. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . Harvard College founded 66 OUR COUNTRYS STORY. John Har-vard John Eliotteaches theIndians ness was begun, a public school was opened in Boston. Many otthe Puritans were graduates of English universities, and theywished to make sure that Avhen their ministers died other educatedmen would be ready to till the vacant places. They talked thematter over in town meeting, and tiually, in 1G86,they agreed to give four hundred poundsto found a college. .\t that time spending public money forinstruction was very unusual in g
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . Harvard College founded 66 OUR COUNTRYS STORY. John Har-vard John Eliotteaches theIndians ness was begun, a public school was opened in Boston. Many otthe Puritans were graduates of English universities, and theywished to make sure that Avhen their ministers died other educatedmen would be ready to till the vacant places. They talked thematter over in town meeting, and tiually, in 1G86,they agreed to give four hundred poundsto found a college. .\t that time spending public money forinstruction was very unusual in generous appropriation shows hownmch the Puritans cared for used to go to the college to hear theboys declaim in Latin and in Greek, andwhen one did especially w^ell, his father washappy, and he would say to himself, Per-haps my son \\\\\ some day be a ministerand preach in our church. A clergyman named John Harvard diedsoon after the college was founded, and when his will was readit was found that he had left his books and ]^ali his money tothe new school. The name Harvard was given in his hono
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