Wendell, Barrett to 1855-1921 4/30/2018 Barrett Wendell - Wikipedia WIKIPEDIA Barrett Wendell Barrett Wendell (23 August 1855 - 8 February 1921) was an American academic known for a series of textbooks including English Composition, studies of Cotton Mather and William Shakespeare, A Literary History of America, The France of Today, and The Traditions of European Literature. Contents Biography Selected works See also References Further reading External links Biography He was born in Boston, the son of Jacob and Mary Bertodi Wendell. He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1877 with Abbott Lawrence Lowell who was later a president of Harvard. In 1880 was appointed Instructor in English at Harvard. He later became an Assistant Professor of English from 1888 to 1898, and a Professor of English from 1898 to 1917, after which he was a professor emeritus. He was also elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers. In 1904 to 1905 he travelled overseas, and lectured at Cambridge University in England, the Sorbonne in Paris, and other French universities. After this visit he wrote "The France of Today". He was a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum, a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1916. He received honorary degrees from Harvard, Columbia University, and an LL.D. from the University of Strasbourg in France. He died in Boston. The Duchess Emilia : a romance, Boston : James R. Osgood and Co., 1885. Cotton Mather, the Puritan priest (https://books.google.com/books?id=O80TAAAAYAA J&printsec=frontcover&dq=Cotton+Mather,+the+Puritan+Priest),I New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1891. English composition : eight lectures given at the Lowell Institute, New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Some neglected characteristics of the New England Puritans, 1892 William Shakespeare, a study in Elizabethan literature, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1894. Rankell's remains : an American novel, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1896. A literary history of America, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1901. Ralegh in Guiana, Rosamond, and A Christmas masque, New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1902 (Boston : Merrymount Press) The France of today, New York, C. Scribner, 1907. The privileged classes, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1908. The mystery of education, and other academic performances, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1909. The traditions of European literature, from Homer to Dante, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1920. See also Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe The Harvard Monthly References Staff report (Wednesday, February 9, 1921). "BARRETT WENDELL OF HARVARD DEAD; Professor of English Literature for 37 Years Succumbs in His Boston Home at 66. NOTED LECTURER-AUTHOR One of the Most Brilliant Research Men in Letters- -Became Professor Emeritus in 1917" (https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?re s=9D03E7D71639E133A2575AC0A9649C946095D6CF),New York Times, p. 8 New York Times, (Wednesday, February 9, 1921). "Barrett Wendell" (https://query.nyti mes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9501E7D71639E133A2575AC0A9649C946095D6C F), p. 7 Further reading William Richards Castle, Jr.; Paul Kaufman (1926). Essays in memory of Barrett Wendell (https://books.google.com/books?id=5GgEAQAAIAAJ). Harvard University Press. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_Wende 2/3 The Duchess Emilia : a romance, Boston : James R. Osgood and Co., 1885. Cotton Mather, the Puritan priest (https://books.google.com/books?id=O80TAAAAYAA J&printsec=frontcover&dq=Cotton+Mather,+the+Puritan+Priest),New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1891. English composition : eight lectures given at the Lowell Institute, New York Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Some neglected characteristics of the New England Puritans, 1892 William Shakespeare, a study in Elizabethan literature, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1894. Rankell's remains : an American novel, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1896. A literary history of America, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1901. Ralegh in Guiana, Rosamond, and A Christmas masque, New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1902 (Boston : Merrymount Press) The France of today, New York, C. Scribner, 1907. The privileged classes, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1908. The mystery of education, and other academic performances, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1909. The traditions of European literature, from Homer to Dante, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1920. See also Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe The Harvard Monthly References Staff report (Wednesday, February 9, 1921). "BARRETT WENDELL OF HARVARD DEAD; Professor of English Literature for 37 Years Succumbs in His Boston Home at 66. NOTED LECTURER-AUTHOR One of the Most Brilliant Research Men in Letters- -Became Professor Emeritus in 1917" (https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?r s=9D03E7D71639E133A2575AC0A9649C946095D6CF),New York Times, p. 8 New York Times, (Wednesday, February 9, 1921). "Barrett Wendell" (https://query.nyti mes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9501E7D71639E133A2575AC0A9649C946095D6C F), p. 7 Further reading William Richards Castle, Jr.; Paul Kaufman (1926). Essays in memory of Barrett Wendell (https://books.google.com/books?id=5GgEAQAAIAAJ). 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His grandfather Jacob Wendell (1788-1865) was engaged in shipping and manufacturing ventures. Summary : Correspondence, journals, diaries, writings, and other papers of Barrett Wendell and his wife Edith Greenough Wendell, together with papers of other members of the Wendell family. Includes correspondence, writings, legal and business papers of John Wendell; diaries and some correspondence of Jacob Wendell; correspondence of Caroline Quincy Wendell; and letters to Daniel Rindge and other Rindge family papers. There are several volumes of journals of Barrett Wendell, including accounts of travel in Europe; and a long run of diaries, 1881-1938 (1905 lacking), of Edith Greenough Wendell. Also included are business papers of Barrett Wendell, material related to his courses at Harvard, genealogical notes, photographs, and printed ephemera. Barrett Wendell's correspondents include William R. Castle, Horace Meyer Kallen, Henry Cabot Lodge, John A. Lomax, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Percival Lowell, Frederic J. Simson, and Robert Thomas White-Thomson. Restrictions : Access may be restricted. Details at the repository. .../LGCICHP97V5TMUU8GTQM8F2PUTRJVV7AQEPFTC4DVM9NLFSR99-01415?func=:7/30/2004 HOLLIS FULL CATALOG - Full View of Record Page 2 of 3 Provenance : Placed on permanent deposit by Francis A. Wendell, 1972. Originally deposited by William Greenough Wendell, 1942. Cite as : Wendell Family Papers. