%4 ^> c,^<^ .s ^>. .^^ .^-^ ^*. \. ' 'K^. % .<,^' & \°°^ ^' .0^ ^-^ ^*. ^^■ .^' ■'^r. -:■ 4 \j '^^\ .\i> "^^ xC"^- "-^^ .^^' >v <■ 1 ^6 'b > ^^ .^^^ }^ <:> '/ ^o >^ •"'^^. x^^^ N^^x \^^^ ^. .<• I FINAL REPORTS OF THE Building Committee AND OF Cl^e Zvtamvn OF THE Harvard Memorial Fund TO THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTY, 26 June, 1878. CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. 1878. FINAL REPORTS OF THE Building Committee AND OF ^Ue ^uamtn OF THE Harvard Memorial Fund TO THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTY, 26 June, 1878. CAMBRTSgE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. 1878. 7/ REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE, PREPARED BY ITS CHAIRMAN. 'T^HE MEMORIAL HALL in Cambridge, as is generally known, was substantially completed in the latter part of June, 1875, at which time the usual ceremonies of Com- mencement Day were held in its Sanders Theatre, the last portion of the structure that had remained unfinished ; and it is quite possible that the general public, and even its spe- cial friends, were satisfied to know the fact from inspection, and do not care to learn the details of its history from the Committee under whose auspices the building was erected. And yet there has been something so precious and even sacred in this undertaking ; the structure is so commanding by its size and so peculiar in many of its features, its several parts have proved to be so well adapted to the uses for which they were designed, and, more than this, its walls and halls are so impregnated already with memories and associations that are, and must continue to be, dear to all who venerate patriotism, learning, or public service, that some sketch of its rise and progress, if not for present use, at least for future reference, would seem to be proper and even necessary. The first suggestion of "some memorial of the Sons of Harvard who had fallen in the War" was made, it is believed, by the late Ex-President James Walker in the course of a public address, delivered by him as early as 1863 before a large audience gathered at Cambridge ; and, like every thing else that proceeded from that venerated man, it made a deep impression upon the minds of all who heard it. Owing to the troubled state of the times, however, no action in relation to it was taken before the I2th of ]\Iay, 1865. when, in pursu- ance of a public invitation, a meeting of the graduates of the Collec^e was held in Chickerinsf's Rooms on Tremont Street in Boston to consider the subject. It was fully attended ; and the Hon. Charles G. Lorixg, who had called it, was made its chairman, and addressed it with earnestness and power. His remarks on the propriety and even necessity of erecting some permanent testimonial to the Sons of Harvard who had fallen in the War were received without a dissenting voice. But a suggestion of his at the close, that there were other objects than this special one which deserved consideration, — that the College had long been in great need of a dining-hall for the Alumni, and a theatre for exhibitions and Commence- ment exercises, and that he hoped it would be possible to erect some building which should furnish a fitting memorial, and at the same time provide for these wants, — gave rise to a general expression of feeling and opinion ; and it became quite evident that, whilst some faA'ored his views, there were others who thought that the combination of any object, how- ever important in itself, with that of the proposed memorial, would be altogether inappropriate and inexpedient. The dis- cussion closed by the appointment of a committee of nine persons, with Mr. Lorixg as chairman, to consider and report upon the whole subject. This Committee had several meetings, and on July 14 made an elaborate report, which was subsequently printed. In it they state " that, although a considerable diversity of opinion originall)^ existed, and may to some extent continue to exist, among their members, a large majority, after long discussion, are of opinion that a memorial hall is the most desirable form, not only as best embracing all the purposes of any mere monument, but as securing at the same time the combination with them of numerous sacred and interesting past and future associations, of which no other form can possibly admit." And they go on to discuss in full and seriatim the various propositions suggested by the minority, with their merits and defects, and close with the following Resolution : " That in the opinion of the graduates of Harvard College a memorial hall, constructed in such a manner as to indicate in its exter- nal arrangements the purpose for which it is chiefly designed, in which statues, busts, portraits, medallions, and mural tab- lets, or other appropriate memorials, may be placed, com- memorative of the graduates and students of the College who have fallen, and of those who have served, in the army and navy during the recent