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Show (It'll IIIS1IMJI IMII II ilslTUII. PRCaiuiKT i:r hit, the dldlnguMicd tcholar now vitltlog In our city, It couneilcil with one of the oldtit and moft celebrated Inrtltutlont of learulug Inthawwlern worll. Hell 1'rnlderit of Harvard Unlvinlty. The original foundation of thlt Initltutlon datea luck to I0M, only tUleen yeart after the Ian ling of the I'llgrlmt at I'D-nuuth I'D-nuuth Itock, and tli jean aftor tho Httltmcnt of tho lloiton Colony. An a proprlallon of $l,X0, In three tumn wat tna It by the young rolouy for the tupport ol a "ichotle or col leilge," and In lotut wet founded found-ed the Cambridge of the New World A clergyman named John HarvarJ dlol In Jliachuelta In 158. Ha bequeathed be-queathed one half hit little fortune, 1IQW), to the newly cttabllihed "Hchoile," and In hit honor It was known tuUrquenlly at Harvard Col-lege. Col-lege. At flft tptclal elfbrta were made toedlicateti'dlanaluthli ichool, but only one li known to bavu ever graduated. grad-uated. From thlt humble Uglnnlag tprang the Harvard ol today, the Invrtted funda of which, eaclutlve of value of groundt, hulldlnja, liooka and appa-ralut,laoverf appa-ralut,laoverf l.o'iO.noil, According to tho an mill report for ISD) I the toUI ri(elta were $l,0Jl),7H, and the pay. merit! JII'I.HVI, leaving a prodt balance bal-ance of mtrly J7VXMI. The popularity ol Harvard Increatea every ytar. Jletweeu Octoter 111, ISST, and October, 1601, the Inmate wat Otf ttudenta, whereat during the receding ttuytart It wat only US. The number of tludenti at the commencttnent of the academio yiar lu the college iroptr wat 1311. All department! of tbo Unlvertlly thow troortlouate Increrue. No chango hat lawn male In the re.Ulre-menu re.Ulre-menu for aduiUalon, nor hat any change been raado 111 tho mitltod of procuilngtheorllnary degrtra, hento Iti jwiularlty mutt lie owlug to the tierlor manner In which the butl uett of the Institution It aJailnliliTt-d. Charlet William llll'.t being the chief executive of the Harvard Unlvertlly adrulnlttratlon, the loloof the 'Illation 'Illa-tion mutt rucrlbe to that gentleman the Increoalng ipularlly and auccvea of tho ettabllihmtnt. He It n graduate of the data of lbol. He wit elected I'rnllcnt In 1813. The reformt luauguiated during hit Incumbency are many and varied. The unlvtrilty government Itat treient entirely alii altolutely neutral In lit attitude towarda religion. The government It let lid Ip two liojlet, the corporation aud the lard of ovenvrn. The former contlttt of the l'retldenl, the treaturer and live fellowi, the rctldeut and treaturer being (hoitn by the fellowp, who are a tolfrpeluatlngbody. The Hoard of ovcrifrracontliU-d orlgtnally of Con-giegatlonalnilnUtert, Con-giegatlonalnilnUtert, later on It wat choten by the tjtato I.egUlaturr, but In ISiW It wat madetoconilttof.lilor tho alumni, five of whom are elected au-nually au-nually for the torni of ilx yeart. All the acta of thecorrwratlon are tuljeit to ratification b thlt Hoard. |