St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-01

eey WHICH property lOr an AGRICULTURAL school
and tied it up for term of years so that it
realized over 100000 when sold and
James Arnold same to the rescue
with another hundred thousand for
professorship of tree cultuIe.
1t fairly makes me dizzy to enumerate
these donations. Here is wealth by the mill
ion being poured into the lap of this already
millionaire institution. have only noted
few OF the leading and more prominent gifts.
There are endowments of professorships by
gifts OF large sums, the interest on which, at
low rate, furnishes liberal salaries,
beyond anything known by the gen.
eral public. There are donations
OF statuary, of museum collections, of labra-
tories, and every conceivable adjunct or de-
vice which wealth and science can supply
1t is no wonder that Harvard University can
rank as great and powerful educational in
stitution, while hundreds of minor colleges,
scattered through the country, are really emit
tied to more credit for the opportunities they
afford, and the labor of the instructors is
ten fold that of the great, rich and
powerful Harvard. It is q qualification
toGnspect such an institution, but l doubt
whether the Harvard graduate is as well fitted
for the stern realities of life, as one who is
obliged to experience a little more of the
''stern reality in securing an education.
1t was 'vacation'when paid my visit and
hence l was deprived of the privilege of sec
ing an intellectual game of base ball, without
which a college is a vacuum. l was
glad, however, to see that portion of the
University grounds were laid out for the
'manly game of base ball.'' / had greater
hope for the Bostonese after seeing this than
ever before, for to master jurisprudence, to
wrestle successfully with theology, to collar
the languages, living and dead, to delve in
mathematics, to soar in science or even 90
to heaven, and not to be an artist in base
ball is to gain the whole world but to lose
the nine essential points in the game of life.
To the visitor ''going through Harvard"
the Geological museum, founded by the col
lections of the famous Agassiz, but enlarged
from many other sources, is the most inter-
esting. Here are birds and beasts and creep
ing things innumerable, until one can almost
imagine that he is travelling man in Noah's
ark with sample of everything on earth as
well as of the inhabitants in the waters be-
meath, around him, ready to open shop in
the preserved live stock trade at
the earliest opportunity. The display
is a bewilderment, and 1 don't wonder that
Noah's dove escaped from such a crowd as
soon as it could secure a foothold. It had
altogether too much society. You can study
natural and unnatural history, and instead
OF being in a Quandary whether to ''fsh or
cut bait'' you almost instinctively feel like
''cutting bait'' in order to embrace the oppor-
tunity to lure the fish into your pockets. 1t
Is wonderful museum, and | want to rec
ord, as mark of hherality on the
part of the BOstonese, that it is open
on Sundays as well as week days, so that
those whose occupation make them, very lit
orally, obey the injunction, ''six days shalt
thou labor" can go sight seeing on the
seventh and find something worth looking
at.
Memorial Hall'' is also another object of
interest to the stranger. This building
was erected in honor Of the stu
dents or graduates who served in
the late civil war, and it is a
hOllbl IuC DuliuluE lISell Is
80 feet long by lis wide, with tower
thirty-ive feet square at the base, rising 200
feet in the air. 1t contains a dining hall
capable of seating more than ZOO at ban
quet and a theater which will seat 1,50O.
The Memorial Hall'' proper is 112x30 and
simply superb in its magnifcence. There
are twenty eight arches, each arch contain
ing a marble tablet with the names of
the students or graduates of the university
who fell in the war, with the date of death
and name of the battle, when killed in an
engagement. The whole forms a monu-
ment and record as enduring as human
genius can devise, and is tribute to the
memory of brave men who earned the highest
tokens OF honor, in that they gave their lives
~ their country-the supremest sacrifice
which can be laid upon an altar.
could wander through the spacious and
beautiful grounds of Harvard and its old
historic and new magnificent specimens of
architecture for days with less wearisomeness
than my limited pen pictures can inflict upon
the reader. 1t is spot that needs to be Wis
tied TO be understood and appreciated, rather
than described. The historic memories
which cluster about these grounds
and some of the buildings, carry
one back TO the early days OF the revolution
Massachusetts Hall'' was vacated by the
students after the battle of Lexington to fur
nish quarters TO the American soldiers, and
all Of the lead upon the roof of Harvard
Hall'' was cut off to be moulded into bullets.
WashingtOn's headquarters were, for time,
in one of the old college buildings, and
large elm tree, not far distant, is surrounded
by an iron railing, while an iron tablet be-
inscription:
Under this tree
Washington
First took command OF the American Army,
July 3rd. 1873.
appleton Chaper' is the site of joys and
SORROWS. Here the notable weddings and
funerals are attended, the latter embracing
the deceased presidents of the University,
Gov. Washburn Agassiz, Longfellow and
other famous mru. The American visitor
cannot but feel that he is on ground rem
dered sacred by the memories of
the early struggles Of the liberty
loving men who founded the Republic and
famous by its continued occupation by some
OF the brightest inteliects of the century.
Quiet, staid old Cambridge. The home of
patriotism and intelligence, it will ever re-
main one Of the iUustrious spots in this
country.
BOSTON HOTELS.
In a community where brain culture is
carried to high state of perfection by means
OF what is put into the stomach, it is natural
that the hotels should be pretty conspicuous.
And still one Of the first snags ran against
was an effort to find my bearings by inqulr-
ing for the Parker House. The Parker House
hn,.arnn farnnus nanr xears ago thrnns.L the