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Glover/A/A5/31
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- 2 February 1936 (Creation)
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Glover was the eldest son of Richard Glover, a Baptist minister from Bristol. He was admitted to St John's as a scholar in 1888 and, after gaining a first in both parts of the Classical Tripos, was elected a Fellow of the College in 1892. Four years later he went to Canada to take up the post of Professor of Latin at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He returned to St John's as a teaching Fellow in 1901, and in 1911 was appointed to a University Lectureship in ancient history. He held the post of Orator at Cambridge, and was twice Proctor.
Glover was a prolific author. Many of his books and essays were on a classical theme, 'Studies in Virgil' (1904), 'Herodotus' (1924), 'Democracy in the Ancient World' (1927), and 'Greek Byways' (1932) being just a few of his titles. His restless intellect also took in other themes. 'Poets and Puritans' (1915) included essays on Bunyan and Boswell. 'The Jesus of History' (1917) made Glover's name known to thousands of non-classicists, while 'A corner of Empire: the old Ontario Strand' (1937) reflected his deep love of Canada, fostered during his five years' residence. Glover was also known as an avid letter writer, his thoughts on many subjects appearing frequently in the pages of 'The Times'. A deeply religious man, Glover was immensely proud of being elected to the post of President of the Baptist Union in 1924.
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Manuscript letter, in which Glover writes that he hasn't heard from or seen Carlile much since the King's College lecture. Glover is living in an atmosphere of exams: they come to the College to be done and sent to his nearest colleague. Until they are done and there is a result, such exams pervade life. Each candidate is competing for the Chancellor's "Medals for Classical Learning" and University scholarships. College scholarships are for schoolboys; these are for men. One subject set for Latin verse was Micky Mouse, which produced at least two clever pieces. As Glover has not seen Carlile, he could not talk over with him a dictum of Dakin's, denouncing children's addresses and sermons. What does Carlile think about it? Glover has been reading an old edition of 'Psalms and Hymns' which belonged to an old friend at Tyndale fifty years ago. It is very full of the personal relation between Christ and the men He saves - and that is not the dominant note in preaching today. He didn't get Thursday's 'Baptist Times' until Saturday and he saw that the drafts of his addresses had been altered a little, though not, Glover believes, to their advantage. This is a long letter, but it contains several ideas that could serve in the 'Baptist Times'. Could Carlile get or write an article about the Christian theologian, Isaac Watts (1674-1748), and his central ideas?