. The Harvard book : a series of historical, biographical, and descriptive sketches. ver, to have come out in an appeal which President Dunstermade to the authorities in 1647, — the building having proved ruinous, leaky, andinsufficient. He wrote : Seing from the first euill contrivall of the Colledg buildingthere now ensues yearely decayes of the rooff, walls, and foundation, etc. Tem-porary patchings answered for a season. Another reference is made in 1672 to the decay of theire buildings which were made in our Infancye, yett are now ina hopeful way to be againe supplyed with a New Building
. The Harvard book : a series of historical, biographical, and descriptive sketches. ver, to have come out in an appeal which President Dunstermade to the authorities in 1647, — the building having proved ruinous, leaky, andinsufficient. He wrote : Seing from the first euill contrivall of the Colledg buildingthere now ensues yearely decayes of the rooff, walls, and foundation, etc. Tem-porary patchings answered for a season. Another reference is made in 1672 to the decay of theire buildings which were made in our Infancye, yett are now ina hopeful way to be againe supplyed with a New Building of brick and stone,etc. This was the first Harvard Hall, completed in 1682. The London Tract of 1643, just referred to, mentions another structure onthese grounds, which may even have had precedence of the gorgeous says: And by the side of the Colledge a faire Grammar Schoole for the train-ing up of young Schollars, and fitting of them for Academical learning, that stillas they are judged ripe, they may be received into the Colledge of this Schoole. THE COLLEGE THE COLLEGE YARD. 21 Master Corlet is the Mr. who hath very well approved himself for his abilities,dexterity, and painfullness in teaching and education of the youths under good man served in his place more than forty years. It would seem alsothat besides this faire Grammar Schoole, another building, or at least a roomin a building, had been provided at the same time for a Dames School, forbeginners. On many accounts the most interesting of the first edifices built on the presentCollege grounds was that which was known as the Indian College, a substan-tial brick structure. In 1653 the Commissioners of the United Colonies instructedthe members of their body from Massachusetts to consider and order the build-ing of an Intyre Rome att the College for the conveniencye of six hopfull Indiansyouthes to bee trained up there according to the advice received this year fromthe Corporation [for the Prop
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