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The Philorhetorean Society |
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| This fraternity was composed of students who were contemporarily or had been at one time, students at the Fairfield Seminary in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. Most of its pupils originated from New York State, approximately 700. Within its 146 pages can be found nearly 1000 alumni. (Within our Name Search, members who came from outside of New York State were not included.) The following excerpt from the book, taken from its tenth year celebration in 1864, explains some of the history and purpose of the Society. | |||
| "Our society was founded in November, 1854… At the first meeting, 29 persons were present… The name, Philorhetorean, was selected by Rev. John B. Van Petten, our worthy principal, in memory of an association with which he was connected in his college career. The motto was (then) Nos Laboramus Discere and now is, Animi Imperio Utimur. | |||
| Tonight (in 1864) we can boast of a membership of four hundred and fifty-nine persons as well as a library which houses six hundred and eight-eight volumes, representing nearly every department in literature.. We have among our members ten Lawyers, six Doctors, eight Professors and seven Divines. | |||
| Brethren, do go on as you have in the past; adopt for your motto that which is the Empire State's (Ever Upward) and when the solemn hour shall come for you to sunder whatever of ties may bind you to earth, may you be found 'prepared as living stones for that spiritual building that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." | |||
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Approx 146 pps., 5" x 7.5." Reprint is soft-bound. |
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