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Show l FIRST HARVARD IN 275 YEARS TO ATTEND HARVARD Boston. Aug. 30. For the first time in the 27G years history of Harvard Har-vard university, the name of Harvard will appear on tho student rolls tho coming fall. ' Lionel DeJersey Harvard, Har-vard, of London, a descendant of the family of John Harvard, founder of the university, will sail for , Boston noxt - week- and under unusual and sentimental, circumstances circumstan-ces will become a member of the class of 1915. " I Lionel Harvard is directly descended descend-ed from a second cousin of John Harvard, Har-vard, who died In 1G38 He prepared . for Emmanuel college, but financial reasons prevented his entering. The discovery of the young man .Is traced to a letter written In 1847 by Edward Everett, then ' president of Harvard university, to George Bancroft, Ban-croft, minister to Great Britain It referred to members of tho Harvard family and the letter was receptly discovered dis-covered among old letters belonging to BancrofL Harvard men, becoming interested, immediately took steps to have the young man enter Harvard. no i |