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Notes : There are related Wendell family business records in Manuscripts and Archives, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Finding aids : Unpublished finding aids available in repository. Accessions no.: *73M-91. For access to related Wendell material, consult manuscript card catalogue in the Houghton Library or Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, published by Chadwyck-Healey, 1986. Subject : Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974. Rindge family. Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943. Wendel family. Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. Wendell, Jacob, 1788-1865. Wendell, John, 1731-1808. White-Thomson, Robert Thomas, 1831-1918. Subject : Harvard University. Dept. of English. Harvard University -- Faculty. Subject : American literature -- 19th century. Criticism -- United States. Real estate development -- New Hampshire. Form/Genre : Accounts. Clippings. Diaries. Journals (notebooks) Photoprints. Occupation : College teachers. Critics. 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Note: B.Wendell's Locations/Orders : Availability biography earned its Location : Harvard Archives I HUG 1876.18 Holdings Availability author the Pulitzer Location : Hilles I 811 W11 6.1 Holdings Availability Location : Kirkland House i PS3158.W7 Z53 Holdings Availability Prize for biography Location : Lamont I PS3158.W7 Z53 Holdings Availability in 1925. Location : Law School i Harvard Depository US 909 WEN Holdings Availability Location : National master micro i [Film Master held by: Library of Congress, 1985. OCLC record #17131057.] Holdings Availability Location : Robbins Philosophy I Bechtel PS3158.W7 Z53 Holdings Availability Location : Widener I Harvard Depository AL 4148.20 [Consult Circ. desk for HWLZR4] Holdings Availability Location : Widener i AL 4148.20 Holdings Availability Description : vi p., 3 l., [3]-350 p. front., illus., plates, ports., facsims. 24 cm. Notes : Bibliography: p. [335]-339. Authors : Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960, ed. 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Summary : Includes manuscripts of published works including fiction, essays, plays, and translations. Letters, 1916, to Charles H. Barrows; lectures at Lowell Institute in 1906, for Shakespeare course at Radcliffe, 1886-1888; and other lecture notes on American literature and Shakespeare; commencement address, 1909, at College of Charleston, South Carolina; essay on the study of composition; manuscripts containing Harvard recollections, 1872- 1917; short stories about student life at Harvard; and notebooks containing notes on student themes from the Harvard Annex and other data on students. Related publications and reference material also available in repository. Restrictions : Access may be restricted. Details at the repository. Cite as : Barrett Wendell Papers, Harvard University Archives. Unpublished shelflist available in repository. Subject : Barrows, Charles H., 1839-1910. Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. Cotton Mather. Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. 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English Español Français Options Comments Exit OC © 1992-2004 OCLC LC Terms & Conditions http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=sp0...:numrecs 8/31/2004 Wende Wendell me, affable, cour- handling contagious diseases; instituted syste- Cutaneous and Genito-Urinary Diseases, No- omas Sully shows matic examination, both bacteriological and vember 1898) "A Nodular, Terminating in a a high, wide fore- chemical, of the city's water supply; and brought Ring Eruption-Granuloma Annulare" (Ibid.. hair. about periodic inspection of the markets, hotels, September 1909) "Nodular Tuberculosis of the and restaurants. The death rate was/ reduced y-Six Years of the Hypoderm" (Ibid., January 1911) "Pellagra as vols., 1847), see G. from twenty-four to fourteen per thousand within it Occurs in Buffalo and Vicinity" (Buffalo tage (7 vols., 1927- one year of his taking office. Medical Journal, July 1918) "Keratolysis es, Jan. 6, 1859.] W.P.E. Wende was a man of original ideas and had a Exfoliativa" (Journal of Cutancous Diseases, 23, 1853-Feb. II, forceful personality. He wielded a powerful in- March 1919). Both through his writings and ficial, was born at fluence for good in his community. His interests through his scientific discussions at various the eldest son in and accomplishments were varied; he was an medical congresses Wende became well known to Bernard Philip amateur ethnologist, archeologist, and botanist; and highly regarded. In 1909 he was elected Grover William his hobbies included fishing and hunting. In ad- chairman of the section of dermatology and dition to local and state medical/societies he was other. His father syphilology of the American Medical Associ- ssful farmer, and a member of the American Dermatological As- ation. He was secretary of the American Derma- ol regularly until sociation, the American Microscopical Society, tological Association from 1905 to 1909 and was 1. After teaching and the Pan-American Medical Congress. He elected president of that society in 19II. During gan the study of was at one time vice-president of the Ameri- the World War he was a member of the surgeon Buffalo but his can Public Health Association, and was a Fel- general's committee for supervising the treat- low of the Royal Microscopical Society and of ment of venereal diseases in the army. His ac- passed an exami- ited States Mili- the American Electro-Therapeutic Association. tivities were not confined to dermatology. He From 1895 until his death he was associate ed- served as president of the Medical Society of the july I, 1875. In a itor of the Buffalo Medical Journal. Civic and State of New York, and was a member of the ed to his medical other interests claimed/ attention and he was ree of M.D. from American Association of Pathologists and Bac- 378. For a thesis the active head of the Municipal League for teriologists, the American Association for Can- received honor- many years. On Aug. 25, 1881, he married cer Research, the American Society for the Con- Alden for a short Frances Harriett Cutler of Omaha, by whom he trol of Syphilis, and /numerous local medical had three children. societies. niversity (1881- of Pennsylvania, [Jour. of Cutaneous Diseases, May 1910; J.J. Walsh, His private practice grew to large proportions, Hist. of Medicine in N. Y. (1919) Buffalo Medic. ived the degrees necessitating the employment of assistants. He Jour., Mar. 1910 Buffalo Morning Express, Feb. 12, 5. The next year 1910.] G.M.L. was appointed to the staffs of many hospitals, where he studied among which were the Erie County, the Bufalo at Berlin and WENDE, GROVER WILLIAM (Apr. 6, Sisters of Charity, the German, the Buffalo Gen- n 1886, he estab- 1867-Feb. 9, 1926), physician, dermatologist, eral, the Children's Municipal, and the United was born in Millgrove, Erie County, N. Y., the States Marine Hospital, all in Buffalo. One of In 1887 he was son of Bernard Philip and Susan (Kirk) Wende, niversity of Buf- his hobbies was medical photography. He was and a younger brother of Ernest Wende [q.v.]