The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-02-02

BOSTON. MASS, Jan. 20 ne Gay
l spent on these historic grounds was
one of the most enjoyable of my life.
With true Islam spirit did / APP
proach this Americas intellectual
Mecca. Like all American boys l
had always longed to visit Harvard
the oldest, greatest, and most ia
nous college in the new world-and
indeed one would fail to do" Boston
did he neglect to visit the old quad
rangle in the centre of Cambridge,
where stand those historic buildings
where were nurtured so many of our
country's great men.
The town of Cambridge--named
for England's great seat of learning
may be all said to be historic
ground. Settled by the most rigid
of Puritans, it has witnessed their
unyielding and finally victorious
fight against royalty: the nascent
principles which eliminated in the
revolution; the murmurs of the peo-
pie against New England rigidity Of
creed which finally terminated in
the pendulum swinging to the other
extreme-the rise of Unitarianism
and all the isms, ophies, ogfes, and
all the heresies which make Boston,
like Athens of old, 'too supersti-
tious." AS has been said: Here,
under the shadow of Harvard, Anne
Hutchinson, with dauntless spirit,
faced and overcame in fair argument,
not only host of clergymen fight
ing the battle of intolerance, but also
the President of the college. the
Governor and Deputy Governor OF
the Colony Her battle was for free
thought; theirs for the extinction Of
every sect save their own. She con-
quered in argument, but the force OF
numbers prevailed and she was ban
ished to inevitable DEATH" But it
might be said of her, as of John
Brown, "Her soul goes marching on, -
and the spot of her condemnation
has become the birthplace and the
asylum of free thought, a liberal
theology and free speech.
AS / had gazed out of my window
upon the old college buildings in the
distance, / had thought they were
but little distance away. But
when | had walked down to the
Charles and across "The Long
Bridge" -"the bridge on its wooden
piers" "The Bridge of Longfellow
Il concluded to take a car. After
a ride of three miles / saw the Uni
versity buildings scattered over its
campus of an hundred acres-pene-
trated by walks, streets and car
lines, in reality an immense park
shaded by giant oak and stately elm,
some Of which stood guard there
when the Maynower anchored at
Plymouth Rock.
In appearance Harvard must re-
semble the great English Universe
ties-Oxford and Cambridge, after
whom she is modelled. Certainly
life here is but a modernized tom
Brown ut Oxford And as those
seats of learning have moulded and
made England, so in a great measure
has Harvard fashioned New Eng
land, and has been dominating
power in the history of our nation,
AS ! stood under an old elm,
whose age Is computed at 900 years,
there passed before me ID panoramic
view some of Harvard's sons, hose
names are canonized in our coun-
try's history. They are many and
great only hope the old college
may still continue to bless the ma
tion in the men she is sending out
Let us take brief view Of the va
rious buildings. OF these there are
so many that not all can be even
named, and a day spent just here
would not exhaust the things that
would interest. As we entered from
the western side the first building is
Massachusetts Hall, the oldest OF
all-used for barracks in the Revo-
luton, now for examinations. The
building opposite with the white
belfry, containing the old bell which
announces prayers and Rotations,
is Harvard Hall. Passing with a
glance University Hall, Dane Hall,
Boylston Hall, and a score of other
halls and dormitories, let us look for
an instant at the Library. This
beautiful building, containing one
of the finest collections of books in
the world-always open and accessi-
ble-is built of white marble, and
upon it's top is a gilt cross which the
colony's troops brought from Louis
bourg in 1745.
The Law School building and the
gymnasium are the most modern of
all the buildings. The latter, lately
completed, is the most perfectly
planned and thoroughly equipped In
the world, and ought to prove such
an incentive to physical training
that Harvard would regain her for
mer prestige in the inter collegiate
athletics. But it seems that here,
as in other departments, a sort of
carelessness and "go-easy" spirit
pervades the students, and as re-
suit year after year Yale's blue com
pels the Harvard boys to lower their
red pennant. The last day l was
there | witnessed a game of foot ball
between the Yale and Harvard teams
and in the presence of 5000 specta-
tors-most of them Harvard's
friends-the Harvard boys were
overwhelmingly defeated. The rea-
son assigned is the one above indi-
Gated, that careless spirit everywhere
seen in the University, which rather
frowns upon hard work of any kind
which makes it true that if a man is
grinder" his reputation as sgood
fellow is gone.
Various departments of the Uni
versity are in the city, and so there
in different quarters are the Scien
tific School, the Botanical Depart
ment, the Astronomical department
the Medical and Dental Schools
While all around the quadrangle
are numerous dormitory buildings
erected by private parties and rent
ed to students. The most ele
CANT one of these is Beck Hall
built and owned by Mrs. Beck, O
the city, containing fifty suites o
rooms, each accommodating one stu
dent and renting for 81 900 per year
These, of course, are occupied by
the "millionaire clique" young fel