New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

desirable mascot any college could have.
For t.e next four years he viii be cher
ished and petted and pointed to as one OF
me sights Of Cambridge. If he can survive
an excess Of good treatment his future
ougal 90 be brilliant.
Lionel De jersey Harvard is his name.
and Ge is a descendant Of second cousin
OF the English clergyman who came TO this
country and established Harvard Uniyer-
slty z75 years ago. The Rev. John Har-
vaI6. the revered founder of America s
most ancient seat of knowledge, left no
children. and il may be considered that the
young man now entering college Is ms
legitimate heir. Technically Lionel De
Jersey is a freshman, subject to the pains
and penalties of his class. But practically
his name and lineage set him apart. Har-
ward of Harvard cannot De hazed.
please don't make fuss over me.
p.eaGed the comely youth, b,ushing like a
scaaoleirl. when an army Of reporters and
photographers assailed him at his arrival
in Boston Harbor the other day
A fuss over him was inevitable, Lionel
learned. and he admitted a liking for ten
niy and soccer; also slight penchant Tor
writing. He said he was feet il inches
tai and weighed 143 pounds. Then they
asked him other questions. and he bore
the ordeal very we'll Perhaps he thought
the interview was part Of the American
haze system He was rescued at length
and taken TO Weld Hall TO lodge with
senior who has d grave responsibility ID
caring for him
The story of how the young man nap
pened to come TO Harvard reads ln lJsei-
Ike a romance, says The Boston iran
script" Ii all began in a letter written 10
lS- bv Edward Everett. then president
Of Harvard University. 10 George Bancroft
Vro vas at his post a. Minister to Great
Britain. a post which Mr Everett himself
had previously filed in that letter MI.
Everett asked Mr. Bancroft TO deliver
some 3ooks-including d set Of Quincy 8
History Of Harvard"-to the Rev John
Harvard. of Plymouth. England. whom Nj.
Everett spoke of as "a Wesleyan clergy
man whose ancestor al the beginning OF
the seventeenth century was a brother OF
Our founder" 1t may be remarked in pass
in. that the commission was faithfully eN-
e.uted and the books are still IN the pos
session OF the family of which Lionel Hdr-
1srd is ii mcmber-Lionel himself being Il
grandson of the Rev John Harvard oil
Plymouth. 90 whom they were sent
TO return 90 the letter. A few years ago
81 &. DeWoIfe Howe. of this city found
/. u some old files while ne was preparns
tur publication The Life and Letters or
George Bancroft" An opportunity % make
inquiries suggested by the letter presented
.tseIf ln 1905 when Mr Howe's friend.
Louis A Holman. OF Boston, went TO Eng
land for several months of Work h'oiFlA-
antiquarian and other research. III fillh-
cuta Mr. Holman could get little lH-
formation about the Rev. John Harvard
WHO preached there sixty years before Dul
Ee finally learned Of two sons. tne Kew
John g. Harvard. of Sheffield. VINO hda
died .r lgJ7 and j MawsOn Harvard. oil
Lonlo. Sir Holman was soon in cOIIe-
sp,ndelce with the latter gentleman, ana
little later visited him From him Mt
Holman obtained mach valuable senedtos
ical data which were embodied upon hia
Return ID an article upon Living HarFdtcs
and Their Family Records, which ap-
pared In tae Harvard Graduates Mafa-
zine = June. 1910 At the nome Oh ''
Mawsou Harvard he found two sons
Lionel uow eighteen, and Kennedy TO"
fourteen. An older son, john had dle'l
On the occasion of that caH in 9on nom
Ing wa said rocaiding tle future a.ie.''-
snce " one ~ the ec1s 40 Harvard JnIfei-
ait Jut Mr Holman soon mention"' '.''
Subject of their further education d" 'ie
Correspondence which ensued between nun
and the father after his return go BOSTON.
y. Harvard. who is the Londcn reprcs'l-
tative of the Leyland & Birmingham I'u"-
Der Company. with which be has been con
nected for thirty years. wrote that fnancial
Obstacles m the way had compelled Lionel
Ia his great disappointment, 10 give up his