The Washington herald., 1914-10-25

| Fifty years ago today the alumni Of
/ Harvard was engaged in raising a fund
for the erection of fitting memorial to
the universitys soldier dead and her
other sons who had volunteered for serv-
| ice in the war for the Union.
The project had its inception at a meet
ing of the overseers held on July %. 1854
With the assembling OF the classes for
the new term 1t began to take definite
shape. 1t was destined TO result in the
erection Of Memorial Hall. which was
compIeted-now the principal college re-
/ fectory-in 1874. In the vestibule OF me
hall are a number of bronze tablets CIV
ing the records Of Harvard men IN the
war Within are other memorial tablets'
| the total being lSS.
! Harvard. as the oldest American col
| Iege had from the first day of the war
SET a high example in patriotism to other
seats Of learning. No restraint was put
on her students who wished TO serve
their country in the field.
Harvard men in the Union ranks-in all
grades. from major general to private
numbered l2S9 The war classes were
represented as follows: Class OF lSol, %
men out of 81; 81, 3S out Of 81; %, u out
OF 100: 81, IL out OF ~ Inc CLASS VI low
sent 50 men out Of llO
Harvard had many distinguished sons
among the high officers in the Federal
service. Her soldier dead numbered y
men.
Sons of New England COlIeEes-
Yale. which was not behind Harvard in
giving sons to the Union cause, aiso took
early steps for the erection Of a hitting
memorial to them. A meeting for the
purpose was held July 26, 1855. when It
was voted to erect a memorial chapel
This in due time was done.
Yale sent 75S of her sons to the war
OF these log perished. The war classes
were represented as follows: Class OF 81
50 men; 81, a; So, 81; "a, q. Yale gradu-
ates who served in the war included
large number of distinguished officers.
Other Northern colleges were not De-
hind the two leading universities in send
ing sons to the war.
Brown University of Rhode Island sent
294 of her sons TO the war OF Whom LSV
were from the classes from 1850 to 1854
inclusive. Her soldier dead numbered Se.
At the graduating exercises OF the
classes from 1862 to 1865 were many ON
GERS and enlisted men In the uniform OF
the soldier there to receive their olplo-
mas.
Boydoin's most distinguished son in
the war was Mai Gen. o. o. Howard,
John A. Andrew, Massachusetts war
rovernor. was a graduate Of 1886, and
William Pitt Fessenden, Secretary Of the
Treasury in 1854 of the class OF lS2S.
Williams College. at NllIlamsIo"h' IL
Mass, was the alma mater OF zen;
James A. Garfield. and was represented
by several OF its sons in the Massachu-
setts regiments. Its president Mark
Hopkins. was a Jealous friend OF his
bows while they were performing
oldier's duty at the front. ,,,
At Amherst. the son of President Will
tor, Stearns Frazar Augustus Stearns
was the first volunteer to put his name
on the enlistment roll OF a company oi
sixty students that offered their services
To Gov. John A. Andrew, OF Massachu-
setts. The offer, in common with otner
similar offers. had to be declined The
student company retained its organization
for some months A son Of Amherst, who
did his country a great service In the
war. though not in the field, was Henry
Ward .Beecher. His lectures IN England
on the Union cause were Of the greatest
value to his country
Faith and FIerOisni.
Princeton University sent seventy-four
volunteers to the front In the first year
OF the war and kent up her contribu-
tions to the ranks of the army to the
end.
Columbia College, New York City, had
a distinguished roll of soldier sons, among
whom were Gen. Philip Kearney. Of the
class of 1888. who was killed at Chan
tiIly, Va, September l, 1852. and Gen.
James S. wadsworth, Of New York, a
conspicuous example of the patriot vol
unteer, who was killed in the Wilderness
May 8. 1854.
Lafayette College, at Easton. Pa,
has q roll Of honor Of its sons who vol
] Enteered. When Lees army invaded