The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-07
EARLY american COLLEGES.
FOUNDATION AND GROWTH or HIS
TogIcAL fssTfTt TI0ss-
pref. Edmond :. aeany Lectures Be
- fore the congregational sh"Fsh
At Brookfyn-Parr Borne ~ stu
a~uf. I'm the ResoIasionary War.


e,-n near rne University. has 8 peasant
vsav Of aaloing Itself 81 the payment o
,,rT.nraA. me ladies Of the GnaFea or
sanfze Lecture courses. charging sa'@lA
sarnlxs1ou. Professor Edmond ;. Ieany.
Of tue University. was invited 10 give
one OF the lectures ii the last course and
cs,ose for bis theme. The First colleges
Founded IL America, which ne IeAtsA
ia uArk as follows.
..For the nrst century after the Puri-
faAs landed Ia America tneoeracS vas
the axis on which society and pol4lics re-
Vowed and the measure ~ when social
and economic questions were gaAgsa- Al
the opening OF the present century Ne
had ngst--Schoois Of theology. sa~ AID
medicine. secouG-coileges te4cniES SCI
snce. philosophy, letters and Industrial
BRANCHES Of knowledge. The studies OF
literature and history were OF subsequent
DEVELOPMENT Taen did we begin 70
learn.
The glory that wss Greece. the gran
delgr thai was Rome.
As the schools Increased IN number
ana ia scope the learned ones laid down
mis- rule. The academy Is for training.
the university should be = house " learn
sag.
Harvard College.
III Isss when Boston was but six years
oia and when the population OF Massa-
cAusetts consisted OF Dui f.0a souls scat
tered along the shores Of Massachusetts
Bag. the General Court appropriated the
SUM OF ~ pounds from the public funds
10 found a school or college. This is the
iirHt tina a. aistory OF q free people yot-
iag their own money fer such a purpose.
Toe government OF the school was placed
in the hands OF IHelve magistrates or
ministers In September Of that same
year the school Was located az New
Tswne. which name was soon changed
20 Cambridge, TO denote the high des-
tiny TIE institution asplred TO.
THE progress for the first year was
SLOW and continued 50 until the name Of
Harvard appeared John Harvard came
10 America In 1887 and died in l63s. and
yet IN that brief year ne esta b!ished the
reputation OF being a most Iovable man
AZ MS death he bequeathed 70 the new
college bis entire library and half of his
estate. which was supposed 10 mean a
legacy OF 10 pounds for the college The
library consisted OF go volumes. and q
manuscript catalogue. made BY President
Dunster Is still preserved The college
was named In honor OF this benefactor.
aDd no man has a nobler monument
President quincy afterward said of Har-
ward 'Ths noblesf and purest tribute 10
religion and science this western world
mas YET witnessed was made BY John
Harvard IN less'
Nathaniel Eaton was the FIRST master
but h. was weak and did not succeed
lie was followed In 1910 hy Rev Henry
Dhnster who was the first President OF
harvard College. President Dungter was
young, unmarried clergyman. but he
developed into one Of the foremost edu-
Gators Of his day tie created a govern
ins p9aFe' obtained a charter and form
aAted the laws, liberties and orderu,
some Of the latter NIX ,.r,....t----
Tor the present day college stueents a.
these examples VIII demonstrate.
No freshman shall wear his hat in ,b.
soisAe yard unless Il rains. halls or SHOWS
provided he be on foot and have not hotb
hands fun 0' '''4i
No freshman shall speak to senior
with his hat on. or have IL on in a ssugfr.e
chamber. or in hfs own If a senior be there
All freshmen. except those employed
III the immediate government OF the col
itAe. snaH be obliged "a go on any errand
except such as shall be judged Improper
hy some one In the government Of the col
teEe, Tor any OF their seniors graduates
or undergraduates az any time exrent q,
studying hours or after O'clock in the
evening - '''
The curriculum OF Harvard college at
taiS time consisted Of Latin Greek He
brew, Scriptures. arithmetic, geometry ana
little science % botany ard physics
N1t7fttAfa tire FtAtff college or TINT NaN hV
zen and u would scarcely equal the number
% instructors at the present day The 8rst
ioea OF the college iucluded the education
OF the Indians. and In 1855 brick building
was erected called Indian college There
was but one indian graduate. Caleb Chez
shahteanmnck, OF the class Of less. and ne
died seon aftgrward Of cougumDtfan Thn
education of the Indians as a part Of the
college work was soon abandoned During
the hrst slxty-iiye years there were 59f
students Kraeuated, about eight for each
year.
The first commencement day was cela-
hrated on the second Tuesday in August
isie II was famous day and distln-
guished guests assembled from az th.
ether colonies The theses were written
IN Latin and AL the ceremonies we're most
imposing.
At first the theology IN Massachusetts
was purely ana strictly Puritan hu; the
now charter obtained tn lEie from William
and Mary worked a complete revolution.
The basis 80 TIRE franchise was changed
from church membership 20 small prop
cfty Qua4acaacn. Many Of the people
were greatly d.ssat sized. and Increase
MttAtr. who bad obtained the new charter.
rclinQushet the pyea'dency OF Harvard
cslleFe Tor six Years Vice President WI
lard acted a. I8eng In l-D- there was
am elccflca az q president. Increase Muth-
Pr feit That De or hts SON Cotton Mathcr.
saoald he chosen. snd there was an ami
mat - strife over the election John lev
crett q giost excellent man was chosen.
a0d Toy sixteen years tac Mathers led 4 re-
lsoe wor against Harvard college
The coiiege often suffered from lack %.
funds. The Harvard legacy uetled the
sum ~ Ec %. instead or the rSa first
supposed FIR ;ss- friends ~ the gaUrge 40
home ara aoresa r4iss5 C7t1 ana seut il o.
the remmooweai'b for fhe college. The
commonwealth was also iu very strait
eucd e.-cumstauees $50 thc money was Al.
verted 60 the put4c usez Interest was
allowed at the rate ~ ami qgterwarf az
per cent. TIE ccltaEs was kent out % tAr
use ~ tata money far sixty tive wears or
with l1I3 IN 1851 thc term college cara
originated. Corn wes collected enc neck
feous each family throughout several .13.
ontea Ger tire pnnr students st Car, tvg gra
Faacv a collection ~ CLAIMS for she roar
students &C Seattle
Thomas Hollis. q EuElart n Rants.
endowed the Divinity professarshln abo.t
T-at saving. IN the Scriptures ~ tae O,d
ara New Tcstaneuto are che only rules o.,
feirs ara manners TIE board ~ trrst,e.
accepted the sir; bat after long wrancirs
over tse uHcrthc3sx clauses 81 err Neeues
concluded q manage it 81 as 20 eNeiut.
Baut'sts t~om itS benefits Notwlths-a-s.
trs tNfs shabby treatment NJ uanfs son.
fi~ue8 20 send over valuable gifts ~ hook,
sH3 tostv established ten Scho,srsh{rs
te.0E ausaur rhs hrst 81 this. GRE Of IN.
roelest kinds of gifts 70 the cause 81 c1l-
cation
Tse rsr,es % the students n ffs-va-i
college catalogues were arra-red aerc~8
trg - TIE Importance q the families and
th's custom continued uutll i-T1. when. 20