Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-19
POE HONORED BY THE PEOPLE
 OF THE U. $.
Baltimore Genius Memory the Cause of Celebration Plan- ned For Months In Advance. Many Incidents of Career.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Jan. YS

To-day witnessed the inauguration of a week of notable exercises to be held at the University of Virginia in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe. who was a student at the univer sity for one full session. that of 1926. During the week the room that was occupied by Poe in his student days, No. 13, West Range, which is desig nated by a little bronze tablet as
 the small home of a great poet will be the Mecca for literary pill grims from all parts of the country. In this room have been placed all the mementoes of Poe available at thel university. together with number of others that have been borrowed for the occasion.
 The program arranged for the weeks celebration is replete with in- teresting features This evening there vii be exercises by the Jefferson Literary society. of which Poe was a member. The anniversary sermon to- morrow evening will be preached by the Rev. w. A. Darr. of Lynchburg.
 Today the Raven society. the un- dergraduate honor society of the Uni
  most celebrated of Poe's poems, will have charge of the local celebration The exercises will occur in Cabell hall and will consist of recitations. must cal rendition of some of Poe's poems, an organ interpretation of "The Ray en." and a memorial address.
 Tuesday will b ethe most important day of the celebration. The exercis- es, which will be held at II o'clock. in Madison hail. will be presided over by pr. Charles ". Kent, of the chair of English literature. There will be an address in English by Professor George Edward. of Northwestern Uni versity, on Poe and German Litera- ture." and an address by Dr. Alcee Fortier, of Tulane University, on 'Poe's Influence on French Litera- ture'
 Tuesday evening President Alder
 man. of the University of Virginia wifi preside at the exercises. Profes- sor Barrett Wendell Of Harvard Uni versity, will speak on The National ism of Poe" and TT. Charles Alfonso Smith, of the University of North Carolina. will tell of 'Poe's Influence on Southern Literature"
 Ire exercises will close with the ! formal presentation of the Poe memo rial medals to those who. by their la-
 bors. have materially added to the fixing or fIrtherilg of Poe's reputa- [ tion as a man of lctters. A number of distinguished writers and scholars l from all sections of the country have accepted invitations to attend the ! celebration.
 Poe came to the University of Vir- ginia in 1926. after having completed | his preliminary education at the Man or House school in London, England. ! where he had been sent by his adopt 1 ed father. John Allan, a business man of Richmond. During the brief period he spent at the university he attract. 1 cd attention among the students by | his athletic prowess and his gift | of narration. The records show that
 he was free user of the books of 1 the university library. and he distin- guished himself by marked proficiency | in Latin and French, and in Italian | translation. But for the ordinary | routine of study re seemed to have little liking, and he vas frequently ab- 1 sent from the class recitations. His irregularities finally led to a clash
 with the faculty, and the result was
 that Poe withdrew from the univer
 sity at the end of the term.
 | After leaving the university Poe ! accepted a place in his adopted Ia- | ther's counting room in Richmond | but. soon tiring of his occupation. he made his way to Boston, and there ' brought out his earliest volume of po- ! ems. Tn 1927 he ypnsted in the Unit ed States army. and served two years
 as soldier. Then an appoin ment
 was secured for him at the West I Point military academy, but his neg.
 feet Of duty led to his discharge at | the end of six months.
 He had been writing verse fin the
 meantime. and the success of his sec | ond book of Poems" published in | New York in 1881, helped to turn him
 in the direction of literature for a nv
 ing. For several years be lived Tn ! Baltimore, and subsequently, New
 York and Philadelphia were the scenes
 of his labors. His ros famous com
 positions. from silence" to Raven. !"
 ~The Bells" and "Ulalume," were [ produced between 1S37 and 1S45.
 Four years later. alter the death of his wife, he went to Richmond. drift.
 ed to Baltimore. 1n1 finally died in a l Baltimore hospital in 1S49.