Scraps Collected During My Stay at Worcester Academy, Worcester Mass, 1908, 1909, 1910 (Original Scrap Book with 46+ Printed Pieces of Ephemera)

Published by Self, 1908

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Hand made scrap book with 46 original pieces from Worcester Academy, 1909-1910. Most pages have hand written notes from G.E. Hubbard describing the ephemera. Quite exceptional! Hubbard's paper on the German Kaiser and British Empire is a particularly interesting read. Hubbard was from East Falls, Philadelphia (1892-1950). He appears to have attended College at UPenn and Harvard. A fascinating time capsule. Includes: 1. Directory of Faculty and Students of Worcester Academy, Sept. 1909; 2. Constitution of the Worcester Academy Athletic Association; 3. "Fair Worcester" - Rev. S.F. Smith. (School Song); 4. "Football Song"; 5. Student Department, Young Men's Christian Association, membership card; 6. The Dances (1910, Easter Vacation attended by Perry Alexander, etc.); 7. Field Events (1909, Worcester - Williton track meet); 8. Worcester Academy Twenty-Third Term Dinner Menu; 9. Sleigh Ride and Dinner, Class of 1910 Worcester Academy; 10. Worcester Academy vs. Williston baseball game 1909; 11. Exercises of the Graduating Class 1909; 12. Library slip for Worcester City Library; 13. Mrs. Daniel Webster Abercrombie invitation for senior class 1910; 14. Reception at the first Baptist Church of Worcester to the Academy men attending the church, signatures of the men in attendance; 15. Glee and Mandolin Club Concert, 1910; 16. Worcester Academy, Department of Physical Training, Annual Demonstration and Prize Drill, 1910; 17. Inter-Society Debate, Sigma Zeta Kappa vs. Legomanthenian, 1910; 18. Senior Promenade, the Megaron, 1910. (Senior Prom pamphlet); 19. Dexter Prizes, 1910; 20. Worchester Academy Commencement, 1910; 21. Automobile Registration, 1910, State of Pennsylvania; 22. Hand written class ode, 1910; 23. Piece of decoration of gym at the senior dance, 1910; 24. Senior dance invitation, 1910; 25. A typed paper on the "Rulers of the Earth." With corrections. A paper by G.H. Hubbard about the German Kaiser and the British Empire.; 26. Worcester Academy school pamphlet; 27. American flag from a cake on Washington's Birthday; 28. College Entrance Examination Board receipt; 29. College Board Exam for French BC - Intermediate and Advanced French; 30. Schedule of Board Exam; 31. Harvard Exams for Elementary English; 32. Strength Test 1909; 33. Strength Test 1908; 34. Certificate of Admission to University of Pennsylvania; 35. Monogram given on gym shirts in 1909; 36. Photos of my room in Dexter, my couch, over the mantle (2 photos); 37. My partner at the senior dance, Polly Fisher (2 photos); 38. Two photos of a class mate and parade in Worchester; 39. Worcester students; 40. Charles Penney, Giggy Ashworth (Cornell); 41. William Shea, John Jaffer Roma (Harvard); 42. Commencement news clippings (6 pages); 43. A WWII enlistment letter to Hubbard from a girl (1942); 44. Worcester Academy Report Card from 1910; 45. Two invitations for the new athletic grounds and the term dinner; 46. A photo of Griffith Evans Hubbard ("Yours truly").

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Title
Scraps Collected During My Stay at Worcester Academy, Worcester Mass, 1908, 1909, 1910 (Original Scrap Book with 46+ Printed Pieces of Ephemera)
Author
Griffith Evans Hubbard; Worcester Academy
Publisher
Self
Publication year
1908
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
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