Rebellion, in conjunction with those of the past benefactors and distinguished sons of Harvard now in her keeping, and with those of her sons who shall here- after prove themselves to be worthy of the like honor, will be the most appropriate, enduring, and acceptable commemora- tion of their heroism and self-sacrifice ; and that the con- struction of such a hall, in a manner to render it a suitable theatre, or auditorium, for the literary festivals of the College, and of its filial institutions, will add greatly to the beauty, dig- nity, and effect of such memorials, and tend to preserve them unimpaired, and with constantly increasing associations of interest to future ages." The Report and Resolution having been accepted and adopted by the meeting were, by its order, presented to the Association of the Alumni on Commence- ment Day, July 19; and, after brief discussion, were, by this body, referred to a Committee of Fifty with full powers, and with power to fill vacancies, the Hon. Charles G. Loring being made their chairman. The Committee of Fifty held several meetings, at which the question of " a monument or a memorial hall " was fully and ably discussed ; but, without final decision, they sub- mitted it to a sub-committee of six, who on September 23 reported in favor of the latter, and at the same time pre- sented the plan of a building by Messrs. Ware & Vax Brunt, estimated to cost $73,000.; and. on motion of Dr. Walker, their report was adopted. At a subsequent meeting on September 30. the Committee of Fifty voted " that the proposed hall be built to embrace all the purposes needed, and that a monument to those students and graduates who have fallen in the war be erected in some appropriate part of the same, and that the sub-committee be authorized to employ as architects Alessrs. WaPvZ & Van Bruxt." On December 12, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-committee, the design offered by these gentlemen was accepted unanimously ; and a vote was passed " that meas- ures be taken to raise the sum required." At this meeting, also, the following committees were ap- pointed : a Committee 01 Finance, consisting of twelve per- sons ; a Buildir.g- C::"n::::ee of nve: and a Committee of four, to draw up an appeal to the Alumni and the friends of the College. This appeal was accordingly made, and, with the signatures of aU the members of the Committee of Fifty attached to it, was printed, and extensively circulated under the date of Februar}- 12, 1866 ; and on Commencement Day. July 26, it was laid before the Alumni, accompanied b}* an elevation and ground plan, and a description of the design by the architects. In the mean time, the Committee of Fift}' had made appli- cation to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for a site for the proposed building on the college grounds ; and, having received from that Corporation the following vote, passed January 20, 1866, "that they approve the plan sub- mitted, and. when sufficient m.eans are pro^^ded, will author- ize the erection of the building on s:n.e suitable site in or near the college grounds, and viiM appropriate f;r its construction the .funds received from the late Charles Sanders, provided, and so lar as. the purposes to which the building is devoted are consistent with the conditions of Mr. Sanders's will," they, on July 14, 1866, appointed a joint committee, consisting of the Building and Central Finance Committees, to select and procure a site. And at the same meeting they passed the following important vote : " That the Building Committee have full power, after a site shall have been procured, to pro- ceed to the erection of a building in general accordance with the plan adopted by the whole Committee on December 12, 1865, with such modifications as may, in their judgment, be ren- dered necessary by the site selected and other considerations." This vote, by its terms, it will be seen, gave to this Committee full power to modify the design according to its discretion ; and that such was its intent more fully appears from the report of the chairman of the Committee of Fifty to the Alumni, in which it is said "that a literal conformity to this plan is not required, but, on the contrary, that all mod- ifications required by convenience, architectural principles, and good taste, are clearly within the discretion of the Com- mittee, as always necessarily implied in any general plan for the accomplishment of the purposes for which it was designed," and that "changes in its peculiar features, in its elevations, ornamental designs, and proportions, are all within the scope of the powers of the Building Committee, who are under a responsibility in the matter to the present age and to posterity, which may safely be relied upon as securing a faithful, successful, and honorable discharge of their high trust." The Finance Committee organized themselves permanently on January 27, 1866, by the appointment of Amos A. Law- rence as