New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-26
HARVARD MEMORIAL.
a Permanent MemoriaI--A Hall Proposed
Arguments for and Alphabetical Of
Hener-A Eist-Recupitulat

From Our Specis. COrrosl lndent. -
CAMBRIDGE. July % 1865.
Connected with the recent commemOration
festival at Harvard College is the question Of Per
rnanent Memorial" TO the dead and surviving heroes
from the University who have served the Nation III the
War for the Union.
Attic meeting of radustes held in May last, a Com
nittee consisting of Messrs Charles e.. LoTing Chair
man James Walker Ralph Waldo Emerson. Henry B.
Rogers. Robert w Hooper. Samuel Eliot. Charles
Norton. Martin Brimmer and Il. H. Coolidge, was sp
pointed consider the subject and report at slbse.
Quent day. The report of this Committee made at
meeting held on tie 4th inst and has been printed in
pamphlet form and circulated among the Alumni
The Committee say. that, although diversity Of
opinion originally existed and may to extent
time exist. large majority after prolonged discus
sion. of opinion that Memorial Hall is the most
desirable form, not only ses embracing all the pur-
poses Of any mere monument but securing, at the
same time the combination with them Of numerous sa-
cred and interesting past and future associations. Of
which no other form possibly ADMIT.
The only remaining modes suggested were those Of
mural tablets in the upon the walls OF tie
College Chapel or of monument Of stone Of marble
In the College grounds
They then discuss the objections rasel 10 their pro
posed plan at length, from which it will be seen
that the contemplated memorial as suggested by the
Committee is to be Memorial Hall; the building to
De sufficiently large to contain auditorium theater
wherein all the public gatherings the University
take place. aud also 10 enbrcoe dining ball with
culinary department eonnecte herewith; the latter
two features to be eately distnc. from the auditorium
The real memorials for the dead to consist OF mural
tablets or busts or paintings rs their friends may
fit 10 place therein The objections that it is ineOngru
GUS that the expense win be too large and that it will
be long time before II be completed. consid
cred. The statement is s'so made that Mr. Samuel
Bachelder. citizen of Cambridge and Alunuus Of
Harvard, has prolered suitable lot of laad at tie
Of Garden and Mason-sts in close proximity to
the College and almost under the shadow Of the elm
beneath whose bral res Gen. Washn yton first took
charge of the American Army. July ,. l775 (En
passan the tablet pl ced The to commemorate this
act reads Under this tree Sc.D Nj. Charles Sanders,
deceased lately of Cambridge. has also bequeathed
lands and money TO the amount OF $4,000 for the
ton of hail for the Alumni and the celebration Of the
College festivals BY combining the two gifts and the
two objects. it is thought that the whole be
pleted for the sum OF slJOcoO of whit $4,000 re-
main to be raised Two thousand OF the Alumni
be communicated with. and avers-e subscription Of
SO each will secure the desired result The Committee
do not tell US VI ether the Memorial Hall is 10 be the
auditorium the dining hall but say the arrangement
Of the MORALS should be under the charge of proper
committee
The report came up for discussion at the meeting Of
the Alumni on Commencement day. That all were in
favor Of some memorial there could 20 10 doubt. But
there were other objections raised to its proposed
forms.
There those who say we wish TO commemorate
the living and enshrine In grateful remembrance the
dead who have in the struggle for the life OF
the Republic. We wish such com nemeration 10 be
maj We 10 want IL mixed with
"reminiscences Of old heuesctors Of the College with
It's future patrons We do wish TO combine the two
objects of dining hall with that Of lasting tribute OF
our respect and affection for hero martyrs. To
erect building proposed. the the usual method Of
doing business by so large body would require 90
much time that Of mi hi never live 10 see its
completion. We want, say monument Of granite to
be placed at Mount Auburn or in the College grounds.
erected at an expense which will make it thing be
accomplished at once.
The matter discussed at some leagth. and ended
by It's being referred TO q Committee OF 90 1t is to
be hoped however that early action will be taken
BY the Committee 10 ascertain the real views OF the
Alumni in reference TO the subject.
The Roll OF Honor Of Harvard is one OF which not
only the University but the country can wei be proud
Ihave made digest Of the more important facts. and
they are given below. The record o. the deaths shows
the casualties among those who were officers to have
been unusually large. This can be accounted for by
the chiyaric spirit which education gives. which,
Mr. Emerson puts it, may say, Ny first instinct Is to
rum but all nv education, all my friends MI my 1850
ciates Forbid go the 'front.' Found ever in the
hottest Of the fight falling with unwayering trust
amid the roar Of battle the desperate charge they
have discharged well the duty selfiDposed They have
eiyen I'D their lives for aud for their country Shall
not we who are spared crown them with the uDdying
reaths Of famei Shall not perpetaate their deeds
and their memories, that in the years TO the
student Harvard may find inspiration and ennobing
thoughts in the conte npation OF those Sons OF Alma
Mater who gave their lives for their country,
Let the memorial be that viii lie enduring os
augbt of earth can be. Let le always accessible not
only TO persons ted with the College. but 10 all
who come TO do homage 10 those who have aided in
fighting the good fight Around the precinct OF Har'
yard cluster historic memories with which the deeds
of the past four years well be pleaded. The shad'
owy cheftains of Tcord. of Lexington, OF Bunker
Hill the group that gathered aroun George Washing
ION upder the historic elns the soldiers Of the army
that once assembled on common. all throng around
our noble army yrs with Brayely done. worthy
sons of worthy sies" The spi u offs was rcawakened
In ls6O OF the four classes then in College 1871 stu
dents enlisted of whom 80 have persisted. Or the re-
naindoy nearly oil bsv distinction and all have
done their duty But eibor to further w0ud pe 10
20 beyond the limits Of lo.er 10 the covers OF VOL
pme Therefore / will invite the attention oil yonr
readers 70 the names OF the General OnceTs ana OF The
Colonies:
MAJOR GENERAL PULL.
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