TYPED LETTER TO J. B. POND ABOUT BELGIAN POET MAURICE MAETERLINCK'S FIRST AMERICAN TOUR SIGNED BY EDUCATOR AND PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER.

Butler, Nicholas Murray. (1862-1947). Educator and President of Columbia University.

Published by New York: December 2, 1919., 1919

- Approximately 124 words typed on a cream-colored 10-3/8 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead with his name & the Columbia University street address printed at top left. Signed "Nicholas Murray Butler". There is a light paper-clip mark to the top edge of the letter. Pond's faint red date below the date of the letter indicates when he answered it. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. Butler is responding to a letter from J. B. Pond of the Pond Lyceum Bureau asking him to serve on the honorary committee to welcome Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck who is making his first U.S. tour under Pond's management. Butler writes: "I have yours of the 1st in regard to Mr. Maeterlinck, and look forward with pleasure to presiding at his opening lecture on the afternoon of January 8 at Carnegie Hall." He goes on to suggest the names of "some of our representative men of letters" whom it would be well to put on the reception committee.Nicholas Murray Butler [1862-1947] was an educator, an advisor to seven presidents, a prolific author and the recipient of numerous international decorations and honorary degrees. He was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. His good friend Theodore Roosevelt called him "Nicholas Miraculous Butler". Four years after joining the staff of Columbia's Philosophy Department in 1885 Butler gave administrative form to his philosophical theory of pedagogy by founding an institute, later affiliated with Columbia, which became known as Teachers College. He was named acting president of Columbia University in 1901 and president in 1902, a post he held until his retirement in October 1945. Columbia grew phenomenally under his presidency and became a major university. Seller Inventory # 94940

Bibliographic Details

Title: TYPED LETTER TO J. B. POND ABOUT BELGIAN ...
Publisher: New York: December 2, 1919.
Publication Date: 1919
Condition: Very good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition