HARVARD SIXTY YEARS AGO I do not think Harvard College had changed very much when I entered it on my sixteenth birthday in the year 1842 either in manners, character of students or teachers, or the course of instruction, for nearly a century.

There were some elementary lectures and recitations in astronomy and mechanics.

There was a short course of lectures on chemistry, accompanied by exhibiting a few experiments.

But the students had no opportunity for laboratory work.

There was a delightful course of instruction from Dr.Walker in ethics and metaphysics.