. natology and the solid and vigorous both mentally and physically, After receiving his preliminary education in pub- quiet-spoken, and scholarly. He reached the al professor; he lic schools, he entered the University of Buffalo, fessor of botany pinnacle of his profession because of his ability, where he was graduated with the degree of M.D. College of Phar- his thorough training, his agreeable personality, in 1889. The next few years he spent in graduate and his striking physique, and also because he ntment of health study, first at the University of Pennsylvania, was industrious and eminently honest in all deal- e held for thir- and later in Prague, Vienna, and Paris. His ings with his fellow men. On his way to attend came nationally training included a thorough grounding in the a dinner of physicians he was struck by a street nts and reforms sciences of bacteriology and pathology in their car and died while being conveyed to the hos- relation to diseases of the skin. ere later copied pital. In 1896 he married Mary Graham, daugh- Returning to Buffalo in 1898, he began the ter of David and Mary (Graham) Tucker. taking office he practice of dermatology with his brother Ernest. [N. Y. State Jour. of Medicine, Mar. I, 1926; Jour. in infants and He was soon appointed to the staff of the Uni- of the Am. Medic. Asso., Feb. 20, 1926 J. E. Lane, in es, that the milk Anchives of Dermatology and Syphilology, Mar. 1926; versity of Buffalo and was professor of derma- erfect construc- J. J. Walsh, Hist. of Medicine in N. Y. (1919) Buf- tology there for twenty-seven years. He found falo Morning Express, Feb. 10, 1926.] G.M.L. only used long- time to write a number of scientific articles in a WENDELL, BARRETT (Aug. 23, 1855- odging for bac- e of bottle was terse, characteristic style. He described many of Feb. 8, 1921), teacher and man of letters, was the rarer skin diseases and became known as an born in Boston, the son of Jacob Wendell, mer- on of druggists : also developed exceedingly accurate observer. Among the bet- chant, and Mary Bertodi (Barrett) Wendell. ter known of his medical contributions were e source of the The founder of his family in America was Evert odern ways of 'Porokeratosis with Report of Case" (Journal of Janse Wendel, who came from East Friesland 649 DAB. Wendell Wendell to New Netherland in 1640. Evert's grandson, the exchange of professors between France and Jacob Wendell, great-grandfather of Wendell Harvard founded by James Hazen Hyde. Rare- Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes [qq.v.], ly have circumstances, combined with great gifts was the first of the family to move to New Eng- as a lecturer, writer, traveler, and friend, en- land. Successful as a merchant in Boston, he abled any man to interpret two countries to each was joined there by his nephew John, who was other as did Barrett Wendell by his Sorbonne Barrett Wendell's great-great-grandfather, Wen- lectures on American literature and traditions, dell was privately prepared for Harvard, from and by his remarkable book, The France of Today which he graduated in 1877, having more widely (1907), the insight of which was verified by the read, traveled, and exercised his wit (he was World War. This book, perhaps its author's among the early contributors to the Harvard best work, has been translated into French and Lampoon) than most of his classmates. An un- German. A permanent memorial of his notable successful attack upon the law, which to him was visit to the Sorbonne is the classroom there not a congenial subject, left him uncertain about named "La Salle Barrett-Wendell." the future. Just then two most fortunate events Barrett Wendell's other publications of his happened. The first was his marriage, June I, later middle age-such as Liberty, Union, and 1880, to Edith Greenough of Quincy, Mass. Of Democracy, the National Ideals of America this marriage there were four children. How (1906), The Privileged Classes (1908), and The much his family meant to Barrett Wendell is de- Mystery of Education, and Other Academic Per- lightfully suggested in his letters. The other formances (1909)-testify, as do his letters, to happy occurrence was his appointment in 1880 the steady enlargement of his field of thought. to help Prof. Adams Sherman Hill teach English He was working toward the conclusion that, as composition to Harvard undergraduates. How he told the American Academy of Arts and Let- successfully he did so appears from the later emi- ters in 1917, he could in his later years of teach- nence of many who took his "English 12" and ing do "no better service than by attempting from such testimony as George Pierce Baker's, to show how at least things literary can hardly who says of Wendell's interest in the early num- be understood until we try to think of them to- bers of the Harvard Monthly (founded 1885) gether" (Lowell, post, p. 183). Such was the "Nothing ever did so much to give me a sense purpose of his successful course of elementary that an art is greater than any of its servants lectures on comparative literature and his last as Wendell's praise and blame of those succes- book, The Traditions of European Literature, sive numbers" (Harvard Graduates Magazine, from Homer to Dante (1920). The author's ill post, p. 575). Another sort of witness to the same health did not prevent this, or the classroom lec- skill and interest is Wendell's English Compo- tures out of which it grew, from being an im- sition (1891), which surpassed any other book portant series of broad and stimulating views. on the subject. In the same year appeared Cotton His teaching was remarkable for a variety of Mather, the Puritan Priest, in which, through qualities: swift and keen generalization, ready hard study of manuscripts and rare insight, he control of the background of events and ideas, humanized a perennially important and puzzling profuse and well-chosen illustrations, a humble character. His William Shakespere (1894) recognition of the mystery of genius, and unfor- proved his sympathetic understanding