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Some presidents of Harvard have striven for academic freedom, some for expansion, most for money. Yet in the annals of 324 years of College history one president stands out for another interest. Josiah Quincy strove for academic freedom, wrestled with financial problems and helped the College expand--but throughout the 16 years of his reign, his primary concern was inculcating an outmoded Puritan ethic of moral conformity and behavioral excellence...
...stormy story of Josiah Quincy and his relation to Harvard is one of a man who staunchly believed in an outworn heritage and tried to impose it upon unwilling students. Two antagonistic forces provided the drama of his regime: the carefree attitude of students and the rigid demeanor of a president who sought to mold his undergraduates according to his strict canons of respectability...
...Josiah's Puritanical training started right at the cradle. His widowed mother, fearful of "hurtful indulgence," would rouse him from slumber and dip him three times in a tub of frigid water. At the tender age of six, he entered Phillips Academy in Andover, probably since his grandfather had founded it. His academic training consisted of memorizing hymns, Greek and Latin grammar, and attending sermons. Although Quincy described the Puritan restrictions as "wearisome and irksome," he learned them well; he remained a teetotaler and habitually rose...
...happenstance that gave Indiana its unacademic professor was drug-manufacturing Millionaire Josiah Kirby Lilly Jr.'s decision to give his huge rare-book collection-20,000 first editions, thousands of manuscripts-to the university (TIME, Jan. 23, 1956). The single gift made Indiana an important rare-book center, and the school needed a curator. Lilly recommended Randall, whose 20 years as head of Scribner's rare-book department had made him one of the U.S.'s most knowledgeable authorities-and fastest-moving speculators-in an intense, inbred field. The dealer was hired, and with the backing...
...coat of arms came to this country from England late in the 17th century and was borne in subsequent years by Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard...