Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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THE ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTED over three centuries ago to formulate and direct Harvard policies, the Corporation, Board of Overseers, and President are the backbone of University administration. The Corporation, established as the primary governing board under the Charter of 1650, now consists of five Fellows, the President, and Treasurer. This group is authorized to elect its own successors in perpetuity, to fashion rules for conducting the work of the University, and to hold the University property. It is also empowered to appoint the teaching staffs, subject only to the approval of the Overseers. For almost two hundred years in New England, the Corpo- ration meant that of Harvard University which was the corporation par ex- cellence. The Corporation is a very intimate and friendly body quite different from the ordinary board of directors. The conscientiousness of the Corporation is such that it disturbs the secretary who is anxious to finish an over crowded docket. Every detail is always more than thoroughly discussed. The small size of the Corporation and the attitude of its members produce discussion rather than debate. N o member represents a single line of thought or interest, or in- deed, does anything but advise the president, the Corporation's only expert. A prudent president will present every issue to the Corporation so fairly that they will be unable to determine which solution he favors. In this way, he may avail himself of their fresh and impartial judgment. The Corporation is the embodiment of the principle that in discussion there is usefulness. About sixty yC3fl'S ago, no member outside the Boston area was appointed because of frequent meetings and difficulties in transportation. All of the present members are lawyers except Dr. Roger I. Lee, recently elected president of the American College of Physicians. Although 11ot liberal politically, these men are liberal minded. For although they may disagree with what one says, they will defend to the death one's right to say it. The charge that the Corporation is the spokes- man of big business is somewhat analagous to the charge that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 represented the vested interests of their day. The answer to both charges is somewhat the same: in spite of their respective backgrounds both the founding fathers and the Corporation can point with pride to a record of fairness and liberality. It was onee charged that J. P. Morgan controlled Yale, and Lee Higginson Company, Harvard. CAt the same time, three of the five Fellows were members of that firm.D The Higginson members '54 4 3 af Int' uf,-as Y .rf tv Y 1 ' iw.. -. f -1... ' A ,mv : nl., or wwf -f y? - ' ' 'egg ,,,,,?i'?uWi' jf Q.w'.3j1L4 'mi-1 ia? - .L we . --'.p'g?ll1giig 'gf' Pt, :N m,x,l,,, . ,,,, .1 M .,. I ,g...,.,..,, , 4, ., na. '. cy l, f v on 2,7 h 1.7, L, iw, , r, '1,,gwig le f z j,ggm I A , fx? r LW ...- ,lf 'dxf .r 7 . '1l'.'lf -5 ' . 'Zi H ., :iff x fo ' f . , , ' 1' .3,,r,,.1 '-'ml ax if ,L , i , 2-..,..,5 wg, 'v - .b g . i.wi.as.,. ww- -.V f- X02 r,w.,:e-ti i.7is.,c I iff' ' 3 7 'wiifeiz 'v.'WLmf4:tfl' ' 1, , , f ' V - 3 Q i ng' 4' A153--,f 4 ' il f, Acxfiav ' ' ' 45'-fs ' ,, ,,,, if., ,M , , ,ffv 4 , , 15 V ,g r ,V E l gar, - 1 .5-if 1. - t, ,M GEORGE HENRY CHASE ALFRED CHESTER HANFORD WILLIAM SCOTT FERGUSON Pnlljq I,.H-D., Lm-T,D- l,II.D., LL.D. PILD., LL.D., LI'l l'.D. Dean of the University John E. Hudson Dean of lln1'v:u'd College, Professor of Dean of the lfnculty of Arts and Scu nus Professor of Archeology and Curator of Government and Melman Professor of Ancient and Classical Antiquities Mflflcrll lIlSt0l'.Y -I PAC! 21