"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, the proper study of mankind is man" : commencement essay, 1793.
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
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Ward Cotton (1770-1843), a minister in Boylston, Mass., was born on March 24, 1770 in Plymouth, Mass. He received an AB from Harvard in 1793 and an AM in 1796. Cotton was ordained on June 7, 1797 as minister of Boylston and served there until June 22, 1825. Cotton died on November 15, 1843. From the description of "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, the proper study of mankind is man" : commencement essay, 1793. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 697961576 Wa...
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The early 19th century was a time of student unrest at Harvard. Perhaps in reaction to the disturbances and protest of previous classes, Faculty Records vol. IX tell that President Kirkland announced early on in the Class of 1822's college years that no students were to have any meeting for the purpose of eating or drinking in college. Although the Class of 1822 is a serene one as compared with its generation, many of the students of the Class of 1822 received public admonishments as a result of...
