. The gossiping guide to Harvard and places of interest in Cambridge. n space where Cambridge Street meetsBroadway, we stand before the Statue to John Harvard, Given by S. J. Bridge in 1883. It is of bronze, byFrench, whose fine statue of the Minute Man atConcord, with Saint-Gaudenss Puritan, (DeaconChapin), at Springfield, are together emblematicof the manhood and courage of the founders of NewEngland. There is no likeness of John Harvardin existence. A few steps eastward on CambridgeStreet brings us to the entrance to Memorial Hall, Of brick, with Dining Hall on the west, SandersTheatre on t
. The gossiping guide to Harvard and places of interest in Cambridge. n space where Cambridge Street meetsBroadway, we stand before the Statue to John Harvard, Given by S. J. Bridge in 1883. It is of bronze, byFrench, whose fine statue of the Minute Man atConcord, with Saint-Gaudenss Puritan, (DeaconChapin), at Springfield, are together emblematicof the manhood and courage of the founders of NewEngland. There is no likeness of John Harvardin existence. A few steps eastward on CambridgeStreet brings us to the entrance to Memorial Hall, Of brick, with Dining Hall on the west, SandersTheatre on the east, and the splendid square tower,200 feet high, in the centre. Memorial Hall wasdedicated July 23, 1874, Charles Francis Adamsgiving the address, and Oliver Wendell Holmes thepoem. Sanders Theatre was finished in names of Harvard graduates and studentswho fell in the civil war are preserved on the mar-ble tablets in the transept. The portraits belong-ing to the college are hung on the walls of the din-ing-hall, and may be seen except during the hours. 2 2 GOSSIPING GUIDE TO HARVARD. for meals. Many are unique, the collection repre-senting well the great men of Harvard. The por-traits by Copley and Stuart deserve special busts are the work of Crawford (father of MarionCrawford), Hiram Powers, and others, the represen-tation of Longfellow being a replica of that placed inWestminster Abbey. When the students are at lunch or dinner, visitorsmay see the dining-room from the gallery, entranceto which is by the door on the west side of thetransept, near the north entrance. In 1650 Mitchel, a graduate and tutor, thoughtso well of Commons that he ordered from it asupper on his wedding-night. The venture hasnever been repeated. In 1746, wrote a son ofPresident Holyoke, breakfast was two sizings ofbread and a cue of beer, and supper a pye. Directly opposite this door is the entrance toSanders Theatre, where Class-day and graduationexercises are held. The story of
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