Chairman, and Henry Lee, Jr., as Treasurer ; and, at their second meeting, having received from Theodore Lyman, of the Class of 1855, ^^^ offer to be one of twenty, each to subscribe five thousand dollars, they set to work with zeal and vigor to canvass the public ; and in July their treasurer was able to report subscriptions to the amount of $177,770, 8 classified as follows: from Alumni, $122,420; from the families of Alumni, $2,500; from friends of the College who are not Alumni $52,850. Certainly a noble and most gen- erous response to the call which had been made, and a striking proof of the sympathy and feeling of the public in regard to this undertaking. It is due to this Committee to say that, to their good judgment, perseverance, and untiring activity, the College is mainly indebted for this noble structure ; for, evidently, with- out the funds procured by them, the Committee of Fifty and this Building Committee, with all their plans and endeavors, would have been entirely useless. And, among its members, it is just to add that no one was more conspicuous for zeal and success than the late lamented Stephen M. Weld, of the Class of 1826. By the terms of the subscription, all sums of one thousand dollars, or more, were allowed to be paid in five annual instal- ments ; the first instalment being payable on January i, 1,867, and the last on January i, 1872, with interest on the same, if not promptly paid. And this provision, though deemed by the Committee essential to the success of the project, neces- sarily led, as will be seen, to great embarrassment and delay in the progress of the work. In the mean time, the Joint Committee on the site had met with an unexpected difficulty. After a very careful survey of the college grounds, they had come to the unanimous conclu- sion that the Delta, so called, offered the only suitable place for the proposed building, and had asked the consent of the Corporation to its appropriation to this purpose ; but this body, after much deliberation, decided that they could not grant it, except upon the condition " that the Committee should procure for the College a suitable playground in some other con- venient locahty." This decision was as serious in its results as it was unanticipated. It involved much additional labor and a large unforeseen expenditure. It must delay, it might 9 put an end to, the undertaking. The Committee tried to have it reconsidered, on the ground that the Corporation had previously voted to provide "a suitable site" for the building on their grounds, and that, in the opinion of the Committee, the Delta was the only one to which that term could properly apply, but without effect. They then resurveyed the grounds ; but, coming to the same result as before, they set seriously to work to see if they could comply with the condition which had been imposed upon them. After much trouble and vexa- tion, they succeeded, near the close of the year 1867, in pur- chasing a suitable lot of land, called the Jarvis Field, and lying on both sides of Oxford Street, for the sum of ^33,974.95. It contained 277,096 square feet ; and of this amount they set off 226,629 feet, lying west of this street, for the college play- ground; and the remaining 50,467 feet, lying east of it, they reserved for future sale for the benefit of the Building Com- mittee, the deed being put in the name of J. I. Bowditch, Amos A. Lawrence, and Henry Lee, Jr., as Trustees, until final arrangements could be perfected. An attempt to raise the amount of the purchase by sub- scription having produced only two thousand dollars, the whole cost of the land, with this exception, was paid from the funds received from the subscriptions for the erection of the build- ing, in the hands of the treasurer. The draft made on the treasury by this transaction convinced the Building Committee that there would not be sufficient funds on hand, within a year or two, to justify the commencement of the work ; and, in consequence, Mr. Ware, one of the architects, with their consent, went to Europe, in the hope that his inquiries and observations would prove of use to them. The Finance Com- mittee, however, neither discouraged nor wearied, continued their laborious efforts without interruption, and, as their records show, with large success. The Building Committee held its first meeting on May 17, 1866, but, in consequence of the above purchase of land, were lO not called together again until the autumn of 1868, during which and the following winter they, with Mr. Charles W. Eliot as a new member, Mr. Turner Sargent having re- signed, held many and protracted meetings, at which the revised plans and estimates of the architects, and the whole subject-matter in its details and relations, together with the best mode of procedure, were carefully considered. Having at last arrived at some definite conclusions, they, on the 15th of May, 1869, made, through their chairman, a Report, accom- panied by plans, estimates, and