Suggestions for Harvard commencement and exhibition parts, 1789-1828.

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Suggestions for Harvard commencement and exhibition parts, 1789-1828.

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In the mid 1700s, Harvard administrators began incorporating English oratory into an undergraduate curriculum traditionally focused on Latin and Greek. To reflect the expanded emphasis on oratory, upperclassmen participated in English debates, dialogues, and orations on Commencement Day and in public exhibitions using subjects and questions provided by the Harvard Faculty. This collection contains handwritten questions and subjects suggested by the Harvard Faculty primarily in the 1810s and 1820s for use in student performances on Commencement Day and during the four annual public exhibitions.

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Established by Jacob Wendell scholars for income for annual scholars dinner. From the description of Barrett Wendell Fund records, ca. 1924-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76974402 In the early years of the eighteenth century, the faculty (referred to as the "immediate government") began to emerge as a body having duties distinctive from those of the Corporation. While apparently not formally constituted, the immediate government (the President an...