Harvard Stories: Sketches of the Undergraduate

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Post, Waldron Kintzing, 1868-1955

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Harvard Stories: Sketches of the Undergraduate" by Waldron Kintzing Post is a collection of literary sketches written in the late 19th century. The book provides a series of anecdotes about undergraduate life at Harvard, focusing on the experiences, friendships, and adventures of a group of students, particularly a character named Jack Rattleton and his circle of friends. Readers can expect a blend of humor and nostalgia as the author reflects on the camaraderie and challenges faced by the students during their time at the university. At the start of the collection, the author introduces Holworthy, a Harvard student who is preparing for a foot-ball game against Yale. Holworthy's room serves as a social hub for his friends, and a lively conversation ensues among them regarding their upcoming match and their various activities. Each character showcases a unique personality, ranging from enthusiastic athletes to laid-back loafers like Jack Rattleton. The opening sketch sets the tone for the stories to come, highlighting themes of friendship, youthful exuberance, and the contrast between different personalities, all set against the backdrop of Harvard University life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Jack Rattleton goes to Springfield and back

The waking nightmare of Hollis Holworthy

The plot against Bullam

The dog Blathers

A Howard and Harvard evening

The Harvard legion at Philippi

In the early sixties

Little helping hands

A rambling discussion and an adventure, perhaps unconnected

Serious situations in Burleigh's room

A Harvard-Yale episode

The days of reckoning

Class day

How River's luck turned.

Credits:

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2011-01-05