#john harvard

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Harvard College was named after clergyman John Harvard on March 13, 1639.

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Villanelle for an Anniversary

Seamus Heaney

A spirit moved. John Harvard walked the yard, The atom lay unsplit, the west unwon, The books stood open and the gates unbarred.

The maps dreamt on like moondust. Nothing stirred. The future was a verb in hibernation. A spirit moved, John Harvard walked the yard.

Before the classic style, before the clapboard, All through the small hours of an origin, The books stood open and the gate unbarred.

Night passage of a migratory bird. Wingflap. Gownflap. Like a homing pigeon A spirit moved, John Harvard walked the yard.

Was that his soul (look) sped to its reward By grace or works? A shooting star? An omen? The books stood open and the gate unbarred.

Begin again where frosts and tests were hard. Find yourself or founder. Here, imagine A spirit moves, John Harvard walks the yard, The books stand open and the gates unbarred.

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Tiger Tuesday: Princeton’s tiger with the other Ivy League mascots, as well as the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant, on the cover of the Princeton-Cornell football program, September 22, 1984. The pictured Ivy League mascots consist of: Murderous Quaker (Penn) Leo Columbiae (Columbia, now named “Roar-ee”) Touchdown/Big Red Bear (Cornell) Bruno the Bear (Brown) Handsome Dan (Yale) John Harvard (Harvard) Tiger (Princeton) Big Green (Dartmouth)

Athletic Programs Collection (AC042), Box 10

The entire Tiger Tuesday series

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2007-2009 at Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Americans_series

Stamps of the series, ordered by denomination:

1¢ Dorothea Dix (released September 23, 1983)

1¢ Margaret Mitchell (released June 30, 1986)

2¢ Igor Stravinsky (released November 18, 1982)

2¢ Mary Lyon (released February 28, 1987)

3¢ Henry Clay (released July 13, 1983)

3¢ Paul Dudley White, M.D. (released September 15, 1986)

4¢ Carl Schurz (released June 3, 1983)

4¢ Father Flanagan (released July 14, 1986)

5¢ Pearl S. Buck (released June 25, 1983)

5¢ Hugo Black (released February 27, 1986)

5¢ Luis Muñoz Marín (released February 18, 1990)

6¢ Walter Lippmann (released September 19, 1985)

7¢ Abraham Baldwin (released January 25, 1985)

8¢ Henry Knox (released July 25, 1985)

9¢ Sylvanus Thayer (released June 7, 1985)

10¢ Richard Russell (released May 31, 1984)

10¢ Red Cloud (released August 15, 1987)

11¢ Alden Partridge (released February 12, 1985)

13¢ Crazy Horse (released January 15, 1982)

14¢ Sinclair Lewis (released March 21, 1985)

14¢ Julia Ward Howe (released February 12, 1987)

15¢ Buffalo Bill Cody (released June 6, 1988)

17¢ Rachel Carson (released May 28, 1981)

17¢ Belva Lockwood (released June 18, 1986)

18¢ George Mason (released May 7, 1981)

19¢ Sequoyah (released December 27, 1980)

20¢ Ralph Bunche (released January 12, 1982)

20¢ Thomas H. Gallaudet (released June 10, 1983)

20¢ Harry Truman (released January 26, 1984)

20¢ Virginia Apgar (released October 24, 1994)

21¢ Chester Carlson (released October 21, 1988)

22¢ John J. Audubon (released April 23, 1985)

23¢ Mary Cassatt (released November 4, 1988)

25¢ Jack London (released January 11, 1986)

28¢ Sitting Bull (released September 14, 1989)

29¢ Earl Warren (released March 9, 1992)

29¢ Thomas Jefferson (released April 13, 1993)

30¢ Frank C. Laubach (released September 2, 1984)

32¢ Milton Hershey (released September 13, 1995)

32¢ Cal Farley (released April 26, 1996)

32¢ Henry R. Luce (released April 3, 1998)

32¢ Lila & DeWitt Wallace (released July 16, 1998)

35¢ Charles Drew (released June 3, 1981)

35¢ Dennis Chavez (released April 3, 1991)

37¢ Robert Millikan (released January 26, 1982)

39¢ Grenville Clark (released March 20, 1985)

40¢ Lillian Gilbreth (released February 24, 1984)

40¢ Claire Chennault (released September 6, 1990)

45¢ Harvey Cushing, M.D. (released June 17, 1988)

46¢ Ruth Benedict (released October 20, 1995)

50¢ Chester W. Nimitz (released February 22, 1985)

52¢ Hubert Humphrey (released June 3, 1991)

55¢ Alice Hamilton, M.D. (released July 11, 1995)

55¢ Justin S. Morrill (released July 17, 1999)

56¢ John Harvard (released September 3, 1986)

65¢ H. H. "Hap" Arnold (released November 5, 1988)

75¢ Wendell Willkie (released February 16, 1992)

77¢ Mary Breckinridge (released November 9, 1998)

78¢ Alice Paul (released August 18, 1995)

$1.00 Bernard Revel (released September 23, 1986)

$1.00 Johns Hopkins (released June 7, 1989)

$2.00 William Jennings Bryan (released March 19, 1986)

$5.00 Bret Harte (released August 25, 1987)

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We have a Harvard history post today in honor of our 366th Commencement. If you’re on campus, or have visited our campus, you’re aware of the John Harvard statue in front of University Hall, one of the primary spots for tourists to visit (along with our library). We learned recently that the statue hasn’t always been in its current location. It used to sit near Memorial Hall, seen in the background of the top photo, rather than its current location in front of the ivy-covered wall that can be seen in the bottom photo.

Congratulations class of 2017! (Sorry about the rain.)

From: Official Guide to Harvard University (1899)

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Tiger Tuesday: Cartoon by Don Miller ’55 in the Daily Princetonian for November 6, 1953.

The entire Tiger Tuesday series

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Harvard College was named after clergyman John Harvard on March 13, 1639.