BISHOP BOWMAN'S POEM* By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In view of the fact that Americans are celebrating, during the I year 1932, the bicentenary anniversary of the birth of General George Washington, the "Father of his Country," especial interest attaches to the publication of a bit of poetry written

eloquent oration was delivered in the court house by James Buchanan before the Wash- ington Association and an assemblage of friends and citizens.9 Following this, the members of the association, joined by some of their friends, gathered at Mr. Smith's spring, where they enjoyed a bountiful dinner. The

, accompanied by two Spanish gentle- men, his fellow travelers, arrived in Lancaster from the Federal City on Friday, the 15th instant, and proceeded to Philadelphia on Monday [the 18th instant]." Public Dinner Tendered to James Buchanan on the Eve of his Departure for Europe By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE

!" exclaimed Mr. Roosevelt, with a pleased smile, as Mrs. Ross presented to him the beautiful cluster of red roses, em- blematic of the house of Lancaster. Publications of The Lancaster County Historical Society, dealing with the life of James Buchanan and an engraving of Pennsylvania's only President, were

among the Buchanan Papers. H. S. P. In this study H. S. P. indicates that the mate- rial has been taken from the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letters L. C. indicate that the mate- rial is to be found in the Library of Congress. "On the