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Barnwell, the first scholar in the class, deliv ered the Valedictory Oration, and Emerson the Poem. Neither of these performances was highly
spoken of by Mr. Quincy. I was surprised to find by one of the old Cata logues that Emerson roomed during a part of his College course with a young man whom I well
The two Gourremember, J. G. K. Gourdin. dins, Robert and John Gaillard Keith, were dashing young fellows as I recollect them, be The longing to Charleston, South Carolina. " Southerners " were the reigning College
gans
ele-
of that time, the merveilleux, the mirli-
flores,
of their day.
Their swallow-tail coats
tapered to an arrow-point angle, and the prints of their little delicate calfskin boots in the snow
were objects of great admiration to the village I cannot help wondering boys of the period. what brought Emerson and the showy, fascinat ing John Gourdin together as room-mates.