Memoirs of Dr Wheelock
Februaryy Second Month—February hath 28 days
(Published in 1811)
The venerable president directed the attention of his pupils to the signal smiles of heaven upon the institution, which were witnessed by its rapidly increasing prosperity from a small beginning, through seemingly insurmountable discouragements. He observed to them that, the cause, he doubted not, was the cause of God; that he would own and succeed it; and that his great concern in the whole business was to follow the pointings of his providence. He derived support from the example of the prophet Elisha (ii. Kings, vi. 1-7) who founded a college, or school ofprophets in the wilderness of Jordan, by ' the divine direction, for the preservation and diffusion of true religion, and in circumstances bearing considerable analogy to his.
In the midst of the unpleasant scenes of this first winter, it pleased God to grant a token of favorable presence, by an uncommon solemn attention of the students, and others of his family, to ; the great concerns of their salvation. Many of them became the hopeful subjects of renewing grace, to the great joy of the President and the friends of religion. In the month of January, 1771, he, to use his own expression, gathered a church in his college and school, con• sisting of about thirty members, who cheerfully entered into solemn covenant, . by a dedication of themselves to God and a religious life.
The gloomy face of winter assumed for a season a milder aspect. The : weather was more temperate and pleasant, so that the workmen had oppor• tunity to render the buildings more . convenient and secure. Sometimes, standing in the open air, at the head of . his numerous family, Doctor Wheelock presented to God their morning and evening prayers; the surrounding forest, for the first time, reverberated the solemn sounds of supplication and praise.
Day of Year 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Day of Month2 3456789101213 14 1516171819202122232425262728 Day of the Week Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rises h. m. 6 59. 6 58. 6 57 6 55 6 54 6 53 6 52 6 51 6 50 6 48 6 46 6 44 6 43 6 42 6 40 6 39 6 38 6 36 6 34 6 33 6 31 6 30 6 29 6 27 6 26 6 24 6 22 Sets h. m. 4 58 |4 595 05 15 315 45 65 75 85 95 125 135 15 5 16 5 175 18 5 20 5 21 5 225 245 25 5 265 275 295 305 31 5 32 Notices, Holidays, Weather, Anniversaries, &c. Every Thursday lunches at New York Club (24 East 38th Street), Philadelphia at Cornell Club, Minneapolis at Donaldson s, and bt. Louis at Mark Twain Hotel. Save your Thursday noons for these D. lurches. Dinner to Dean Laycock, Buffalo Univ. Club, with movies, & lunches in Omaha, Portland, Atlanta. See. Hayward speaks, Hartford dinner. Today is Saturday—lunch for Cleveland & Cincinnati, every week. Mid-year exams end. New Britain alumni meet & eat. This is busy month with many farewell dinners for Craven. Movies and dinner in Grand Rapids (see Ford Blickley) and lunches, as usual, in Worcester, Providence, Rockford, Dallas, S. Francisco. Cleveland dinner to the Dean. Alfo dinner meetings in St. Louis & Milwaukee. Lunches: Waterbury, Washington, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Los Angeles. Write to your class secretary and give him some news. Detroit dinner to the Dean. Varsity hockey vs. Yale, away. Monthly dinner of new Dartmouth Club in Nashville, Tenn. SJdh Winter Carnival begins. Swimming vs. Princeton & Out- door Night & Players present "lolanthe." Dinner in Dean s honor, Chicago. 2nd day of Carnival. Dart. vs. Harvard, hockey; vs. Yale, basketball and ski-jumping, dancing, and "lolanthe" again by Players. Milwaukee dinner to Dean Laycock & Dart. News (movies). Printers get copy for March Magazine. Did you write jour class sec. whose constant labors in your behalf are often unappreciated? Ash Wed. Valentines today. Bridgeport, Montreal dinners. St. Louis dinner to Dean. Newark monthly lunch at N. A. C. Tulsa dinner to Dean and Harvard hockey game at Boston. Basketball vs. Penn. at Phila. Swimming vs. Harvard at home. Craven Laycock is doing some flying on his trip among the alumni. Ist Sun. in Lent. Reinhold Niebuhr speaks at St. Thomas. Faculty meeting tonight. Basketball vs. Princeton, away. Pittsburgh dinner to the Dean at University Club, 6:30. Harrisburgh dinner in Dean's honor, Maple Grove Rathsk. Children's Carnival in Hanover. Fear for bad weather. Philadelphia dinner to Craven, 1 ni v. Club. This is about the sixth year that alumni have celebrated their own Carnival in Hanover. Washington's Birthday week-end is the annual occasion of Dart. Alumni Carnival. Today: Basketball, hockey, skiing, dancing etc. Last day of Alumni Carnival: Trip to Moosilauke ski run. Southern alumni honor Dean in Atlanta. Basketball at Yale. A rubber sponge is very useful in removing bath tub rings. Dean ends trip in Washington, having visited 14 alumni clubs for dinners honoring him in retiring. Basketball (league game) at Cornell.
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Last Quarter, 7th day, 4H. 22m., morning, E. New Moon, 13th day, 7h. 43m., evening, W. First Quarter, 21st day, Ih. 5m., morning, W.
