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A prize of twenty dollars for the best composition in Latin Prose, or Greek Verse, by a member of the Senior Class.
A prize of fifteen dollars for the best composition in Latin Verse or Greek Prose, by a member of the Junior Class.
The value of the prize will be given in books or money, at the option of the successful competitor.
The subjects for the compositions are given out and the prizes awarded by the Latin and Greek Departments, acting, in conjunction with the President, as a committee of the Faculty for that purpose, and no prize will be awarded unless the absolute merit of the composition shall be such as to deserve it. The foregoing prizes are paid from the income of a fund bequeathed by the Hon. James Bowdoin, " for the advancement of useful and polite literature among the residents, as well Graduates as Under- graduates, of the University, in euch way and manner as shall be best adapted to excite a spirit of emulation among such residents." 3 BOYLS- TON PRIZES. - Agreeably to the institution of the " Boylston Prizes for Elocution," on the day after Commencement in each year there will be held in University Hall, or in the Meeting-house of the First Parish in Cambridge, a public exhibition and trial of the skill and improvement of the Students of the University in elocution. The speakers are not to re- hearse their own composition ; but to select pieces in prose or verse from English, Greek, or Latin authors, the selections to be approved by the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, the proportion in English being at least two out of three. The competitors must be Graduates of the year, or Undergraduates of one of the next two classes; and their uaines must be entered with the Professor, at the latest, fourteen days before Commencement, no applications being received after that time. The Corporation will, each year, select five gentlemen distinguished for their elocution, either at the bar, in the pulpit, or in the senate, who, with
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the Corporation, or a major part of them, will judge of the merits of the competitors, and award the prizes. They will assign five prizes ; two first prizes, namely, fifteen dollars, or a gold medal of that value, to each of the two best speakers ; and three second prizes, namely, ten dollars, or a gold medal of that value, to each of the three next best; provided that, if the judges shall be of opinion that none of the competitors have exhibited sufficient skill and improvement to be entitled to the first prizes, they may withhold them. At this exhibition no prompting of the speakers is al- lowed; and a failure of memory in any one will exclude him from being considered in the assignment of the prizes.
Various bequests and donations have from time to time been made to the President and Fellows, the income of which is appropriated for the aid of deserving students in narrow circumstances. The annual amount thus dis- tributed from this source is about fourteen hundred dollars, which has heretofore been given as a gratuity, in sums ranging from twenty to sixty dollars. As some students prefer to receive the aid in the form of a loan, the Corporation have determined to divide the income of their beneficiary funds into two parts ; one of which shall still be given as a gratuity, and the other granted on loan to such students as prefer to receive the aid in that form. Applications for aid from the BENEFICIARY FUND are ad- dressed to the President, and must be presented to him on or before the 15th day of Muy in each year, by the parent or guardian, or by the stu- dent himself, if of age. The application should state particularly the circumstances of the case, and whether a gratuity or a loan is desired.
In addition to the beneficiary funds here described, of which the Presi- dent and Fellows are trustees, there is a " LOAN FUND," raised a few years since by subscription among the friends of the University, the inter. est of which, now amounting to about one thousand dollars, is annually distributed to meritorious students desirous of receiving it, in sums rang- ing from twenty to eighty dollars. This fund is under the control of a Board of Trustees, in Boston ; Edward Wigglesworth, Esq., Treasurer. Although it has been in operation but about ten years, one thousand dollars have been already added to the principal by reimbursements to that ex- tent. The applications for the Loan Fund, made in the same manner as for the Beneficiary Fund, by the parent or guardian, or by the student himself, if of age, should be addressed to the President as early as the 30th day of November.
Beside the foregoing provisions for the aid of meritorious students, the various MONITORSHIPS, &c., amount to about three hundred and fifty dol- lars a year, which may be considered as an addition, to that extent, to the Beneficiary Funds of the institution.
Meritorious students, whose circumstances require it, may, at the discretion of the Faculty, be absent for a limited time not exceeding thir- teen weeks, including the winter vacation, for the purpose of keeping
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schools ; the studies and exercises of their class, during the time of their absence, being afterwards performed by them, according to such rules as may he established by the Faculty. Applications for permission to keep school must be presented to the President as early as the 15th day of No- cember, in each year, and no absence will be allowed till a certificate of such permission has been first obtained from the President.
