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...another clause in the charter, stipulating a "university of high degree." He cunningly argued that the limitation clause made this impossible. Stanford's trustees agreed. Stanford's 3,000 males grumbled. With the passing of "the 500" there died the practice of calling a co-ed "1 300th...
...fact that this year's book will mark the record of the three hundredth class to graduate in Harvard's 300th anniversary year is considered by the board a material incentive to the work of the men who will be ultimately selected to bring out the book. Several innovations were revealed by the executive board yesterday afternoon. It is hoped, at present, that a feature concerning President Lowell's long career at Harvard may be included...
...300th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College does not come in the spring, but in the autumn of 1936. It was on October 28, 1636 that the General Court of Massachusetts "agreed to give 400 pounds towards a schoale or colledge...
...Class of 1936 will not be the 300th class graduated from Harvard College, and should not be encouraged to regard itself as the acme of three centuries of educational effort. The College did not actually open until the fall of 1638, and the first class was graduated in 1642. There were no bachelor's degrees granted in the years 1644, 1643, 1672, 1682, and 1688: but there were two distinct and separate classes of 1653. There were 55 classes graduated in the seventeenth century, and 100 in each of the subsequent centuries. Consequently (if my arithmetic is correct), the 300th...
...exact duration and type of the celebration to be held, is speculative. Many suggestions have been received regarding possible ways in which to mark the 300th year of Harvard's existence. A pageant, an athletic Olympiad, class reunions, a week of commemorative exercises throughout the University and various programs to be led by some of Harvard's distinguished sons, are among the many suggestions already received...