specifications, which were laid before the Finance, and subsequently the General, Committee for consideration and approval. In this Report, they state " that they had seriously set them- selves to work to perfect and carry out in detail the plan approved by the Alumni, but that it soon became apparent that, in some essential respects, it would not answer the uses for which it had been designed. In their opinion, both the dining-hall and the theatre were too small, and the approaches to the latter contracted and inconvenient. The principal doorway of the edifice was wanting in strength and effect, the tower was too narrow on the front and too wide on the sides, and the monumental character attempted to be given to the exterior western hall was justly liable to the criticism it had received. They had therefore, after long deliberation, come to the conclusion that it was necessary to enlarge the original plan, and to transfer, as far as possible, the memorial character of the north-westerly end of the building to the Central Tower, and at the same time to form within it a Central Vestibule leading to all parts of the edifice, which, by its size, position, and architectural structure and orna- mentation should make a suitable Memorial Hall, and give to this cherished feature the prominence and significance it ought to possess throughout the building." To the consideration and perfection of this extended design, the Committee say that they and the architects have given no II inconsiderable time and thought, and now present it, with the accompanying detailed drawings, specifications, and estimates, as the best and final result of their joint labor; their only regret being that, owing to the greater size of the building and the greatly increased prices for labor and material, the cost of carrying it out will very largely exceed the estimate made in 1865, and their own previous expectations. They then go on to state that they have carefully examined the figures given to them by the architects, which are based on proposals received from contractors deemed by them to be competent and reliable, and are compelled to estimate the cost of erecting the structure, as now matured, at a sum, in round numbers, not less than ^400,000, whilst they find that the funds on hand and in prospect on April i, 1869, as appears from the account of the treasurer, are only ^278,384. "In considering the question how, with these resources, a building whose final cost will probably be so large can be erected," the Committee declare, " they undoubtedly have had a difficult problem to solve, but that, after long and mature consideration, they have come unanimously to the conclusion that in this case the question is really one of time only, the accumulation of the invested funds alone on hand at this date, if kept properly invested, being sufficient to build and complete the building, as now matured, with certainty, within ten or twelve years, and they are quite confident that the honor and benefit which will accrue from the possession of such a dining-room, theatre, and memorial hall as these plans contemplate, will prove to be ample justification and compen- sation for any necessary delay, even if it should extend to the period named." They then go on to prove the soundness of the conclusions at which they had arrived by presenting a detailed calcula- tion in figures, showing that the invested funds on hand on April I, 1869, exclusive of the Sanders Fund, subject to an 12 annuity, and the land for sale on Oxford Street, would, if compounded at seven per centum interest, produce the sum of $404,569.93, on the ist of April, 1880; and, therefore, "that the real question before them is not whether the funds within their control will ultimately meet the cost of the building, but how and when they should begin the work." And on this point they present two propositions, each of which is accompanied by statements and calculations in detail : — 1. To begin in 1870 the Dining and Memorial Hall, and finish them in 1873, provided that 325,000 can be obtained during the year 1869, by subscription or otherwise, in re- payment of the money advanced for the playground ; and to leave the theatre and the crowning tower to be finished from the Sanders Funds and the proceeds of the land east of Oxford Street, with their accumulations, on or before 1883. 2. To wait until 1874, when the fund, with its accumula- tions, Avill be sufficient to meet the entire expenditure, and then to begin the work, and complete it in 1877. The above Report, having been fully discussed by the Committee on Finance, was, on ]\Iay 22, 1869, accepted, and the following vote passed: "That it is expedient to build the memorial and dining halls as soon as is warranted by the funds at command for that purpose ; and to leave the erection of the theatre and the completion of the crowning tower of the building until the required amount is made up by the accu- mulation of the Sanders bequests and the proceeds of the land east of Oxford Street." At the same meeting, the treasurer was authorized to pay out money for building the memorial and dining halls upon the joint order of the chairman of the Finance and of the Building Committees ; and a committee was raised to confer with the Corporation of the College in relation to a contribution from their funds towards the cost of the new playground. 