Harvard, the oldest versity in America, has just finished the celebration of her ercentenary, and graduates from virtually every country in the world attended the festivities at, Cambridge,—'Massachusetis. China sent her con-
Aingent, and alumni in this country—Chinese and foreigners alike—contributed generously to a tercenten ary fund to be given to their 'Alma Mater by her sons throughout the world. 'The gatherings at Cambridge happily combined the solemn the social and, naturally, the alumni took advantage of' the occasion to hold individual class reunions, the University kindly providing rooms in the various halls the Yard for this purpose. In= formality generally marked these special reunions. The hospitality of me State of Massachusetts had been extended to all the seas of Harvard, each alumnus having re~ ceived an invitation' "from the Joseph Buckminster (1751—1812) and William Ellery Channing were Teaders of the conservative Unifarians, and Joseph Stevens Buck-minster (1784—1812), James Freeman Clarke, and Theodo-e Parker were liberal teaders, Of the "'Trancendntelists," Emerson, Francis Henry Hedge (1805—1890), Clarke Convers Francis (1795—1863), Parker, Thoreau and Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813—1892) were Harvard graduates, Longfellow's professorship at Harvard identified him with it rether than with Bowdoin; liver. Wendell Holmes was professor of anatomy and physiology at Harvard in 1847-~1882; and Lowell a Harvard alumnus, was Longfellow's successor 18551886 as Smith professor of the French and Spanish languages: and literatures, Tieknor and Charles Bliot Norton are other important names in American literary criticism, The historians Sparks, Bancroft, Hildreth, Palfrey, Prescott, Molloy and Parkman were graduates. of Harvard, as were Edward Everett, Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips Secretary of State, Interest in the significant event also was shown abroad, one of the ente stimulated by the Teveentenary being on exhibition of rare books and manuscripts, illustrating the rela~ tions between Oxford and Harvard the Seventeenth Century, which apered at the Bod'cian Litrary, Oxford, on September 16. Tt was pointed out at Oxford that, although. John Harvard, the founder of the nal Harvard College, was a uradvate of Cambridge, the first urnduate of Harvard was an Oxford man, Benjamin Woodbridge, and that Oxford was the frst Eurvpean earned institution to recognize a Harvard degree.
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