The History of Harvard University, Volume 2John Owen, 1840 - 612 pages |
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... annual meeting of the board , or until he could find other employment , was indeed rejected . But he was permitted to have copies of any papers which had been laid before the board ; and an adjournment of fifteen days was made to give ...
... annual meeting of the board , or until he could find other employment , was indeed rejected . But he was permitted to have copies of any papers which had been laid before the board ; and an adjournment of fifteen days was made to give ...
Page 92
... annual celebration of Commence- ment . * That day was generally considered a holi- day throughout the Province , and in the metropolis the shops were usually closed , and little or no business was done . During the whole Commencement ...
... annual celebration of Commence- ment . * That day was generally considered a holi- day throughout the Province , and in the metropolis the shops were usually closed , and little or no business was done . During the whole Commencement ...
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... annual rent ; of which sum ten pounds should be reserved to keep it in repair , and the residue be applied to the support of tutors and the purchase of books for the Library . CHAPTER XXV . - - Governor Bernard's Arrival in ...
... annual rent ; of which sum ten pounds should be reserved to keep it in repair , and the residue be applied to the support of tutors and the purchase of books for the Library . CHAPTER XXV . - - Governor Bernard's Arrival in ...
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... annually meet to inquire into the state of the College , and that said committee be directed to be present and attend the same . " These propositions were adopt- ed with the limitation , " that the committee of the Overseers attend the ...
... annually meet to inquire into the state of the College , and that said committee be directed to be present and attend the same . " These propositions were adopt- ed with the limitation , " that the committee of the Overseers attend the ...
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... annually to the College Treasurer till his death , which occurred in 1717 , at the age of seventy - eight ; and , the year after that event , his widow also gave ten pounds to the seminary . Thomas Hutchin- son . Paul Dud- ley . Thomas ...
... annually to the College Treasurer till his death , which occurred in 1717 , at the age of seventy - eight ; and , the year after that event , his widow also gave ten pounds to the seminary . Thomas Hutchin- son . Paul Dud- ley . Thomas ...
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amount annual annuities APPENDIX appointed August 31 benefactors Benjamin board of Overseers books and philosophical Boston Bowdoin Boylston Cambridge CHAPTER Charles church committee Corporation Court death Divinity donation duties Ebenezer Francis Edward elected Eliot England erected established Francis funds Governor grant Harvard College Harvard Hall Hebrew Henry Flynt Hollis Holyoke honor hundred pounds Immediate Government income institution instruction instructors interest James James Bowdoin John Hancock John Lowell Joseph Joseph Story learning lectures legacy lege legislature letter Library Massachusetts Medical ment Nathaniel Bowditch nature Nicholas Boylston passed philosophical apparatus poration pounds sterling present President and Fellows principles Profes Professor Professorship Province received request resignation respect salary Samuel Samuel Dexter seminary Society spirit sterling Storer Theological School Thomas Thomas Hancock Thomas Hollis thousand dollars tion Treasurer Tutors University vote William Winthrop XXXV XXXVII
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Page 509 - Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 507 - State ; and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences and all good literature tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of America...
Page 509 - ... shall at the same time have a seat in the senate or house of representatives; but their being chosen or appointed to and accepting the same shall operate as a resignation of their seat in the senate or house of representatives and the place so vacated shall be filled up.
Page 656 - And are built upon the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone ; in whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth into an holy temple in the Lord.
Page 175 - Council, and Senate of this Commonwealth are and shall be deemed their successors ; who with the President of Harvard College for the time being, together with the ministers of the Congregational churches in the towns of Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester...
Page 676 - He passed the flaming bounds of Place and Time: The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Page 634 - Rev. GEORGE R. NOYES, DD, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature.
Page 176 - College; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the legislature of this commonwealth from making such alterations in the government of the said university, as shall be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner as might have been done by the legislature of the late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
Page 48 - ; denouncing him as " an enthusiast, a censorious, uncharitable person, and a deluder of the people," and stating at large the reasons of their denunciation. The reproachful reflections Whitefield had cast upon the College they pronounced