of the gettable mannerisms permeated by a spirit of ab- genius of Elizabethan literature. In 1898 Wen- solute sincerity. Skeptical though he was about dell became the first teacher at Harvard to offer the validity of certain phases of scholarship, he American literature as an object of systematic cared profoundly for what he called "serious historical and critical study. From that course criticism," the object of which he defined (Wil- there emerged A Literary History of America liam Shakespere, p. I) as "so to increase our (1900), which helped to bring about a reconsid- sympathetic knowledge of what we study that eration of certain literary traditions and greatly we may enjoy it with fresh intelligence and ap- increased the active study of American letters, preciation." He had as an undergraduate been both in and outside of the colleges. deeply influenced by the teaching of James Rus- By this time Wendell had become a distin- sell Lowell and he did much to carry on the tra- guished figure, and in 1902-03 he gave the Clark dition established by one whom he himself char- lectures at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, acterized as "a man who found in literature and published them in 1904 as The Temper of the not something gravely mysterious, but only the Seventeenth Century in English Literature. best record that human beings have made of hu- Much more notable was his visit to France in man life Here was a man, you grew to 1904-05, when he inaugurated with great success feel, who knew literature, and knew the world, 50 Vendell Wendte Wendte fessors between France and and knew you too; There came a certain liam Howard Taft [q.v.] and Alexander John- James Hazen Hyde. Rare- feeling of personal affection for him, very rare son, the sociologist, was decisive, and the Chan- S, combined with great gifts in any student's experience of even the most ning Memorial Church in Newport, R. I. r, traveler, and friend, en- faithful teacher" (Stelligcri and Other Essays (1882-85). In 1886 he became a Unitarian mis- erpret two countries to each Concerning America, 1893, pp. 211-12). In Bar- sionary supervisor on the west coast, and also t Wendell by his Sorbonne rett Wendell's case it was always the entire per- served as minister of the First Unitarian Church, in literature and traditions, son, never the mere teacher, who spoke. Just Oakland, Cal. (1886), and of Unity Church, Los e book, The France of Today before his death, in a letter to H. M. Kallen, an Angeles (1898). Resigning to recuperate his of which was verified by the intimate friend whose opinions were generally health, he became minister of the Theodore book, perhaps its author's less conservative than his own, Wendell wrote: Parker Memorial Church in Boston (1901-05). translated into French and "After all, the difference between a reactionary In 1900 Wendte undertook, till 1920, the gen- ent memorial of his notable and a radical, at heart, is only that the one longs eral secretaryship of the International Council ine is the classroom there to retain whatever is good and the other to of Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers. In rrett-Wendell." destroy whatever is evil. Neither can be quite this capacity he became secretary of the foreign ; other publications of his right or all wrong" (Howe, post, p. 185). relations department of the American Unitari- uch as Liberty, Union, and Wendell was a member of the American Acad- an Association (1905-15), meanwhile serving ational Ideals of America emy of Arts and Letters, the Massachusetts His- (1905-08) as minister of the First Parish, ged Classes (1908), and The torical Society, and many other societies. He Brighton, Mass. The first meeting of the Coun- n, and Other Academic Per- twice received the honorary degree of Doctor of cil (later the International Association for Lib- -testify, as do his letters, to Letters, and in 1920 he was given "le titre ho- eral Christianity and Religious freedom) was ent of his field of thought. norifique de Docteur de l'Université de Stras- held in London (1901) attended by seven hun- ward the conclusion that, as bourg." dred delegates from over twenty liberal religious 1 Academy of Arts and Let- [M. A. De W. Howe, Barrett Wendell and His Let- movements of the western hemisphere, and from d in his later years of teach- lets (1924) ; Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc., vol. LIV (1921) A. L. Lowell, Ibid., vol. LV (1922) G. P. Baker, in the Brahmo-Somaj, of India Succeeding con- service than by attempting Harvard Grads. Mag., June 1921 J. R. Stanwood, The gresses were held in Amsterdam (1903), Geneva it things literary can hardly Direct Ancestry of the Late Jacob Wendell of Ports- (1905), Boston (1907), Berlin (1910), and mouth. .V. H. (1882) Who's Who in America, 1918- we try to think of them to- 19 Boston Transcript, Feb. 9, 1921.] C.N.G. Paris (1913). For the brilliant success of these 1st, p. 183). Such was the cosmopolitan gatherings, Wendte labored inde- essful course of elementary WENDTE, CHARLES WILLIAM (June fatigably, traveling throughout Europe, as well tive literature and his last II, 1844-Sept. 9, 1931), Unitarian minister, au- as in Egypt, Palestine, and Turkey, meeting and ns of European Literature, thor, and hymn-writer, was born in Boston, conferring with liberal Protestants, Roman Cath- ete (1920). The author's ill Mass., the son of Carl and Johanna (Ebeling) olics, Jews, Moslems, and Hindus. His enthusi- at this, or the classroom lec- Wendte. His father, who emigrated to Boston asm for these ecumenical councils of rational, it grew, from being an im- in 1842 from Hanover, Germany, gained a pre- ethical theism was reinforced by unusual linguis- ad and stimulating views. carious living by painting frescoes in churches. tic powers, great personal charm and tact, rich remarkable for a variety of After his death in 1847 the mother supported her theological scholarship, broad tolerance, and a keen generalization, ready two sons by tutoring in German. Wendte at- perfect command/ of executive detail. Of the ground of events and ideas, tended the Boston public schools, Chauncy Hall, proceedings and addresses by leading theological osen illustrations, a humble and the gymnasium at Verden, Hanover, and in scholars and preachers of the western world, ystery of genius, and unfor- 1858 became an apprentice in the wholesale wool- Wendte edited Freedom and Fellowship in Re- permeated by a spirit of ab- en house of Blakes and Kinsley. Threatened ligion (1907) the Proceedings of the Fifth In- eptical though he was about with tuberculosis, he went to San Francisco in ternational Congress (1911), and New Pilgrim- in phases of scholarship, he 1861 and by the friendship of Thomas Starr ages of the Spirit (1921). Of a similar American or what he called "serious King [q.v.] secured a custom-house position. organization, the National Federation of Re- t of which he defined (WiL After a period of volunteer militia service he ligious Liberals, Wendte served as secretary I) as "so to increase our entered the Bank of California, which trans- from 1908 to 1920. He edited the Proceedings dge of what we study that ferred him in 1865 to Virginia City, Nev. Early association with Theodore Parker [q.v.] and his of the fifth congress in 1915, The Unity of the th fresh intelligence and ap- 1 as an undergraduate been later contact with King turned him to the min- Spirit (1909), Freedom and the Churches the teaching of James Rus- istry, and he went East to the Meadville Theo- (1913), and Religious Liberals in Council id much to carry on the tra- logical School, Meadville, Pa. (1866-67), then (1913). He was president (1910-14) of the one whom he himself char- to the Harvard Divinity School (1868-69), from Free Religious Association, and for it published who found in literature which he was graduated. Wendte became min- The Next Step in Religion (1911), The Promo- ely mysterious, but only the ister successively of the Fourth Unitarian Church tion of Sympathy and Goodwill (1913), and an beings have made of hu- in Chicago (1869-75), the Church of the Re- World Religion and World Brotherhood (1914). e was a man, you grew to deemer (First Unitarian) in Cincinnati, Ohio Wendte died without children, Oct. 9, 1931, in rature, and knew the world. (1876-82), where his influence upon young Wil- Berkeley, Cal., leaving his widow, Abbie Louist 651 FROM A GRADUATE'S WINDOW. P ACING deliberately through the Yard, with cane in hand, brown derby hat tilted a bit upon his head, a cigarette between his lips, eyes lowered in meditation, the professor aroused the A personality Sophomore's interest and curiosity. He seemed unique among professors; he wore English-looking clothes and spats, and de- spite the gravity of his demeanor exhaled the fragrance of the fash- ionable rather than the austerity of the academic world. It was not long before the Sophomore had ascertained the professor's name; his interest increased, for the course of study that he had planned would the next year bring him into relations with Professor Wendell. Mean- while he treasured such legends and bits of gossip about the professor as reached his ears; they all indicated a whimsical, entertaining, and original personality. In consequence of these stories and his own im- pressions, the Sophomore anticipated that from Professor Wendell he would derive probably more amusement than instruction. Yet from the first meeting of the large class that assembled in Sever 11, the Junior, as he then was, carried away a feeling of enthusi- asm, of zest and ambition, that no other teacher since he had come to Harvard had aroused in him. Whimsical though the professor might be, readily susceptible to imitation and burlesque as were some of his peculiarities of speech and intonation, he captured at once the serious interest of the class. The whole-hearted earnestness with which he put himself into the work of teaching, of expressing his own ideas and of drawing out the expression by others of their ideas, was far removed from the dilettante's attitude and temper which under- graduates who did not. know him were prone to attribute to him. Not only was he whole-hearted as a teacher; he was warm-hearted. His praise was generous; his censure was kind. Sarcasm in criticism was a luxury in which his assistants sometimes indulged; it was a luxury that he did not permit himself to enjoy. He could condemn a student's work without either wounding or angering the student. The Junior came to look forward to the return of themes with com- R. Wendell Harvard 29. (Fun 1921). 584 From a Graduate's Window. [June, 1921.] From ( ments signed B. W. - comments, it must be said, not easily legible - and his comments on the as to an exciting event. At the Wednesday morning conferences in ing classes, were not alway Grays 18, students waited in line while Professor Wendell hastily ran who could more thoroughly over themes and made pungent criticisms interspersed with his merry tions that he uttered, give t laughter. "Unjustifiable homicide," was his verdict on one story. limited by caste; yet Wend "Don't kill people without cause, even in fiction." And his joyous of life. He might talk as peal rang out. Again, "But do forsythias and lilacs bloom at the all else, but he simply coul same time? Make a note of it and tell me next spring what you any individual. Meritorio find out about that." He usually contrived to send the student on his qualities were all that cou way smiling over some jeu d'esprit and feeling cheerful though chas- much he might theorize or tened. Sometimes he was almost disconcertingly candid in acknowl- breeding. He denied demo edging his own limitations. "I'm not in any sense of the word a tion and the most special scholar," he said on one occasion when asked a question relating to the and self-supporting. Inde sources of a familiar folk-lore tale. "Isuppose any one in the Depart- his own constructing, and ment of English might reasonably be expected to answer that question, shelter. Meeting him on t but offhand I can't. No; I'm not really a scholar. In fact, my ig- commented upon the scen norance is abysmal." However lightly he may have been regarded Common. "To me it was C in some scholastic circles at that time, he established firmly his title spectacles I have ever seen. to scholarship in later years. chained. It was, to be sur But to the Junior it didn't make the slightest difference whether he seen anything that gave m was a scholar or not. Any possible deficiency in that respect mattered racy - a sense of the fright still less when he discovered that Professor Wendell was a poet. mood." He sat entranced one evening in Sanders Theatre through the per- Vivaciously alert to put fo formance of Ralegh in Guiana. It seemed to him then and it has seemed sitive to the results of such € to him in his maturer years that in that drama there were passages acteristic of both men, occurr of an imaginative splendor and a richness of phrasing in which even known Howells long and plea the great Elizabethans would have rejoiced, and which showed a true of America" was published, 1 kinship with them. Professor Wendell played Ralegh with gallantry literary personages whom Ho and dignity; the performance remains in one spectator's mind as Dean of American Letters. memorable among amateur productions. And it has caused him to of the work, quite unlike the regret that Professor Wendell ventured SO rarely into the fields of of the works of his fellow cra poetic and dramatic art, for it demonstrated that in each of them was unpleasant, and chose nc he was capable of fine achievement. any impressions that