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THE Harvard Divinity School has again become the theme of discussion, owing to some statements about it in President Eliot's Report. The facts of the case are these, - to put them briefly, - the School aims to be unsectarian, and is not. A writer in the Nation for Feb. 12...
That this is not all imaginary will be seen by all those acquainted with the persons to be named in this connection; but others could be proposed, doubtless, equally able to fill these two positions to the credit of Harvard and the immense advantage of most of her students, who...
...view of the pecuniary necessities of the College, its wisdom is not disputed,- it is submitted, that to open scholarships to the competition of all would be precisely the counteracting movement which is emphatically called for. The present restrictions upon these emoluments are discouraging to the sons of professional men who are just holding their places in the bitter struggle for existence. More youths from this numerous class - and they are often the best material for education the land affords - would seek Harvard, if, through their own exertions, they might hope to obtain scholarships. They understand that the sum allowed...
IT has been objected to a general system of eleemosynary scholarships, that, under conditions which are found in America, it is impossible to make a fair selection of those who should be encouraged to compete for them. The reasons which prevent business men from confessing their want of success, in...
In his reply, Mr. Sargent observes, that Harvard was in former times "to many intents a mere theological school," and was founded for the support of the profession of theology. Now that young men are trained for the other liberal professions as well, there is little propriety, he says, in...