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sjhip. It might be said that from the opening of the 

 University in 1638, Boston made Harvard and Har- 

 vard Boston. Its illustrious founder, John Harvard, 

 was a resident of Charlestown, now a part of Boston — 

 and his monument, erected by subscriptions of Harvard 

 graduates, is one of the princij>al ^' sights '^ of that dis- 

 trict, where it stands near tlie Old State Prison. To its 

 classic groves Boston has sent, and from them received 

 again, the noblest of her sons; and three of her de- 

 partments, the Bussey Institution of Agriculture, the 

 Medical School and the Dental School, are situated 

 within the limits of Boston proper. Harvard Uni- 

 versity at present owns property valued at $6,000,000, 

 and accommodates nearly 2000 pupils. In addition 

 to the departments already mentioned and which are 

 located in Boston, the principal sections are Harvard 

 College, the Jefferson Laboratory, the Lawrence 

 Scientific School, the new Law School, the Divinity 

 School, the Harvard Library, Botanical Gardens, 

 Observatory, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Pea- 

 body ^[useum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Agassiz 

 Museum, Hemenway Gymnasium and Memorial Hall. 

 To wan.der through its ancient halls, the oldest of 

 which dates back to 1720, and which have been used 

 by Congress, is to visit the cradle of university educa- 

 tion in America. 



Boston University, the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, one of the best scientific colleges on the 

 continent, Tufts College and the celebrated Chauncy 

 Hall School, are among the finest of Boston's many 

 admirable educational institutions. 



Mention has been made of the Harvard Monument, 

 but not of the others among the scores of fine examples 



