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startled on Tuesday by the cry of fire and indeed
it proved no false alarm for one of the
Common's buildings was discovered to be in
the process of being destroyed. In spite
of the extraordinary exertions of all, it
burnt to the ground but other buildings
near were saved. Several of the boys were
thus very uncerimoniously turned ^out of their
rooms but they lost none of their "effects"
My heroic disregard of cold caused my
ears to be frozen as did those of our principal
There is a course of Lyceum lectures to
be delivered here by several distinguashed
literatii among whom may named [Connie?]
Holmes Rev Theodore Parker & Charles Sumner.
One dollar is the price of a ticket for
the course of twelve lectures. As they
come on Friday I attend as I have less
to do on that evening than on any
other. Sumner lectured last Friday on
"The law of human Progress." He thinks
the human race destined to become more
& more enlightened for several thousand
years yet to come &c.

Next week we commence Virgil and
I suppose Xenophon. In my own opinoin
I do not think I have recited quite as
well this term as I did the last part of