our legislature. I do not mean to say, as is sometimes said in the ordinary affairs of life, but that half a loaf is better than no bread; I do not mean to quarrel with the Indemnity Acts we have; but let us be vigilant, let us avail ourselves of every opportunity to get more, to obtain a recognition of principle and an establishment of right. (Loud applause.) Religious liberty is that which is right in itself. It is said, I know, annually, that the Test Act is suspended; but what is that specious of liberty to a man who conscientiously thinks that by the force of decrees which are above all Parliaments, or the power of all kings, or more binding than any laws that can be enacted by human government, that he is bound, that he is conscientiously bound by these decrees to worship his Creator in a particular manner, and who thinks that he can convey and communicate to his fellow-creatures the best way, and point out the most excellent road to eternal salvation? What species of liberty do they give him? He stands, to allude to the old fable, with fine dishes and the richest viands set before him, but the sword which hangs suspended over his head makes this gift of religious liberty nauseate upon his palate. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I maintain the religious liberty for which we contend is that which you have heard so ably alluded to this day, and which, in the resolution recommending the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, you properly assert. In the course of the addresses that have been made to you, Locke has been mentioned. I will conclude my observations by a reference to what he states on the subject of toleration. "It is not," (he says,) "for declaration of indulgence, it is not for schemes of comparison, such as have been practised, or are practised amongst us, that we contend; for the one would only palliate, the other would increase the evil; it is absolute liberty, just and true liberty, impartial and equal liberty, which can alone remove the evils under which we stand." I hope, therefore, according to my best, though little ability, and though a Churchman, I am contending for that liberty which Locke also as a Churchman contended for, and for which a Tillotson and a Hoadley, a Watson, a Bathurst, men who have had mitres on their heads, have not hesitated to contend. Yet I must acknowledge, that I find more of this principle of religious liberty in the breasts of Protestant Dissenters, than in any established church or sect whatever. (Applause.) I fear your attention has been already exhausted; I have to apologize to you for saying so much upon the present occasion. I can assure you that I have not been able to communicate my feelings of gratitude to those individuals who have expressed themselves so kindly with respect to myself; and I shall always consider the circumstance of attending this meeting to-day as one of the most gratifying in my life. His Lordship thus concluded, and the Meeting was dissolved, as he retired amidst long, loud and enthusiastic applause. IN consequence of a late severe indisposition Mr. BUTCHER has been obliged to give up his office, as minister of the Unitarian Dissenters at Sidmouth, in Devonshire. He is succeeded by Mr. YEATES, late of Tiverton. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications have been received from Mrs. Cappe and Mrs. Mary Hughes; from Dr. J. Evans, and Messrs. Henry Turner; T. Howe; G. F. Bromhead; David Davis; and Charles Porteus: also from L. L. J.; Hylas; Juvenis; Philographus ; J. M.; A Dissenter; G. M. D.; Ebion; R. F.; Q.; Philalethes; and Brevis. Owing to the Editor's having been obliged to arrange the present Number some weeks ago, the Obituary and various other Articles communicated for immediate insertion are necessarily omitted. In the next Number will be inserted the Petition of the Deputies to Parliament, for the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The following is the substance of a note from Mr. Wellbeloved relating to his edition of the Bible, in reply to a Subscriber (p. 404): "That he has not been unmindful of the promise given at the end of the Advertisement prefixed to the Book of Genesis, that the remaining books of the Pentateuch shall be published with all the expedition which is consistent with the nature of the work and the other occupations of the Editor;' that so long as life and health are granted to him, he is resolved to proceed with his desigu; that the Second Part is going through the press, and will, he trusts, shortly appear." THE Monthly Repository. No. CLXXVII.] SEPTEMBER, 1820. Vol. XV.] Account of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [From the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery, April, 1816.] ARVARD University is the most by periodical assessments on the mem Hanent and the best endowed of bers of the college. any scientific institution in the United States. It has flourished without interruption for nearly