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 36 GEO. B. KUYKENDALL audience. It seemed that every one was weeping. I never saw anything like it. There was a feeling of deep, heartfelt mourning, but a look of determination on the faces of people. The older students of the Academy were saying all about, "If the country wants me I am ready." The influence of the Umpqua Academy in keeping the coun- try around loyal to the Union was certainly very considerable. There are many things that could have been said of different persons, who were once students of the old Academy, and of their lives, works and influence. The longer the matter is held under consideration the more of submerged recollections come up. But I must stop.