13 The Report was also subsequently submitted to the Com- mittee of Fifty, who on June 7 passed the following votes : '* That they approve the action of the Committee of Finance looking to an early beginning of the dining and memorial halls, according to the architectural plans and estimates submitted by the Building Committee, and that they have power to fill any vacancies which may occur in their number." They also requested their chairman, now the Hon. John G. Palfrey, to prepare a report of their doings thus far, to be submitted to the Association of the Alumni at their annual meeting on the succeeding Commencement Day, which duty he performed with his usual ability ; and the whole design and plan of procedure, as now changed and agreed upon, were duly approved and accepted by that body. In answer to the application of the Committee on the new playground, the Corporation of the College, after due con- sideration of the facts of the case, agreed, on June 5, 1869, to contribute towards its cost the sum of $15,000, which was subsequently received by the treasurer of the Finance Committee. The whole design and mode of procedure having thus been definitely settled by all the parties in interest, the Building Committee, during the remainder of the year, were seriously engaged in revising and perfecting in detail their plans and estimates, and in receiving and considering proposals from contractors. And on January 20, 1870, having found the funds within their control to be over $200,000, they voted *' to begin the dining and memorial halls in the coming- spring, in accordance with the scheme heretofore adopted by them and indorsed by the Committee of Fifty." Contracts were at once entered into, and preparations for work commenced ; and, on the 6th of October following, the cellar of these halls having been excavated, their foundations securely and properly laid with stone, the underpinning set, and a rough flooring placed over the whole, the corner- stone, in which was inserted a square copper box containing various documents and papers, was duly laid with appropriate ceremonies and exercises, and in accordance with the follow- ing programme : — 1. Luther's Psalm. F. H. Hedge. 2. Prayer by Rev. Phillips Brooks. 3. Report of the Building Committee and of the Committee of Fifty; Response by the President of the Alumni, Hon. William Gray; Laying of the Stone. 4. Hymn by Oliver W. Holmes. 5. Address by the Hon. E. Rockwood Hoar. 6. Chorus from the Oratorio of St. Peter. J. K. Paine. 7. Benediction by the Rev. Dr. Hill. The assemblage was large, and the whole occasion rendered especially imposing by the presence, in addition .to the offi- cers, students, and graduates of the College, of the Governor and his staff, the United States Senators Sumner and Wil- son, ]\Iajor-Generals ]\Ieade and Burnside and their staffs, and many other distinguished men. The copper box referred to above contained two copies of " ]vIemorials of the Sons of Harvard who fell in the War," a Triennial Catalogue of 1869, and an Annual Catalogue of 1870. The foundations of the building being properly secured from the effects of the coming winter, no further work was done until the spring of 1871, when contracts to the amount of 383,266 were concluded, and the erection of the exterior walls of the Dining Hall was begun and completed, and that portion of the building roofed in and slated late in the autumn of that year. On March 2, 1872, the architects presented detailed plans and specifications of work for the completion of the external walls, not only of the central portion of the building and its 15 four small towers, but also of the great tower, which, as well as the theatre, in the original plan of procedure, it was not proposed to erect until the Sanders Funds, with their accumula- tions, had become sufficient to meet the expenditure; and the Building Committee approved them, and authorized their chair- man to execute contracts therefor to the amount of ^87,145.45. The work was accordingly commenced, and finished in the course of the year. On March i, 1873, this Committee, being assured that the fund known as the Gift of the Class of 1807, and now amount- ing to ^7,817.01, was at their disposal, that the treasurer would, on February 28, 1874, have ^50,000 in his hands, and that the lands remaining for sale on the east side of Oxford Street might be made to yield at least $12,000 during the year, felt warranted in undertaking to finish the interior of the two parts of the building already erected, and voted " that