Governors Academy - Milestone Yearbook (Byfield, MA)

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NX XXXX XXXXE f ,ff ff' i 1 1 -as . H f -v i, ' . s N- . - 4f-, e - - - ' ' - -' it . X X x I I xxx X x 1 I ,fr 1 if I 1 I x X , x x 'ix' X 1 , X , 1 x N X X N s Q I f : , 3 SN X 4 '. X ' , Z xvr' f 1 1 s X al, 1 ,, N N . I g s -s 1 4 -qA'r , ' 5 t A 1 sf xhlf pg ,S Y lf ' W come a distinguished professor at Bowdoin, was a tutor at Harvard for two yearsg and it is interesting at this time to note that he represented his class of 1799 on the alumni committee which sent out the invitations to all Harvard men to return for the two hundredth anniversary celebration in 1836. V The most interesting and almost amusing episode in this story of the School's sons at Harvard centers around the election of Samuel Webber to the presidency in I806. As you will see, a pupil of Moody's was either President of Harvard or a mem- ber of the Corporation for thirty consecutive years. When Willard's twenty-two year term ended with his death in 1804, Pearson, who besides being a professor had for several years been an active member of the Corporation, was chosen Acting President until a successor could be elected. Eventually in 1806 the choice was be- tween Pearson and Webber. When the latter was elected Pearson was so incensed that he tendered his resignation to the Corporation and returned to Andover to teach in the Theological Seminary. To complete the story, his place on the Corpora- tion was taken by none other than Theophilus Parsons, who served until 1812. Webber died in 1810 and although his term was short his colleagues mourned the loss of a learned, faithful, industrious, and pious President. The inscription on his grave in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery notes in Latin that he was a native of Byfield. The School still has many relationships with Harvard College, but of course, never since these early years have they been quite so close. Although today Gover- nor Dummer Academy is proud of the diversity of its collegiate interests on the part of students and faculty alike, it treasures these early associations with the country's oldest College. THE MILESTONE, having presented another hirtorical feature article, concur: with Herman Melville in the saying: And duration is not of the future but W' the part. We are indebted to'Mr. Stephen Stackpole, former member of the Governor Dumrner faculty and now .secretary to the President of Harvard University, for his valuable contribution on the relationship of this school and Harvard College in the early days. I i 9 fi?,..:a-.gv.1'-1Lg.,f,.1-.. ..,. , . ., , --- .-:-13,-:ujigy-.: ' 4' 'YN z.r,..uf,. ,-:,-- 1. i-. a-.:. '.- 1:55-3:g:.ggfq:,,g,fqp1 mag:g:31'ilfj?i?4?55,1LE:5x II

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