The Academical Year is divided into two TERMS and two VACATIONS. The FIRST TERM begins six weeks after Commencement on Thursday morning, and continues twenty weeks. The FIRST VACATION begins at the end of the First Term, Wednesday evening, and continues six weeks. The SECOND TERM begins at the end of the First Vacation, Thursday morning, and continues twenty weeks. The SECOND VACATION begins at the end of the Second Term, Wednesday evening, and continues six weeks.
The students have leave to pass the Annual Thanksgiving with their friends, and for this purpose are allowed to be absent from College from Tuesday evening preceding, to Sunday evening following that day. A sim- ilar recess takes place in the course of the Second Term, beginning on the Tuesday preceding the last Wednesday in May. There are no literary exer- cises in College on Christmas Day, nor on the Fourth of July. With the foregoing exceptions, no student is permitted to be absent from College over night, in Term-time, without leave previously obtained of the Presi- dent, or the officer designated for that purpose.
No student, who is not an inhabitant of the city of Cambridge, is al- lowed to remain in Cambridge during any vacation without leave from the Faculty ; and all students so remaining are subject to the laws of the Uni- versity, enjoining orderly conduct, and to those respecting the lodging and boarding-houses of the students.
The PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS take place on the third Tuesday of October, and on the first Tuesday of May.
The DUDLEIAN LECTURE is on the second Wednesday of May.
The Senior CLASS DAY is on the fourth Friday next preceding Com- mencement.
The COMMENCEMENT is on the third Wednesday of July, when a public literary exhibition takes place at the University, previous to conferring the Degrees. The parts in the performances are assigned by the Faculty ; and no student, although otherwise qualified, will receive a Degree, who refuses or neglects to perform his part, or who performs it in an unbecom- ing manner. The degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS is conferred on each member of the Senior Class in good standing; but no student is recom. mended by the Faculty to the Government of the University for the Bach- elor's, or First. Degree, except on the production of a Certificate from the Steward that he has paid his College dues, and one from the Librarian that he is not a delinquent at the Library ; which Certificates must be pro-
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duced on the day before the Commencement, at the latest, or the degree will not be conferred that year.
The degree of MASTER OF ARTS is conferred in course on every Bache- lor of Arts of three years' standing, on the payment of the usual fee, who shall, in the interval, have sustained a good moral character. Graduates of longer standing may also have the Master's degree upon the same con- dition. In both cases, application should be made at the Steward's Office, either personally or by letter, as soon as the second day before Commence. ment. The fee, including the Diplomas, is five dollars, payable in ad. vance.
The necessary expenses of an undergraduate for a year, included in the College billa, are as follows : -
Instruction, Library, Lecture rooms 8 75.00
Rent and Care of Room 15.00
Board for 40 weeks at $ 2.50 per week 100.00
Text books (average)
12.00
Special Repairs, &c.
from 1 to 2.00
$ 204.00
Other expenses must vary with the economy of each student. Wood and coal ready for use are delivered at the students' rooms, by the lessee of the College wharf, at the market price, usually at $ 6.50 per cord for wood, and $ 7 per ton for coal. The rent of rooms in private houses, from $ 30 to $ 60 per annum. Board in the town, from $ 2.50 to $ 3.50 per week. The students find their own beds and furniture.
The bills containing College charges are to be made out by the Steward, at the end of each Term; and must be settled within a week from the commencement of the succeeding Term, lawful interest being charged on every bill not settled by the expiration of that period. The bill for the Second Term of the Senior year must be paid two days at least be- fore Commencement ; and no Degree can be conferred until all books are returned to the Library, and all dues to the College are discharged.