their chairman execute contracts for the same to the amount of $66,965." During the succeeding months, the work con- templated by this vote went steadily on, and was finished in June, 1874. Of the lands for sale on Oxford Street, 19,270 square feet were sold to the Trustees of the Museum of Com- parative Zoology for the sum of $6,937.20, and the remainder, 31,197 feet, to Amos A. Lawrence for $12,367,17. The inauguration of the portion of the edifice then com- pleted took place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 23, 1874, in the Dining Hall, and was attended by a company of gradu- ates, students, and friends of the College, that filled it to over- flowing. Indeed, so great was the gathering that a large portion of the procession itself, which had assembled in the College Yard, and marched thence to the building, could gain no admittance to it. The sight of this great Hall, with its walls lined with the portraits and busts of graduates and friends, who in times past had deserved to be held in remem- brance by the College, and its floor covered by living repre- sentatives of every profession, age, and sex, who had come i6 here to do her honor, was deeply impressive, and the exercises which followed were appropriate and interesting. They were as follows : — Hallelujah Chorus, from Beethoven's " Mount of Olives." Prayer by the Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D. Chorus from the Oratorio of St. Paul. Mendelssohn. Report of the Building Committee and of the Committee of Fifty, by their Chairman, Chorus from the Creation, " The heavens are telling." Haydn. Address by the Hon. Charles Francis Adams. Hymn written for the occasion by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Benediction by Dr. Bellows (the Rev. James Walker, D.D., who had been selected for this duty, being unable from sickness to appear). Mr. Henrv Lee was Chief Marshal as well on this occasion as on that of laying the corner-stone. The Handel and Hay^dn Society kindly volunteered their services. With the assent of the Building Committee, the College has since been in full possession of the Dining Hall and the Memorial Transept. During the same month, the Committee of Fifty, finding that the original subscription, including interest, had, by rea- son of refusal or inability to make payment, fallen short of its nominal amount by the sum of $27,500, passed a vote " that they proceed, whenever they deem it to be expedient, to raise this amount ; that the Central and Finance Committees be a joint committee on this supplementary subscription, with full power to add to their number ; and that the Building Com- mittee, with the advice of counsel, be empowered to give to the Corporation of the College such use and occupation of the Hall now completed as may be desirable." The Building Committee also voted to accept with grati- tude all proposals of classes for providing memorial windows, the design to be agreeable to the Committee, and the conduct and execution of the work to be in the charge of the archi- 17 tects of the Hall ; and that the Committee approve the plan for filling the Dining Hall windows submitted to them : viz., " that each window shall contain one or more upright figures about the size of life, with an ornamental panel or inscription occupying the ventilator below, all within a border or canopy; and that these figures shall be typical or historical." It -was also declared to be the sense of the Committee that the Corporation of the College might proceed to occupy the completed portion of the building, and fit up the Dining Hall and cellar at their expense, on condition that they should assume all responsibility and risk in relation to insurance. On July II, 1874, it was voted "that the eastern wall of the cloister should be reserved for tablets for the names of those who served in and survived the War." In the month of March, 1875, the joint Committees of Finance and Building, having received subscriptions from thirty-nine individuals to the amount of ^15,550, for the pur- pose of completing the Theatre and aiding the Students' Din- ing Association ; and the President and Fellows of the College having voted, on April 26, 1875, "that its Treasurer be au- thorized to pay to the order of the chairman of the Building Committee of Memorial Hall the sum of ^58,943.25, being the amount, on September i, 1874, of Charles Sanders's gift and bequest for the purpose of erecting a hall or theatre for the use of the College on days of public ceremonial or festivity; and that interest be allowed at the rate of six per cent a year, from September i, 1874, on the above amount, or on such bal- ance thereof as may, from time to time, remain in the Treas- urer's hands," — the Building Committee, on March 26, 1875, voted " that they would proceed to erect the Theatre," and authorized their chairman to sign contracts in accordance with the carefully detailed estimates presented to them by the architects. 