was
Mr. Jahu DeWitt Miller, whose private talk was as good as his public
lectures, which is high praise. The Recognition Day address this year
was by Dr. E. E. Hale, on "The Education of a Prince," the prince being
the poorest child living in America. It is worth remembering that a
photograph of the procession on that day shows at the head of the
flower-girl division--which now included boys, although the girls were
still in the majority--two mites of children, one Paul Vincent Harper,
son of President Harper, the other Isabel Vincent, the daughter of
Professor George E. Vincent. Those same children are now Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Vincent Harper of Chicago, still walking together.

In 1895, the season extended through fifty-nine days, from June 29th to
August 26th. Two new buildings, besides many new cottages, were now upon
the ground. One was the Baptist headquarters on Clark Street, the other
Higgins Hall on College Hill, built by the gift of Governor Higgins of
New York State. In the Schools during this season strong emphasis was
laid on the Department of English, with such instructors as Professor C.
T. Winchester of Wesleyan, Professor A. S. Cook of Yale, Professor
Sherman of the University of Nebraska, and Professor Lewis of the
University of Chicago. The last named gentleman bore a striking
resemblance to the portraits of Shakespeare; so that as he walked around
(habitually without a hat on his head) everybody was struck with the
likeness. I was told that when he sat down at Shakespeare's traditional
school-desk in Stratford, a crowd gathered before the windows and the
word was passed around "Shakespeare has come to life again!"

Other speakers in 1895 were Professor Richard G. Moulton, Dr. Josiah
Strong, President G. Stanley Hall, Professor Francis G. Peabody of
Harvard, Major J. B. Pond, Dr. John Henry Barrows, Dr. Edward Everett
Hale, President Harper, Prof. John Fiske, Principal Fairbairn, and the
distinguished General of the Confederate Army, John B. Gordon, Senator
from Georgia. His lecture on "The Last Days of the Confederacy," was one
of the great occasions of the season, and it was noteworthy that many
veterans of the G. A. R. were among the loudest in their applause when
their foe of thirty years before came upon the platform. Another event
of the summer was the visit of Governor William McKinley of Ohio, a year
before his nomination and election to the Presidency. During this season
also we were entertained