The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
THE CENTENARY OF
 EDGAR ALLEN POE
AN INTERESTING EVENT TO BE
 CELEBRATED WITH FITTING CEREMONIES AT THE UNIVER- sITY OF VIRGINIA, JAN. 19, 1909.

For one full session, that of 1926, Edgar Allan Poe was a student in the University of Virginia, distinguishing himself by
 marked proficiency in Latin and French ana in Italian translation; well known to the librarian as a free user of his books, with discriminating taste in the selections | made, and noted among the students for | athletic prowess and gift of narration. | On January 19, 1909, the University of | Virginia, proud of Poes distinction in | the world of letters, will do honor to his
 memory. nor merely for his sake but as sign of her own gratitude to him for | spreading wide her reputation as an edu- cational institut The celebration will be not merely local, but national, and even international in it's character. The pro- gramme as at present worked out pro- vdes for the following tems:
 No. 13 West Range, the room designated by a little bronze tablet as 'the small home of great poet,' will be opened as a museum. This museum will be kept open from January Is to 23, inclusive. In 1t will be collected not only all of the mementoes of Poe available in the Uni versity of Virginia, but also such as may l be borrowed for this interesting occasion. On Monday evening, January Is, the Raven society. the undergraduate honor society of the University of Virginia, named for the most celebrated poem of the university's most celebrated poet, will have charge Of the local celebration.
 While the programme for this evening is not fully elaborated 1t will include
 musical rendition of some of Poe's poems.
 an organ interpretation of The Raven, H. lustrated recitations from his poems, pos-
 siby the play of Politian, and short
 address from a distinguished Virginia
 speaker. On Tuesday morning the cele-
 bration will take an international turn.
 There will be an address in French by
 Dr. Alcee Fortier of New Orleans on
 Poe's influence on French literature, and
 an address in English by Prof George
 Edward, recently of Munich, Germany, on Poe's influence on German literature.
 In addition to these two speeches there
 will be continental tributes, both in prose
 and poetry At this meeting the chair man of the committee of arrangements,
 Dr. Charles w. Kent, will preside. On
 Tuesday evening the president of the uni
 versity, Dr. E. A. Alderman, will make brief introduction address and will then present to the audience Prof. Barrett
 Wendell of Harvard university, well known in American and Europe as an &C., complshed scholar and interesting speak er In addition to this address from this talented New Englander there will also
 be an address by a distinguished south ern student of Poe's life and letters. At this evening meeting tributes from Eng land and America both in prose and poetry will be read.
 The. evening will probably close with an
 interesting ceremony. namely, the pre- sentation of some souvenir of this inter- estlng occasion, to those who by their labors have materially added to the fixing or furthering of Poe's reputation as man of letters. Another contemplated souvenir of the occasion is beautifully printed Fest-Schrift This will contain nine letters hitherto unpublished in full and an introduction prepared by Prof
 James A. Harrison, the author of the Vir- ginia edition of Poes works. A number of distinguished literary men and women will be especially invited and all who honor the memory of this American genius will be gladly welcomed.