might Perhaps one reason why he did not show a more abundant flowering became aware on several OC in creative work was that he was humble-minded and self-distrustful. Howells was treating him wit He was often confident of his opinions, but he was never confident of troubled him; for he felt no his powers. It might have been better for his productivity, excellent mitted some really serious off though that was, and for his happiness if the emphasis of confidence without gaining a clue. On had been differently placed. He was more inclined to dogmatize on Howells at luncheon. He set political and social questions than on matters relating to literature; agreeable, was gratified to fin 2 584 From a Graduate's Window. [June, 1921.] From ( ments signed B. W. - comments, it must be said, not easily legible - and his comments on the "I as to an exciting event. At the Wednesday morning conferences in ing classes, were not alway Grays 18, students waited in line while Professor Wendell hastily ran who could more thoroughly over themes and made pungent criticisms interspersed with his merry tions that he uttered, give t laughter. "Unjustifiable homicide," was his verdict on one story. limited by caste; yet Wend "Don't kill people without cause, even in fiction." And his joyous of life. He might talk as peal rang out. Again, "But do forsythias and lilacs bloom at the all else, but he simply coul same time? Make a note of it and tell me next spring what you any individual. Meritorio find out about that." He usually contrived to send the student on his qualities were all that cou way smiling over some jeu d'esprit and feeling cheerful though chas- much he might theorize or tened. Sometimes he was almost disconcertingly candid in acknowl- breeding. He denied demo edging his own limitations. "I'm not in any sense of the word a tion and the most special scholar," he said on one occasion when asked a question relating to the and self-supporting. Inde sources of a familiar folk-lore tale. suppose any one in the Depart- his own constructing, and ment of English might reasonably be expected to answer that question, shelter. Meeting him on t but offhand I can't. No; I'm not really a scholar. In fact, my ig- commented upon the scen norance is abysmal." However lightly he may have been regarded Common. "To me it was C in some scholastic circles at that time, he established firmly his title spectacles I have ever seen to scholarship in later years. chained. It was, to be sur But to the Junior it didn't make the slightest difference whether he seen anything that gave m was a scholar or not. Any possible deficiency in that respect mattered racy - a sense of the fright still less when he discovered that Professor Wendell was a poet. mood." He sat entranced one evening in Sanders Theatre through the per- Vivaciously alert to put fo formance of Ralegh in Guiana. It seemed to him then and it has seemed sitive to the results of such € to him in his maturer years that in that drama there were passages acteristic of both men, occurr of an imaginative splendor and a richness of phrasing in which even known Howells long and plea the great Elizabethans would have rejoiced, and which showed a true of America" was published, 1 kinship with them. Professor Wendell played Ralegh with gallantry literary personages whom Hc and dignity; the performance remains in one spectator's mind as Dean of American Letters. memorable among amateur productions. And it has caused him to of the work, quite unlike the regret that Professor Wendell ventured so rarely into the fields of of the works of his fellow cra poetic and dramatic art, for it demonstrated that in each of them was unpleasant, and chose nc he was capable of fine achievement. any impressions that might Perhaps one reason why he did not show a more abundant flowering became aware on several OC in creative work was that he was humble-minded and self-distrustful. Howells was treating him wit He was often confident of his opinions, but he was never confident of troubled him; for he felt nc his powers. It might have been better for his productivity, excellent mitted some really serious off though that was, and for his happiness if the emphasis of confidence without gaining a clue. On had been differently placed. He was more inclined to dogmatize on Howells at luncheon. He set political and social questions than on matters relating to literature; agreeable, was gratified to fin low. [June 1921.] From a Graduate's Window. 585 aid, not easily legible and his comments on the "privileged classes," as he termed the labor- morning conferences in ing classes, were not always well received. Never was there a man sor Wendell hastily ran who could more thoroughly and perversely, at times, through generaliza- rspersed with his merry tions that he uttered, give the impression that his horizon was strictly 3 verdict on one story. limited by caste; yet Wendell was not a snob in the actual relations tion." And his joyous of life. He might talk as if he valued birth and antecedents above nd lilacs bloom at the all else, but he simply could not be snobbish in his attitude towards next spring what you any individual. Meritorious effort and achievement and personal ) send the student on his qualities were all that counted in his estimate of a man, however g cheerful though chas- much he might theorize on the essentials of background, birth, and ngly candid in acknowl- breeding. He denied democracy, yet he gave the warmest considera- ay sense of the word a tion and the most special help to the boy who was poor, obscure, question relating to the and self-supporting. Indeed he lived in a world of paradoxes of e any one in the Depart- his own constructing, and they afforded him sometimes doubtful to answer that question, shelter. Meeting him on the afternoon of Armistice day, the writer :cholar. In fact, my ig- commented upon the scenes of rejoicing that morning on Boston aay have been regarded Common. "To me it was one of the most disturbing and depressing tablished firmly his title spectacles I have ever seen," replied Wendell. "It was Demos un- chained. It was, to be sure, the beast purring. But never have I est difference whether he seen anything that gave me in an equal degree a horror of democ- in that respect mattered racy - a sense of the frightful power for evil of the beast in another r Wendell was a poet. mood." heatre through the per- Vivaciously alert to put forth his opinions, he was nevertheless sen- m then and it has seemed sitive to the results of such expression. An interesting episode, char- ama there were passages acteristic of both men, occurred in his relations with Howells. He had phrasing in which even known Howells long and pleasantly; but when his "Literary History and which showed a true of America" was published, the treatment that