor-that of treating and caring for the insane of the state. His health has not permitted the active continuance of his profession, and since his resignation as medical superintendent of the asylum he has lived a quiet life in his pleasant home in Kalamazoo, but his twenty years of useful labor and self-sacrificing work in connection with the asylum will never be forgotten. Both he and his wife are active and devoted members of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, at which they are constant attendants, Dr. Van Deusen having served on the vestry for years, and having been chairman of the building committee when the church was built in 1885. In 1892 St. Luke's church, through Dr. and Mrs. Van Deusen, secured its admirable parish house, which is justly regarded as one of the most commodious and attractive in the country. Aside from this they performed another great act of public benevolence-by presenting to the citizens of Kalamazoo their present beautiful public library. Thus they have founded a great public benefaction, of which every intelligent member of the community can partake for all time to come. All of these deeds of charity and public benevolence have been done without any ostentation, and when known, Mr. and Mrs. Van Deusen have discouraged public notice of them." Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Mich. David Fisher and Frank Little, editors. P. 117
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