two centuries, during which time it has gradually gathered strength from the patronage of government, the munificence of individuals, and the uniform respectability of its character and administration. It has been enabled to hold out extensive means of affording instruction, and to exact higher qualifications from its students, than any other American seminary. The number of its students, which within a few years has been augmented about one-third; the requisites for admission and the course of studies, which have been greatly elevated during the same period; the late repeated endowments from public and private liberality; the increased number of offices and departments of instruction; the erection within a short time of four extensive and commodious additional edifices; the important acquisitions of books, apparatus, and specimens relating to the physical sciences; are circumstances sufficient to shew the prosperity and flourishing state of this institution. Harvard University derives its name from the Rev. JOHN HARVARD, its earliest benefactor, who in 1638 bequeathed half his estate, amounting to nearly £800 sterling, for the endow ment of the College. The names of the subsequent benefactors of the institution are attached to the professorships, buildings, or other fruits which have resulted from their munificence. Professorships, Foundations, &c. Most of the professorships are established on foundations given for the express purpose by individuals, or appropriated from the funds of the University. From the income of these foundations the professors principally derive their salaries. The other departments of instruction are supported The Hollis Professorship of Divinity, was founded by Thomas Hollis, Esq., of London, by donation, in 1722. The professor gives lectures, and attends exercises of the students. Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, by the same gentleman in 1726. The professor has charge of the philosophical and astronomical apparatus, and gives lectures and exercises. * Hancock Professorship of Hebrew and the Oriental Languages, established by the Hon. Thomas Hancock, of Boston, by will, in 1764. Lectures and exercises by the professor. Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory, founded by Nicholas Boylston, Esq., of Boston, by will, in 1772. The professor inspects the compositions of the students and attends their public declamations. Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, established by subscribers to a fund in Boston and elsewhere in 1805. The professor resides at the Botanic garden, and gives lectures to the students. Hersey Professorship of Anatomy and Surgery, founded by Dr. Ezekiel Hersey, of Hingham, and others, in 1783. The professor has charge of the Anatomical Museum and gives lectures in Cambridge to the students, and in Boston to the Medical class. Hersey Professorship of the Theory and Practice of Physic, by Dr. Hersey and others, in 1783. Lectures given in Cambridge to the students, and in Boston to the Medical Class. Erving Professorship of Chemistry and Mineralogy, by William Erving, Esq., of Boston, and others, in 1783. * In exercises or private lectures a professor examines the class in a classic or text book, giving such illustrations as he sees fit, The professors have charge of the La-Parkman, Esq., of Boston, towards boratory and Mineralogical Cabinet endowing a professorship of Christian and give lectures in Cambridge and Theology, to have special charge of the Boston. resident graduates. Royall Professorship of Law, by Hon. Isaac Royall, of Medford, in 1773. The professor gives lectures in Cambridge to the senior class and graduates. College Professorship of Metaphysics and Ethics, partly on an annuity from West Boston bridge by act of the Commonwealth in 1810. The professor gives exercises and superintends the forensic disputations. College Professorship of the Greek Language, by College law 1811. Exercises by the professor. College Professorship of the Latin Language, by College law 1811. Exercises by the professor. A Professorship of Greek Literature, by a donation from an unknown individual in Boston, in 1815. The present professor is on his travels in Europe and Modern Greece. Smith Professorship of the French and Spanish Languages, by Abiel Smith, Esq., of Boston, by will, in 1815. Professor not yet appointed. Lectureship of Materia Medica and Botany, established 1815. Lectures given in Boston to the Medical Class. Lectureship of Midwifery, established 1815. Lectures given in Boston to the Medical Class. The Professor of Law and the Me dical Professors and Lecturers reside in Boston. The rest of the officers at Cambridge. For the remaining departments of instruction and government, see the list of officers. There are various other funds devoted to specific purposes, some of which are suffered to accumulate until sufficient for the proposed object; the interest of others is annually appropriated agreeably to the