he accorded to certain ed Ralegh with gallantry literary personages whom Howells revered was too much for the gentle one spectator's mind as Dean of American Letters. Howells wrote a caustic and acrid review d it has caused him to of the work, quite unlike the reviews that he was accustomed to write rarely into the fields of of the works of his fellow craftsmen. Wendell heard that the review ed that in each of them was unpleasant, and chose not to read it; he wished to avoid receiving any impressions that might affect his feeling for Howells. Then he more abundant flowering became aware on several occasions when he and Howells met that nded and self-distrustful. Howells was treating him with marked aloofness and severity. That e was never confident of troubled him; for he felt now that in his book he must have com- is productivity, excellent mitted some really serious offense; anxiously he searched his memory, e emphasis of confidence without gaining a clue. One day he found himself placed next to inclined to dogmatize on Howells at luncheon. He set himself desperately to the task of being ers relating to literature; agreeable, was gratified to find Howells responsive; and finally How- 4 586 The Spring Term. [June, 1921.] 1 ells said, "Wendell, I've got to make a clean breast of it. Ever since In Harvard College, in the ] I wrote that nasty article about your book, I've been uncomfortable. of Arts and Sciences the regul When I've seen you, I've felt like sneaking round the corner and get- increase of $50 over the prese hereafter be $300, and in the ting out of the way. I must say that the way you've treated me to- will be $400. day makes me hope you've forgiven me." "My dear fellow," said It is apparent, therefore, t Wendell, "I never read the article - and I never shall." of charging a uniform tuition Barrett Wendell, distrustful as has been said of his own powers, de- sporadic departures from this preciated very often his own work, and never more unjustly than when consistent observance. The he looked back, as he often did, upon his years of teaching at Harvard said to mark the inauguration as being largely years of failure. He stimulated his students to think; from lowest to highest among he awakened in them an interest in literature and guided them in hundred per cent. Tuition i their appreciation of it; he was a civilizing and benignant influence. does in the Law School, and And he won the affection and the admiration of hundreds of men whom This new policy of adjusting in his diffidence he supposed that he had never reached at all. interaction of two important that the costs of operation va versity. In the Law School, tively large classes and where THE UNIVERSITY. the cost of education per cap THE SPRING TERM. great deal of laboratory and cl of students. In the Business By THE UNIVERSITY EDITOR. and the cost of instruction i IN the last issue of the MAGAZINE it was indicated that the University would the guidance of students in W probably find it necessary to make an increase in the tuition fees because is a good deal to be said, acc The increased the new income from the Endowment Fund would not suffice to bear a reasonable share of W tuition fees to make both ends meet. Most of those who were giving to a certain degree, is what th thought to this matter six months ago believed that a uniform increase to a But there is another conside fee of $300 in all departments of the University would be needed, but a careful and to some extent it conflict study of the entire situation led to the conclusion that this would not be essen- - to use a compendious term tial, at least for the present. Accordingly it has been arranged that, begin- ing nowadays - seems to die ning with the academic year 1921-22, the tuition fees will vary in the differ- be tempered to certain classes ent schools, each fixing at such figure as seems to be dictated by its own injustice to the rest. It woul needs. nomic justification, to make st In three of these schools no increase has been deemed essential just now. ences pay their full share of W The tuition fee in the Law School and the Graduate School of Education re- young men are the recruits fo mains for the present at $200 per annum as heretofore. In the case of the universities; any action that II Law School the tuition fee was raised to this figure a year ago, and it was not seriously detrimental to higher thought advisable to make a further increase so soon, especially in view of the far more than offset the small fact that the Law School is not now being conducted at a loss. The Graduate graduate students their full sha School of Education is in the first year of its existence, and the moment is uate Schools of Arts and Scie scarcely opportune, it was felt, for the announcement of an increased tuition our various universities, the fee in this new branch of the University's activity. The tuition fee in the be diminished and the supply Divinity School also remains unchanged for the present, its Faculty desiring The graduate schools, moreove to postpone action until later. scholarly investigation in this ,Barrett Wendell. TTOR. Appleton To every Harvard man there will come a keen pang of regret over the Papers. B40.V.2. news that BARRETT WENDELL, who was almost as much of an institution 9, 1921. in Cambridge as Memorial Hall, is dead. He was professor emeritus of BARRETT WENDELL OF English at Harvard and a member of the Board of Overseers. but as a HARVARD DIES AT 66 human and original man of letters he was an inspiration to youth. Al- Noted Scholar Taught Eng- though he taught English at Harvard lish There 37 Years. for thirty-seven years, he was never BOSTON, Feb. 8.-Barrett Wendell, caught in the rut of convention, but professor emeritus of Harvard Univer- maintained his intellectual indepen- sity, where he taught English literature dence up to, the time he quit active for thirty-seven years, died in his home teaching. here to-day. He was 66 years of age. BABRETT WENDELL probably knew more about writing good English Prof. Wendell's reputation both as scholar and man of letters was inter- than most men in America, yet he national. He retired from active teach- never wore his learning ou his sleete. ing in 1917, after vitalizing the study He was always a human being first of literature for the Harvard men of two generations. The alumni of the univer- and a college professor second. He sity last June elected him a member of loathed sham and pretence and punc- the Board of Overseers of Harvard. tured them with mordant wit. Born He was born in Boston August 23, 1855 the son of Jacob and Mary Ber- in the deep purple and surrounded toldi Barrett Wendell. Harvard gave by all the traditions of an old New him his degree in 1877, in the same Eugland family, he early shook loose class of which President Lowell was