Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Volume 1, 1868 - 1880
File — Box: 1, Volume: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Philomathia Society Minute Books record the minutes of this Northwestern Academy literary society from its inception on May 8, 1868, to its final meeting on May 4, 1917, with a break of over 11 years, from February 1893 to September 1904. Philomathia, meaning “love of learning,” was founded to “supplement the routine of school-work by providing an opportunity for original thinking and expression,” according to an essay in the 1907 Academy annual, The Bear (p.38). The Society met on an...
Dates:
1868 - 1880