intentions of the donors. These are, Dexter Fund. The late Hon. Samuel Dexter bequeathed 5000 dollars, to promote the critical knowledge of the Scriptures. Alford Fund. By the executors of the will of the late Hon. John Alford, of Charlestown, to establish a professorship of Moral Philosophy when sufficient. A Township of Land. By Samuel Bowdoin Premiums. Not less than 100 dollars per annum, by the late Governor Bowdoin, given in four premiums, or more, to members of the college, authors of the best dissertations on subjects annually proposed by the corporation. Boylston Premiums. Of these an account is given under the Medical department. Endowments for the support and assistance of students. The Hopkins Fund, by Edward Hopkins, Esq., of Great Britain, together with legacies of Mr. Pennoyer and Mrs. Saltonstall, give about 1000 dollars per annum, to be divided among ten resident graduates, students in divinity. Mr. Hopkins' legacy also provides 70 dollars per annum to be distributed in books to meritorious students. Exhibitions, or gifts provided for by Lieut.-Gov. Stoughton, Rev. W. Brattle and others, amount annually to about 750 dollars. Of the late liberal donation of the State of 10,000 dollars per annum for ten years, one quarter is devoted for assisting the education of meritorious students, a part being annually distributed; the rest funded. Thirty students save the expense of board by services rendered in the hall. Requisites for Admission and Course of Studies. Candidates for admission into the University are now required to be well versed in the whole of Arithmetic, in Ancient and Modern Geography, in the grammar and prosody of the Latin and Greek languages, to be able to translate English into Latin, and to construe and parse any portion of the following books, viz. Dalzel's Collectanea, Græca Minora, the Greek Testament, Virgil, Sallust, and Cicero's Select Orations: also to produce a certificate of their correct moral character, and to give bonds in the sum of four hundred dollars for the payment of their quarter bills. The time of residence at the Univer sity, except for those who enter at an advanced standing, is four years; during which time they study the Greek and Latin Classics, the French or the Hebrew language, the English language, Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres, History and Antiquities, Logic, Metaphysics, Moral and Political Philosophy, Theology, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and the higher branches of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy and Chemistry.-Exercises or recitations in all these branches are given by the instructors, and a punctual attendance on them required by law. Written themes upon subjects given out by the Professor of Rhetoric, public declamations, and forensic disputations are also regularly required. Public lectures are given by the professors, either to the whole college, or to the upper classes only, according to the nature of their subjects. These are upon Rhetoric and Oratory, on Philology, on the Oriental languages, on Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, on Divinity, on Sacred Criticism, on Zoology, on Botany, on Chemistry and Mineralogy, on Anatomy and Surgery, on Medicine, and on Law. The students have regular hours of study and of recreation. Gymnastic exercises are authorized, and a military corps is kept up in the two upper classes, the members of which become perfect in the manual exercise. An attendance is also permitted on such teachers of polite accomplishments as are approved by the college govern ment. Exhibitions. Public exhibitions take place three times a-year, and consist of performances by such members of the two upper classes as are selected for their merits, by the government. They are delivered in the college chapel, in presence of such citizens and strangers as may attend. Commencement. This anniversary takes place on the last Wednesday in August. At this time the degrees are conferred, and public performances delivered by the Bachelors and Masters of Arts. These exercises are attended by the Supreme Executive and other officers of the Commonwealth, by citizens and strangers of distinction, and by a numerous and fashionable audience. A custom of ancient date has rendered this anniversary a day of parade and festivity both in Cambridge and Boston. Number of Students. The whole number of graduates at the College since its foundation is 4509. The present members, exclusive of the Medical Class in Boston, are as follow: Seniors, 57; Juniors, 66: Sophomores, 91; Freshmen, 65; Resident Graduates, 19. Of these a certain portion resort here from a considerable distance, and among them may be observed the names of many of the most distinguished families in the southern states. Present Officers of the University. Rev. John Thornton Kirkland, D.D., LL. D., President; Aaron Dexter, M. D., Professor of Chemistry; William D. Peck, A. M., Professor of Natural History; Rev. Henry