3 i8 The work was at once commenced, and has progressed steadily and successfully, the foundation being laid, the walls erected, and the building covered in and slated in October, and the interior begun in November, 1875, and substantially finished in the succeeding June. The whole edifice, as now completed, is 305 feet long from outside to outside and of differing widths ; the Dining Hall being 64 feet 6 inches wide, the Transept 113 feet, and the Theatre 104. The great tower is 190 feet in extreme height, and 34 by 38 feet 6 inches in width. The walls of the dining-room are 42 feet in height, and those of the great tower 138 feet 6 inches. Inside, the Memorial Transept is 103 feet by 29 feet 6 inches, the dining-hall 149 feet by 58 feet 6 inches on the floor, and above the level of the galleries 58 feet 6 inches by 176 feet, seating 1,100 persons ; and the Theatre, 98 feet 6 inches by 85 feet, seating 1,300 persons. Four small toners flank the Memorial Transept, the two eastern containing the approaches to the Theatre, and the two western four rooms, 20 feet by 22 ; one of which is especially appropriated for the use of the Overseers of the College. In the cellar, no provision had been made by this Committee for kitchens, heating apparatus, or other conveniences, as it was not known how far they would be required ; but the Corporation of the College, having determined to try the experiment of allowing undergraduates to take their meals in the dining hall, have amply supplied them ; and this experi- ment, whilst it has greatly added to the daily usefulness of the building, has thus far in no degree lessened or interfered with the cherished and sacred associations which properly belong to it. For the design, both in its original outlines and pro- portions and in its details of construction and ornamenta- 19 tion, as well as for a careful supervision of the entire work from its commencement, the Committee is indebted to the skill and faithful labor of the architects, Messrs. Ware & Van Brunt. In the size and general features of the structure, and especially in the adaptation of its several parts to each other, these gentlemen had serious difficulties to surmount. For to combine three buildings, — a Memorial Hall, a Theatre, and a Dining Room, — each of them important in itself and distinct in use and purpose, in one harmonious composition, and yet to make the memorial feature the predominating characteristic of the whole, was by no means a usual or an easy task. The result of their labors, however, though possibly in this, as in all similar undertakings, justly liable to criticism, we feel assured, public opinion will concur in pronouncing as highly creditable to their architectural ability and good judgment. It is not the province of this Committee to distribute the honor of this undertaking. Nevertheless, it is only just and proper to say here that the University and the public gen- erally are indebted to the Committee of Fifty ; and among its members in an especial manner, as I am confident they will all most cheerfully admit, to the ability, zeal, and untiring activity of its first chairman, the late lamented Charles G. Loring, for the initiation and wise general control and supervision of this enterprise ; to the Central Finance Com- mittee, and conspicuously to their treasurer Henry Lee, for their important and laborious services in soliciting, collecting, and managing the funds required for the erection of the building ; and last, though not least, to the large number of graduates and friends of the University, who so cheer- fully answered the calls made upon them, with generous subscriptions. The amount of money which at various times has been placed within the control of the Building Committee, as ap- pears by the account of Henry Lee, Esq., treasurer, is as follows, viz. : — 20 From graduates $150,784.90 „ Friends who were not graduates . . . . 65,460.00 $216,244.90 „ Interest and profit $73,7oS-03 ,, Guarantee by the Treasurer of funds in his hands 17,201.25 ,, Harvard College on account of the play- ground 15,000.00 „ Dedication fund, balance 112.00 ,, Fund in the hands of Professor Childs . 600.00 106,618.28 „ Sanders Funds : principal on September I, 1874 $5^,943-^5 „ Sanders Funds : Interest to February 4, 1878 5,870.57 64,813.82 $387,677.00 And the total cost of land and building, every bill having been paid, is as follows, viz. : — Of land $13,670.58 „ Dining Hall and Transept . . .