The parent or guardian of every student subject to the Patron Law shall be inforined what are the necessary annual expenses included in the Term- bills; and he shall also be informed by the Patron what funds for the sup port and use of his son or ward must be remitted to him ; and the Patron is to have the whole control of the same, under the direction of the Fac. ulty ; and no such student is allowed to contract any debt without an or. der from the Patron, or from his parent or guardian. . Every student subject to the Patron Law is to be charged in his term.bill at the rate of two and a half per cent., as a compensation to the Patron for the dis- bursements made on his account; and no student, subject to this law, shall be permitted to continue at the University, unless he comply with it.
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Inasmuch as circumstances may render it unnecessary or inconvenient to apply the foregoing law in all cases, it has been determined, for the present, that those students only shall be placed under the care of the Pa- tron, whose parents or guardians shall signify to the President their desire to that effect, and their willingness to allow the commission above men- tioned for his services. Mr. ELIJAH F. VALENTINE, of Cambridge, As- sistant Steward, has been appointed Patron, and is confidently recom- mended to parents and guardians as a gentleman in whose discretion and fidelity to the trust entire confidence may be placed.
"The contrast between Harvard College as it was in 1642, and what it is at the present moment, is striking. The first four classes consisted of twenty pupils, and the instructors were the President, and, perhaps, a Tu- tor or two. There was a single building for the accommodation of the en- tire institution, and somewhat less than three acres of land constituted the whole of its fixed property. At this moment, the pupils, in all the departments, number six hundred, or thereabouts, with a good prospect of increase; the instructors are twenty-five acting Professors and Lecturers, five Tutors, and four teachers of the modern languages. Beside these, are three Astronomical Observers, two Librarians, and various other offi- cers of government, of account, and of record. The buildings are fourteen in Cambridge, including the Observatory, and one in Boston. The in- closure in which are situated the greater number of the buildings contains twenty-three or twenty-four acres, and the institution possesses, besides, various pieces of real estate in the cities of Cambridge and Boston. Its other property, for the purposes of all the departments, amounts to about seven hundred thousand dollars.
"There is nothing more remarkable in the character of the College, throughout its whole history, and especially in its later years of develop- ment and expansion, than the ease with which, from its organization, and its unobserved influence over reflecting minds, it is enabled speedily to adapt itself to the varying and growing wants of the public. Its organi- zation is a singular specimen of skill and good fortune combined. It is sufficiently under direct responsibility to the community, through the large and constantly changing Board of Overseers ; it is sufficiently steady in its course of action, from the comparatively slow changes which take place in the Corporation. It is efficient in instruction, from securing the services of leading minds in every branch of knowledge ; and it is tolera- bly sure of future growth, froin the influence it has justly acquired in the community by its usefulness. As long as it shall retain this power of ad iptation to the public wants, as long as knowledge shall be desired, free- dom valued, religion and virtue reverenced, may Harvard College continue to perform its appropriate duties, bestow and receive its appropriate hon- ors, be cherished by the public, and live in the hearts of its Alumni."
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OF THE
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS.
JARED SPARKS, LL. D., PRESIDENT.
MEDICINE.
LAW.
. SCIENCE.
WALTER CHANNING, M. D.,
JOEL PARKER, LL. D.,
JACOB BIGELOW, M. D.,
THEOPHILUS PARSONS, LL. D.
JOHN WARE, M. D.,
JOHN B. S JACKSON, M. D.,
OLIVER W. HOLMES, M. D., Dean of the Faculty.
THEOLOGY.
HENRY J. BIGELOW, M. D.,
JOSIAH P. COOKE, A. B.
CONVERS FRANCIS, D. D., GEORGE R. NOYES, D. D., Dean of the Faculty.
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WILLIAM C. BOND, A. M., LOUIS AGASSIZ, LL. D., BENJAMIN PEIRCE, LL. D., ASA GRAY, M. D., JOSEPH LOVERING, A. M., JEFFRIES WYMAN, M. D., HENRY L. EUSTIS, A. M., EBEN N. HORSFORD, A. M., Dean of the Faculty.
GEORGE P. BOND, A. B., JOSIAH P. COOKE. A. B.