Ware, D.D., Professor of Theology; Hon. Isaac Parker, LL. D., Professor of Law ; Levi Hedge, A. M., Professor of Logic, Metaphysics and Ethics; Rev. John S. Popkin, D. D., Professor of the Greek Language; Rev. Joseph McKean, LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory; James Jackson, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Physic; John C. Warren, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Surgery; Sidney Willard, A. M., Professor of the Oriental Languages; John Gorham, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Chemistry; Levi Frisbie, A. M., Professor of the Latin Language; John Farrar, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; Andrews Norton, A. M., Lecturer on Sacred Criticism and Librarian; Jacob Bigelow, M. D., Lecturer on Materia Medica and Botany; Walter Channing, M. D., Lecturer on Midwifery; Rev. Edward Everett, A. M., Professor of Greek Literature; Joseph G. Kendall, A. M., Registrar and Tutor of Geometry and Natural Philosophy; Allston Gibbs, A. M., Tutor of Geometry and Natural Philosophy; Jonathan M. Wainwright, A. M., Instructor of Rhetoric and Oratory; John Brazer, A. B., Tutor of the Latin Language; Francis Jackson, A. M., Proctor; Samuel Gilman, A. M., Proctor; Henry Ware, A. M., Assistant Librarian; Charles Folsom, A. B., Regent; Thomas Savage, A. B., Proctor; James Walker, A.B., Proctor; Nicholas Faucon, French Instructor. Of the College Buildings. ber, University Hall. This is an elegant and spacious edifice, built in 1814, entirely of the Chelmsford granite, the colour of which approaches nearly to white. It measures 140 feet by 50, and is 42 feet in height. Its dimensions exceed those of any of the other buildings, and its style of architecture is chaste and ornamental. It contains a handsome chapel for the purposes of worship and of literary exhibitions; six rooms for lectures and recitations; two rooms for occasional public purposes; four dining halls, and two large kitchens. Harvard Hall. This is of brick, and was built in 1765. It is 108 feet by 40, and 38 feet to the roof. It is surmounted by a cupola, and bears the College clock and bell. It contains the library, the philosophy chamber, a large apartment ornamented with paintings, busts, &c., the philosophical apparatus, and lecture-room. Holworthy Hall. Of brick, erected in 1812. Length 138 feet, breadth 34, height 37. This building is occupied by students of the senior class, every two of whom possess a large room fronting south, and two smaller apart ments on the northern side, each sufficiently large to serve the double purpose of a study and bed-room. Hollis Hall. Of brick, built in 1764. Length 105 feet, breadth 44, height 37. It is a plain building, with a simple pediment on each side. It contains thirty-two rooms for students, each of which has two small studies. Stoughton Hall. Of the same dimensions and materials as the last, and appropriated to the same pur poses. Being built in 1804, its appearance is somewhat more in the modern style. Massachusetts Hall. Built in 1720, and the oldest of the present edifices. It is 100 feet by 41, and has only three stories to the roof, the fourth being furnished with Lutheran windows. It has thirty-two rooms for the use of the students. Holden Chapel. Of brick, 50 feet by 34, height 29; originally erected for a chapel, but now occupied by the medical professors, for those lectures which are given at the University. It contains the chemical laboratory and lecture-room, the anatomical museum and lecture-room, and the Boylston medical library. College House. Situated on the opposite side of the street, a three story building, containing twelve rooms for students. Besides these, the president's house and those of several of the professors, also the Medical College in Boston, are owned by the University. The Library. The Library contains between 17,000 and 18,000 volumes, and is continually increasing. The selection of books, for the most part, has been made with great care and judgment; many of them are works of great rarity, scarcely to be found, it is said, even in Europe. Owing to the munificence of the denors, a larger proportion is elegantly bound than is usual in similar institutions. The Library is open every day (Sundays excepted) to officers and residents at the University, and such strangers as may visit it. All the students are permitted to use its books, and members of the two upper classes may exchange them twice in the week. The privilege of borrowing books is enjoyed also by members of the Corporation and Board of Overseers, and all clergymen of public education, residing within ten miles of Cambridge. In addition to this, there is a valuable Medical Library of about 500 volumes, the gift of W. N. Boylston, Esq., for the use of students in medicine at the University, and accessible to members of the Massachusetts Me* Exclusive of the Medical College in dical Society, residing in the neigh Boston. bourhood. |