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...following sketch of the growth and constitution of the governing boards of Harvard University, by W. T. Hewett, will be of interest: "Harvard University presents certain points of resemblance to the system of the English colleges. By the charter of 1650, which is still in force, the president and fellows of Harvard College became a body corporate, enjoying the right of administering the funds and making all rules for the government of the college, as well as of electing their successors in office. The former board of overseers was retained, embracing the governor, the deputy governor, and the leading clergymen...
...influence of English usage was shown in the original character of the corporation at Harvard. As the professors were the ruling body in the Continental schools, and the masters in the English colleges, the corporation of Harvard was composed of two classes: Resident or teaching fellows, and nonresident or simply governing fellows. The former were also called fellows of the house; to them, aided by the advice of some of the ablest and most learned scholars of the country, the entire administration of the college was entrusted. They chose the president, elected their successors and associates in instruction, and were...
...English schools have largely introduced military drill as a means of exercise. It is taught to all the boys in 1,172 schools...
...operative Society has printed, in a very convenient size, an excellent key to the instructor's notes in English Composition...
...London Field says that in America the class from which English amateurs spring look down on rowing, and, "unless at their universities, the young men of good family would as soon be seen by their parents in a casino as in the ranks of a rowing club." The Field's ignorance is certainly very dense...