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THE first separate School which was connected with Harvard College was the Medical School, for which the earliest donation was given in 1770, by Dr. Ezekiel Hersey, who bequeathed one thousand pounds, lawful money, to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, "the interest thereof to be by them appropriated towards the support of a Professor of Anatomy and Physic, and for that use only." In 1782 -83, Medical Professorships were first established, and Drs. Warren, Sen., Water- house, and Dexter, were installed in their respective offices. Other dona- tions and appointments soon followed, and the School began to be well known and esteemed, as early as the beginning of the present century. Dr. Warren, the first Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, resided in Bos- ton, and gave a portion of his lectures in that city, - a practice which was almost the inevitable consequence of the peculiar circumstances at- tending the pursuit of this branch of study ; both from the greater facili- ties for instruction to be enjoyed in the metropolis, and also from the importance of securing the services of the most eminent men in the pro- fession, who would naturally be found there. The School was, neverthe- less, considered as situated at Cambridge; and undergraduates, as well as professional students, were permitted to attend the lectures given at the College, for a fee somewhat less than other persons. After the establish- ment of a Hospital of considerable extent in Boston, the advantages to be enjoyed there by the student, in every department of the profession, were manifestly so much greater than at Cambridge, that a strong effort was made by the Professors to effect the removal of the institution to Boston, and its permanent establishment there. Application was made to the Leg- islature for aid; and through the strenuous exertions of the Medical Pro- fessors, in conjunction with those of the President (Kirkland), and some members of the Corporation, a portion of the large grant obtained in 1814 was appropriated to the erection of the Medical College in Mason street, Boston. From that epoch the growth and prosperity of the School has been uninterrupted. It retained, in most respects, its original organiza. tion, until September, 1831, when new statutes were proposed and adopted by the Corporation, and approved by the Overseers, constituting the Presi- dent of the University, and the Professors and Lecturers, authorized to give instruction to Medical Students, the MEDICAL FACULTY, with author- ity to elect a Dean and adopt rules for their own government, provided they do not contravene the laws of the University ; and establishing the principles, times, and modes of the matriculation of students in Medicine, the examination to which the candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine shall be subjected, and the conditions with which he must comply to be entitled thereto.
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At the present time, Lectures, of the highest value, are delivered every year, by seven Professors, in different departments, and the students have every advantage which can be derived from attendance on the Hospital practice. The building in Mason street, erected but thirty years ago, not more with a view to the actual wants than the probable growth of the School, having ceased to accommodate the increasing number of students, measures were taken, in the spring of 1816, to erect a new one. A lot of land in the immediate neighborhood of the Massachusetts General Hospi- tal was given for the purpose by Dr. George Parkman ; an advantageous sale was made of the property in Mason street ; a liberal subscription ou the part of the friends of the University furnished what further assistance was required ; and the new edifice was opened, with appropriate ceremo- nies, on the 6th of November, 1816.
The new building will accommodate more than three hundred students, beside affording ample space for the Cabinet which has been collected for medical and anatomical purposes, as well as for all the other objects of the institution. Ity situation is highly favorable, being more free from sur- rounding buildings than that on Mason street ; and its vicinity to the Hospital will greatly promote the convenience of its students.
This change can hardly fail to be regarded as a decisive mark of im- provement in the prospects of a School whose prosperity has long. been progressive ; and nothing now seems wanting to the rapid and great in- crease of the number of pupils, but a more general acquaintance with the advantages offered by the means of instruction here accumulated, and the talents and experience of the Professors.
The MEDICAL LECTURES, on the various branches specified by the Stat- utes, are delivered at the (new) Massachusetts Medical College, in North Grove street, Boston, where they begin, annually, on the first Wednesday in November, at 12 o'clock, noon, and continue four months. Students matriculate with the Dean, by entering their names in a book kept by him (which contains an obligation to submit to the laws of the University and to the direction of the Faculty of Medicine), and by paying three dollars.
The following are the COURSES of LECTURES delivered in this College. Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence, - WALTER CHANNING, M. D. Materia Medica and Clinical Medicine, -JACOB BIGELOW, M. D.
Theory and Practice of Physic, - JOHN WARE, M. D.
Anatomy and Physiology, - OLIVER W. HOLMES, M. D.
Pathological Anatomy, -JOHN B. S. JACKSON, M. D.
Surgery, -HENRY J. BIGELOW, M. D.
