About this book
Benjamin B Comegys was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Trusts, which oversees (among many) the trust for Girard College. Comegys was one of many who addressed the schoolboys during chapel services. here are a few of his speeches, selected by Comegys himself. Girard College continues in operation today; also, an elementary school in that city bears the name of our lecturer. - Summary by John R Moore
Chapters (14)
1How to Win Success
2Life — Its Opportunities and Temptations
3On the Death of William Welsh
4Bad Associates
5On the Death of President Garfield
6The Case of the Uneducated Employed
7William Penn
8Our Constitution
9James Lawrence Claghorn
10The Leaf Turned Over
11Thanskgiving Day (1888)
12On the Death of President Allen
13A Young Man's Message to Boys
14A Truthful Character
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