CASH ACCOUNT. JULY. 



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"the office." became a place not to execrate 

 and shun, but to seek and to trust. 



Perhaps his greatest and most enduring 

 service to tlio university, however, w;ia in 

 the promotion of the summer school. Thai 

 Institution, theu the only thing of 1U HAnS 

 In the country, was still in Its infancy, ami 

 a very weak and unhealthy Infancy at that. | 

 Outside the immediate neighborhood It was' 

 almost unknown. Its courses' were few, and 

 disdained by most of the faculty. Its en- 

 rollment was insignificant, and its fees 

 were insufficient to meet its modest ex- 

 penses. — the deficit being paid out of the 

 private pocket of Professor Shaler. who 

 was almost its only supporter. Shaler ap- 

 plied to Mr. Chamberlain to see what Jte 

 could do for it. As a business man and 

 an impartial outsider, he at once decided 

 that its first need was to become better 

 known — In other words, to be advertised. 

 Swch an unheard-of prqifosal was met 

 by long 1 and obstiiate opposition. But 

 Chamberlain finally carried bis point, and 

 a statement describing the Harvard Sum- 

 mer School appeared In all the leading 

 papers of the country. Letters nf inaulry 

 Instantly began to come in. and Mr. Cham- 

 berlain made a point of answering each one 

 personally. Tho results were amailng. The 

 very next year the school mat Its expenses. 

 Tho next there was a credit balance. The 

 teachers who attended from distant parts 

 of the country spread Harvard's name and 

 fame among fitting schools where It had 

 never been heard of before, in a few years 

 I the attitude of the faculty had so altered 

 that course* In the summer school were 

 counted towards a degree, and were given 

 Iby the best members of the staff. By 188l> 

 he enrollment had reached over thirl oen 

 undred, and other summer schools had 

 »ung up in eager imitation of the. Hnr- 

 1 experiment. Tills type of educational 

 c, now so widely ndoptod, may there- 

 bo said to have been set on its feet 

 > inspired efforts of Montague Chain- 