Chemistry, -EBEN N. HORSFORD, M. D. (pro tem).
The CLINICAL LECTURES in Medicine and Surgery are given to the class, on cases in the Massachusetts General Hospital, three times a week. Sur- gical operations at the Hospital are frequent. An abundant opportunity is thus furnished to students for practical observation and study.
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The Lectures on ANATOMY aIn PHYSIOLOGY are delivered daily, and are arrranged in such connection that each branch shall serve to illustrate the other. The demonstrations are aided by a large cabinet (the Warren Anatomical Museuin), which is increasing by regular accessions from a fund appropriated to the purpose, and from individual contributions.
The operations of SURGERY are illustrated by anatomical demonstra. tions of the parts concerned. All the new operations are particularly shown. The Professors in this department have provided an extensive collection of valuable preparations in wax, to show various tumors and diseases of the skin, some colored casts in plaster of Paris, many beauti- ful magnified drawings of subjects in anatomy and surgery, and also the newly invented surgical instruments.
MIDWIFERY and MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE form one department. Lectures are regularly given on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery ; separate Lectures are given in Operative Midwifery. Abundant opportu- nity is furnished to each member of the class to learn the use of instru- ments. The Lectures are illustrated by models made in Florence, and by plates. The Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence are very much confined to the statement of principles, which are illustrated by cases.
The Lectures on MATERIA MEDICA consists of the history of the vari- ous articles used in medicine, their physical and medicinal properties, their application to the treatment of disease, and the forms, modes, and quantities in which they are administered. Specimens of each medi- cine, and colored engravings of medicinal plants, are exhibited at the Lectures, while an opportunity to observe the effect of those most in use is afforded in the Clinical Lectures given by the Professor at the Hospital.
The Lectures on the PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY AND CLINICAL SURGERY continue four months, during which the students visit the surgical patients at the Hospital, and attend all the operations.
In the CLINICAL LECTURES, the Professor speaks of the cases admitted into the surgical department of the Hospital, describes the disease, gives the diagnosis and prognosis, with the mode of treatment. In the Clini- cal Lectures are described the surgical operations which are performed, with such remarks as to the mode of performing them, and the particular manner in which each operation is done, as are thought likely to be useful and instructive to the students.
A collection, made in Europe, of plaster models, colored to represent various surgical diseases, has been recently introduced into this depart- ment.
The CHEMICAL LECTURES are continued during four months, four Lec- tures being given each week. The chemical apparatus, to which additions are constantly made, is very extensive, and enables the Professor to illus- trate the various subjects with all the requisite experiments.
The course of the THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC embraces the Lec.
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tures given at the Medical College on the general principles of Pathology and Therapeutics, and on the history and treatment of particular diseases, and the Clinical Lectures given at the Massachusetts General Hospital. A collection of preparations in plaster, to the number of about fifty, admi- rably colored, has been recently imported from Paris, for the use of this de- partment. These preparations not only serve to exhibit the morbid anat. omy of the particular diseases of which they are examples, but also con. stitute a series of illustrations of the various elementary forms of disease. Morbid post-mortem appearances, in recent specimens, form very impor- tant means of pathological instruction in this department. This subject is also fully illustrated in the special course of Lectures delivered by the Professor of Pathological Anatomy.
The CLINICAL LECTURES on Medicine at the Hospital are given twice a week, and occupy two hours each. . Students have an opportunity of visit- ing all the cases, and of observing and learning the symptoms and treat- ment of each case, and particularly of the exploration of the body for the PHYSICAL SIGNS of disease, by palpation, auscultation, and percussion.
Medical Students may attend gratis the public Lectures given by any of the Professors, to Undergraduates, at the University in Cambridge.
TWO ANNUAL PRIZES are assigned, from the Foundation of Ward Nich- olas Boylston, for the best Dissertations on Medical subjects, proposed by a Committee appointed by the President and Fellows of the University. Each of the prizes is of the amount of sixty dollars, and may be taken either in money, or in the form of a gold medal of that value ; but no prizes are awarded if no one of the Dissertations presented is thought to be of sufficient merit.
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