Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
Queer Problems Discussed by Harvard
Students Two Centuries Ago.

bridge, says the Boston AdUert,Ser, has
reprinted from the proceedings Of the
Massachusetts Historical Society an ex-
ceedingly entertaining paperpresented by
him at the June meeting on the subjects
discussed by the candidates for the de.
gree of Master of Arts at Harvard Col.
lege from 1865 to 1871. Most of them
have remained until now uudisturbed in
the dead language in which they were
written, and Mr.. Young was the first
person who has undertaken to collect,
translate and classify them. The ear
lest programme preserved bears the
date Of 1855, before modern science and
sociology were born; but the young gen
tlemen seem to have faced the vast
problems of life and destiny with the
same confidence with which their great
grandchildren face them now. 1t must
remain for another century or another
cycle to determine which are the wiser.
! The questions treated cover a vast range
Of learning in politics, philosophy,
science, medicine, law, ethics, the
church and ministry, and the mysteries
of Biblical criticism, of which the fol-
lowing are fair example:
SOCIETY AND THE STATE.
Is temporal dominion founded in grace?
stfe Amerieans Israeites? Negative
1650.
Does the issue Of paper money contribute
to me pllhlic ZOO? Aff.-1728.
Is agrielflire unbecoming gentleman?
Neg.-l72s
rs it lawful O. resist the supreme magis-
trate Il the con monWealth can not other
Wise be psissd AG.-1748. Samuel
Adams.
Is eiyil eofernmebt absolutely necessary
for men? John Adams.
Would the yice ofA PAU to Timothy, to
use. use y sigsls sile ng nl9l l uPqeF 19F1 tne
Pg"ff ~ H. - Fade [na e bsst 6ftea above u,
ali other hunisa INSTITUTIONS, for lighting a
royal tyrant? Aa 1881
Ought the citlzqns q republic 70 be cons
pjo pe.iGu 70 agSePg fg 13o sHe A lOes u pubic
go '''0' ~, TrTosory5, ,-a
co, o,,o,,- n.rl,o1g 49, " Y NM: s,.too4,,, % a.
fined? Hff,Pi855 n" - -'O1' w
Does the will always follow the last dictate
Of the intellectH Neg. 1e7e. ( Az. .-1686,
4tgs, Ivy ct al;
;biIoaonIy2 II @ouIy Sn0 AZ Tslisal 'uoui'"Oi0
Gan Thought originate from natter how
ever modified? Neg. l76l
,oIs Is there stone that makes golqG Aft
AUTs' To- +ba o,adrot,7ro of W. cirois ross,bln9
~ 'Ie 1eo5 I''"oi"'ure - tiiS 800 possipl0'
ATt-mi4Se. Was tSere rainbo,v hatora tb dsl,ge ?
Neg a. i75q tT9lo Az f'L 47ee 'AVt0 '' ''s'uSo'
NgSiIi,o1. T5id tbo rontiias 81 u, y
4bnse +Lot ImI rVare regT os - M Nas
T7eo TtS90 'i'''' ''1' p -0''- os'
To tho srn bobitohIa9 6F 1735 Tbao.
yl1ilrs Porsons ''-0
P11,aT YVaTo tba ohorioinas "a loorio8 aoscond.
cd trnyn ION Az hbrabanS9 "J FL757S 9o'S1'''
Gu -, +IOl' Z" '.ii''--'
Inc quesClons IN physloi2gy ana inea-
iclne relate to the clrcalaton of the
blood and incubation of smallpox, then
comparatively new discoyefless ana not
universally accepted; symp thetic pow
ers and universal remedies, OF which
there were some advocates, together
with matters OF practlceStlll IN contro-
Versy, and matters OF ethics, such as:
Sought physicians to pray for the health
OF the peoplep" treated athrmatiVely
l724; and, "Should the ices OF physl-
clans on the Lords day be counted as
their oWn!'' winch was treated mega
lively in l727, and atfirmatlVely forty
years later. The following are ques-
tions relating to law;
Can an atheist appear IN court? Neg
169O.
Is eXtortlon unbecomlng laWer! ALL
173l.
Ought an advocate TO be convinced That
his clients cause Is just before he UNDER
takes it! Neg'-H33. An.-l1S9.
If Lazarus by a will made before his death
had given away, his property, could he have
legally Gained u aItef the resurrection!
Neg.-173S, 17543 1863.
Are laws and lawyers united together by a
-17S6. Harrison Gray Otis.
In regard to the predominance of
yuooS ~ IL 3Lo 4oo1 .4 NJ ~
naIAS InaI Uno ILainiLS u MINISTER'S
was one OF the chief objects for which
the college had been founded. The first
sattlers NJare colonists who balieved in
CI,.,..I, rDitI,o,.t = 'p;aI,,,, o,,J v,,l.a
2 On''i"h "ATnoNO q ''IP; on! "Ho
demanded OUaCe WlChouC
q King; they were Vehemently opposed
10 the Episcopalians and the Roman
Catholics on the one side. and To the
5 1o,,+;,+c -, +bo otbo,. Tbo ,,o,.ro,r,
"Pvl'U9 " .no TUnol -. 10 4-j ls'1A Nv
,ange oI VISION alIOWeu Is IlClcaIeu ny {
Jhe nature of MANY of the topics treated,
md the extremely conservative manner
,f their treatment
A. 40 TJob,.o1E ,,oi,,+s ~ Div,,o o,io.;,,
hI0 II0 hopl0W PolnCS VI OANAhO Oll5lu'