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...History of Harvard University," written in 1840, Josiah Quincy, of the Class of 1790, president of Harvard College from 1820 to 1845, tells of a time during the presidency of Charles Chauncey when the financial condition of the College was so bad that a gift from Portsmouth of 60 pounds a year for seven years was as "pennies from Heaven...
...particular condition of the seminary during the latter part of Chauncey's presidency was critical and apparently hopeless. Its buildings were ruinous and almost irreparable, the President was aged and the number of scholars short of what they had been in former days. All its efficient funds did not amount to one thousand pounds; without a new building its situation was desperate. The political difficulties of the colony precluded any expectation of pecuniary aid from the General Court, who, in their best estate, had never been characterized by a disposition to give aid in money. The liberality of individuals...
...Henry Chauncey '27, assistant Dean of the College will leave today on a tour of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Southern California to interview prospective candidates for the National Fellowships, and to see various high school principals...
...occasion Roar Admiral Gherardi and Captains Nelson, Soule and Amsden of the Naval Reserve were present, as well as large visiting committee of prominent delegates, including Jerome D. Greene '96, Secretary to the Corporation, George D. Birkhoff '05, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Henry Chauncey '28, Assistant Dean of the College, and Arthur Adams '99, Charles P. Curtis '14, Richard S. Russell '01, and Theodore L. Storer '18, members of the Committee on Military Science and Tactics...
...appointment of Chauncey Brewster Tinker as next year's Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry has captured undergraduate fancy. The search for a man of unusual gifts to occupy this unique position--never an easy task--has ended most happily...