Excerpt from The Cliosophic Society Princeton University a Study of Its History in Commemoration, of Its Sesquicentennial Anniversary

The committee constituted, early in the year 1915, by the Cliosophic Society to prepare for the proper celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society, decided that the principal feature of the commemoration should be the publication of a history of the Society. A special committee on history was named of which Professor V. L. Collins was made chairman. It is the unwritten law of America in regard to committees that the chairman shall do all the work. But Professor Collins, aided and abetted by other members of the committee, laid the burden upon me, the least and last of the committee. Always loyal to Clio, I could not on the instant think of a good reason for refusing, and so - with much reluctance - I undertook the task. What I have written, however, has had the careful scrutiny and the revising pen of Professor Collins. For all errors of omission or commission, therefore, let those who may read hold him equally responsible.

It is my hope that the sons of Clio may find somewhat to interest them in the record of the Society here presented, that it may deepen their devotion and intensify their loyalty to the muse they claim as patron.

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