John Harvard and his times . While my friends surmiseI dazzled my eyes With the light of Revelation. Although Chaderton resigned his master-ship of Emmanuel five years before JohnHarvard entered his name on its books, it isimpossible to believe that the young studentdid not come under his influence during theseven years of his residence. One of the win-dows in the north wall of the college chapel isdevoted to perpetuating the memory of Lau-rence Chaderton and John Harvard, whodivide the lights between them, and that factseems an appropriate suggestion of a life-timeintimacy between the two men
John Harvard and his times . While my friends surmiseI dazzled my eyes With the light of Revelation. Although Chaderton resigned his master-ship of Emmanuel five years before JohnHarvard entered his name on its books, it isimpossible to believe that the young studentdid not come under his influence during theseven years of his residence. One of the win-dows in the north wall of the college chapel isdevoted to perpetuating the memory of Lau-rence Chaderton and John Harvard, whodivide the lights between them, and that factseems an appropriate suggestion of a life-timeintimacy between the two men. True, thelate master was now an old man; in the quaintphrase of Fuller, in these years he was neverseen without snow on the top; but grey hairsdid not indicate waning powers, for even whenhe died, in 1640, he was still in the possessionof all his faculties. One who visited him a fewyears before his death saw him reading a GreekTestament of very small type without glasses,and specially noted that he did not repeat him- 156. -•1 (^ CAMBRIDGE self in conversation. Now, as Chaderton, onhis resignation, took up his abode in a housenear the college, and continued to take an ac-tive part in its affairs up to the time of hisdeath, it is certain John Harvard must havebecome acquainted with him. Probably it will never be known why JohnHarvard did not begin his university careeruntil he was in his twentieth year. Althoughit is impossible to reach any definite conclusionon this matter, the weight of evidence is infavour of the statement that sixteen was theaverage age at which students entered the uni-versity in the early seventeenth century. ThatHarvards age exceeded this average by thelarge margin of four years may have been dueto his health; perhaps even in his youth he mayhave been subject to that delicacy which is sooften the precursor of the fell disease to whichhe eventually succumbed. In that event, hewould hardly be likely to make the journeyfrom London to Cambridge on horseba
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