Letters to Byron J. Rees, 1905-1917.

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Letters to Byron J. Rees, 1905-1917.

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Perry writes about his life at principal of Phillips Exeter Academy, including his interview for the position, his first activities, reading assignments, an examination by Williams College rules, and social events. Perry also mentions mutual friend Sam Allen, a speech to New Hampshire school teachers, the war in Germany and the United States entry, a trip to Florence with Jack Bonnell, a possible teaching job for Rees at the Brearley School for Girls in New York, a play by James Smith starring Grant Mitchell, George Eliot's "good job" on "Daniel Deronda," and a misunderstood lecture on "Hindooism" by Jim Pratt.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Brearley School

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Rees, Byron J. (Byron Johnson), 1877-1920

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Williams College professor. From the description of Papers of Byron J. Rees [manuscript], 1914-1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925993 ...

Perry, Lewis, 1877-1970

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Pratt, James Bissett, 1875-1944

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James Bissett Pratt was born on June 22, 1875 in Elmira, N.Y. He graduated from Williams College in 1898 with a B.A. in philosophy. In 1899, after completing an M.A. in philosophy at Harvard University, Pratt taught at Elmira Free Academy. From 1902 to 1903, he studied philosophy at the University of Berlin then continued his studies at Harvard, receiving a Ph. D. in 1905. Soon after, Pratt was hired as an instructor in philosophy at Williams College. He became an Assistant Professor in 1906, an...

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