Word: emmanuele
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...which a shell has burst; the halls are all separate, and you can walk around them. There and precision of life in our two Universities. They have lost all that at Harvard. I have found that not all Americans remember the relation of Harvard is an alumnus of Emmanuel Collegem, Cambridge, and I suppose Cambridge here was named after Cambridge over there...
...after its most munificent donor. It must be understood that John Harvard, and not the Colony Treasury, gave the college to the state. Little or nothing is known of John Harvard and his parents. The date of his departure from England and arrival in this country are also unknown. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gave him his two degrees and as his rank of pensioner gave him position, he must have been worth considerable property. He and his wife Anne became members of the church in Charlestown in 1638 and he was a member of a council held to frame some laws...
...bred men were eminently fitted for high offices in both the government of the state and in commercial spheres of life. Among the latter may be ranked the governors, Joseph Dudley, Stoughton and Saltonsdall. John Harvard numbered among his friends John Cotton and Thomas Hooker, fellows and teachers in Emmanuel College, England, also Sims, who lived latterly in Charlestown. There is no portrait or description of John Harvard known to be in existence, but the present statue, the exquisite model in bronze, is an ideal image. But let it be understood that the statue, only by influencing the mind...
...statue will be placed upon a base of solid granite six feet in height. This base will be decorated with the seals of Harvard and Emmanuel colleges. These will be executed in bronze and will be quite effective, that of Emmanuel being very artistic in design, a true British lion. As the work of casting is completed and the base has been made it is expected that the whole statue will be put in position during the coming month. The day for dedication has not been selected, but the 28 of October has been suggested, that being...
...tercentennial exercises at Emmanuel College in Cambridge, Eng. a statue of Rev. John. Harvard, the founder of this university, is to be unveiled...