member. Columbia University conferred the shackles of precedent and re- the degree of Litt. D. upon him in 1913, mained all his life a democratic non- and Strasburg University made him a LLD. last year. conformist to rules. looking at life He began his teaching at Harvard in and literature straight and never hes- 1880, the year Theodore Roosevelt was itating to call a spade by its right graduated, becoming an assistant pro- fessor in 1888 and attaining his full name, even adding a few rather professorship in 1898. He was a lec- turer at Cambridge University in Eng- strong adjectives if he felt like it. land in 1902-3 and again at the Sorbonne BARRETT WENDELL had as many and other French universities in 1904-5. idiosyncrasies and pecullarities of Prof. Wendell was a member of the Na- tional Institute of Arts and Letters, the temperament as the late RICHARD American Academy of Arts and Letters MANSFIELD, but it was these very and a fellow of the American Academy qualities that made him such a pic- of Arts and Sciences. He was the author of many books, turesque and forceful personality in dealing not only with his province as a undergraduate life at Harvard. Some- scholar but with American problems times he would stop in the midst of and our relations abroad. Some of the better known were his "Literary His- a lecture to discourse pungently on tory of America," "The France of To- some phase of literature, and these day" and "The Privileged Classes." His unprofessional "asides" were most il- textbook, "English Composition," has long. been regarded as a model of edu- luminating to the student of English. cational work, free from pedantry and With one rapierlike phrase he could alive with interest. cut deep into the heart of a subject. He never achieved success 25 a writer of novels, which was his earller ambition, so he turned his talents in the direction of constructive criticism. His textbook "English Composition" shows him at his best. This has been called "the most inspiring textbook ever. written by an American." It is humorous, stimulating, original, and although its author is dead, his work lives on to awaken in others the rev- erence for good English that BARRETT WENDELL ever sought to incrilcate in the breast of youth. JOHN LORD O'BRIAN, of BUFFALO, N. Y., Class of 1896. Degrees: Harvard, A.B.; Buffalo, LL.B.; Hobart, LL.D. Occupation: Lawyer; Member of firm of O'Brian, Donovan & Goodyear, Buffalo. Offices held in Harvard organizations: Formerly Member of Scholarship Committee, President, etc., Harvard Club of Buffalo. Other interests: Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Buffalo; formerly Church Advocate, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Western New York; Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General in various cases; defeated candidate of Committee of One Hundred for Mayor of Buffalo, 1913. Offices held: Member of New York Legislature, 1907-1909; United States District Attorney, Western New York, 1909-1914; Delegate-at-large, New York Constitutional Convention, 1915. ROBERT HOOPER STEVENSON, JR., of BOSTON, Mass., Class of 1897. Degree: Harvard, A.B. Occupation: Wool Merchant; Member of firm of Farnsworth, Stevenson & Co. Offices held in public, semi-public, and charitable organizations: Trustee, Provident Institution for Savings; Member of the Board of Managers, Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. HENRY SMITH THOMPSON, of CONCORD, MASS., Class of 1899. Degree: Harvard, A.B. Occupation: Until March, 1917, Banker; Member of firm of White, Weld & Co. Other professional or business interests: Executive officer and Director of various public service companies in Western New England, 1908-1912; President and Director of manufac- turing corporation, 1912-1917; Director of trust company, 1913-1917; Director of two public service companies; Treasurer and Director of two small business corpora- tions. Offices held in Harvard University: Assistant Recorder, 1901-1902; Officer in charge of Admission Examinations, 1902-1905; Secretary for Appointments, 1904-1906; Treasurer of Harvard Union, 1901-1913; Treasurer of Harvard Athletic Association, 1905-1908; Director of Harvard Cooperative Society since 1911; Secretary and Treasurer, Harvard 'Varsity Club, since 1912; Secretary of Committee on Nominations for Overseers of Harvard College, 1912-1915; Secretary of Committee on Elections of Harvard Club of Boston since 1913; Member of Council of Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Publications: Articles in Harvard Graduates' Magazine and Harvard Alumni Bulletin. SAMUEL SMITH DRURY, of CONCORD, N. H., Class of 1901. Degrees: Harvard, A.B.; Berkeley Divinity School, S.T.B.; Trinity (Conn.), L.H.D. Occupation: Clergyman; Rector of St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Other positions held: Chaplain to Bishop Brent, Philippine Islands, 1905-1907; Rector, Calvary Church, Providence, R. I., 1908; Rector, St. Stephen's Church, Boston, 1908-1910. Publication: The Christian Increase." BARRETT WENDELL, JR., of BOSTON, MASS., Class of 1902. Degree: Harvard, A.B. Occupation: Investment Banking; Manager of Sales Department, Lee, Higginson & Co. Other professional or business interests: Director, Paul Revere Trust Co., and after consolidation, Director of State Street Trust Co.; Member of Board of Governors, Investment Bankers Association, 1912-1916; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations since October, 1915, a Vice-President since October, 1916. Offices held in Harvard University: Secretary, Class of 1902, since 1898; Director of Harvard Alumni Association, 1909-1910; Member of Graduate Committee on Baseball since its formation in 1911; Member of Committee on Nominations for Overseers, 1913-1916, Secretary in 1916. Office held in public, semi-public, and charitable organizations: Member of Corporation of Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and Others, Boston. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, of NEW YORK, N. Y., Class of 1904. Degree: Harvard, A.B. Occupation: Lawyer; Member of firm of Marvin, Hooker & Roosevelt, 52 Wall St., N. Y. Other professional or business interests: Assistant Secretary of the Navy since 1913. Offices held in Harvard University: Managing Editor and President of The Crimson; Chairman, Class Committee, Class of 1904. Offices held in public, semi-public, and charitable organizations: Elected to N. Y. State Senate, 1910; reelected, 1912; Member of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, 1909; Member of Plattsburg Centennial Commission, 1913; Member of National Commission, Panama- Pacific International Exposition, 1915; Trustee of Laura Franklin Free Hospital for Children; Trustee of Seamen's Institute. Publications: Various magazine articles and contributions to historical publications.