$292,511.70 „ Theatre 80,857.08 ■ 373,368.78 387,039-: Leaving on February 5, 1878, in the hands of Henry Lee, Esq., treasurer of the Committee of Fifty, a balance in cash of $637 f -; The original estimate of cost for the entire work in 1869, as may be seen in the Report of the Building Committee in that year, was four hundred thousand dollars ; and it is grati- fying to remark that the total outlay has fallen short of that amount by the sum of twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-four cents. A single duty only remains for your Committee to perform. It is to ask that this Report of their doings may be accepted and they themselves discharged from the labors and responsi- 21 bilities which have so long rested upon them. And this they do in the hope that the building, which has been erected under their auspices, will be regarded as a fitting monument to the dear memories of those graduates and students of the College who gave their lives for their country, and as a gift to the University, valuable for various important uses, but precious, above all, as a perpetual incentive to noble living. All which is respectfully submitted. HENRY B. ROGERS, HENRY LEE, ^^"'^''^""' J. ELLIOT CABOT, THEODORE LYMAN, CHARLES W. ELIOT, Building Co7n?nittee. Boston, March 30, 1878. COMMITTEES. Zl}£ Committre of jpiftn *Charles G. Lorixg (Chairman) Jacob Bigelow *David Sears . . *James Walker John G. Palfrey (Chairman Stephen Salisbury Sidney Bartlett . R. W. Emerson . *Francis C. Lowell Henry B. Rogers William A.^iory . Christopher T. Thayer *Samuel H. Walley . *Stephen ^I. Weld . Robert C. Winthrop *George T. Bigelow . Olr'er Wendell Hol.aies Robert W. Hooper . Thomas G. Appleton JosiAH G. Abbot . . W^A.LDO HiGGINSON . fTHOMAS Wigglesworth *TuRNER Sargent . . Amos A. Lawrence . Henry Lee (Treasurer) Richard H. Dana, Jr. Patrick T. Jackson . Samuel Eliot . . . Edward E. Hale . . *James Lawrence . . Edward N. Perkins Leyerett Saltonstall Francis J. Child . . Charles E. Guild . Charles E. Norton A B. of 1812 jj 1806 1807 1814 5? I8I5 J? I8I7 jj I818 ?5 1821 55 I82I J5 1822 ?? 1823 >J 1824 ?5 1826 5? 1826 M 1828 ?5 1829 ?J 1829 55 1830 55 I83I 55 1832 5» 1833 55 '5 1833 1834 55 1835 55 1836 55 1837 55 1838 55 1839 55 1839 55 1840 55 I84I 55 1844 55 1846 55 1846 23 Charles F. Choate A. B, Samuel Batchelder, Jr h. h. coolidge George Putnam Theodore Lyman (Secretary) George B. Chase John C. Ropes John T. Morse, Jr *Edw. a. Crowninshield Charles F. Folsom William Greenough Richard H. Derby J. InGERSOLL BOWDITCH A.M. *G. Rowland Shaw A.M. William Everett (Secretary) A.B. of 1849 1851 1852 1854 1855 1856 1857 i860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1849 i860 1859 On Aug. 3, 1868, Charles W. Eliot, A.B. 1853, J. Elliot Cabot, A.B. 1840, Samuel A. Green, A.B. 1851, jBenjamin H. Silsbee, A.B. i83i,tFRANCis E. Parker, A.B., and A. J. C. Sowdon, A.B. 1857, were chosen to fill existing vacancies. On July 14, 1866, William Everett resigned as Secretary, and A. J. C. Sowdon was chosen Secretary in his place ; and Sept. 2, 1870, Mr. Sowdon resigned, and Theodore Lyman was chosen in his stead. On Nov. 30, 1867, John G. Palfrey was appointed Chairman, in the place of Charles G. Loring, deceased. [Those who died are designated by an asterisk, and those who resigned by a dagger, against their names.] Butltimg Committee. Henry B. Rogers (Chairman), Turner Sargent, J. Elliot Cabot, Charles E. Norton, Theodore Lyman. On Nov. 30, 1867, Henry Lee was chosen, in place of Turner Sar- gent, resigned ; and on Aug. 3, 1868, Charles W. Eliot was chosen, in place of Charles E. Norton, resigned. 3omt Committee on tf)e ^Site. The Building Committee and the Central Finance Committee. Committee on t\)z Eeport on a permanent JUcmorial. Charles G. Loring (Chairman), James Walker, R. W. Emerson, Henry B. Rogers, Robert W. Hooper, Samuel Eliot, Charles E. Norton, Martin Brimmer, H. H. Coolidge. 24 iFmanrr 3i5-96 2,93^-54 $296,247.50 ^3483-15 702.25 1,09440 1,781.70 2,812.68 60.60 ;i 16,624.61 48,422.25 71,792.40 2,293.00 17, 296. 02 8.925.08 192.00 245.21 5>3i9-5o 1,000.00 $9,93478 )272, 110.07 13.599-63 $9,934.78 $285,709.70 50.00 1,715.62 150.00 ),934-78 $287,625.32 15,62542 ^9.93478 $303.25074 .931-54 $9.93478 ^06,182.28 306.511.56 Balance left $329.28 COST OF SAXDERS THEATRE. ETC.. iS- to iS-S. Ex: Masonn- . Stone . . Granite . Plastering . Carving Less returned Carpenters Painting Roofing Gutters Water Board Pipes . . Iron Work Copper Work Tin Work . Marble Sills Heating Architects, 5;^ on $71.5:3.^0 4,700.00 I 13C.CO 777.00 ! .... 1.200.00 .... 1,014.9; 31,29000 3-53S-5^ 2,40000 533-00 145.00 i5aS 675.00 972.00 560.00 45.00 1,787.00 54621 1. 396- 13 700.65 ■3- J/ ^2,589.22 3-592-65 $2,997.84 $2,997.84 566,181.87 Insurance ; 210.80 Finishing Basement ■ 602.00 Impro^temext to Tower. $66,994.67 Models ....... S200.00 : Copper Work 2,600.00 ' .... 2.S00.00 FiTTIXGS. 566,994.67 ; 55,797.54 Awnings . . SS4-00 . . . SS4.00 | Chandeliers, 2,758.63 ... 2,758 63 j Carpet . . . 489.S7 . . . 489.87 Cushions. . 1,27610 S49 98 1,326.08 Chairs . . . 858.00 . . . ^ 58.00 I Numbers. . 13540 . . . 135.40 I ^,60200 49.98 Heating Apparatus . . . Tablet in Memorial Hall Architects" Commissior.s on 5j Funds. Sanders Fund 564. S13 Professor Child. Sale of 953-73 228.86 $74,780.40 Harvard Biographies . . . Subscriptions from — Alumni 57.350.00 Friends S.200-OO 600. 00 :m ;.:;o.oo Interest -5169. i: Profit . - ^2.;: ;i.62 $6,076.68 $12,948.69 4,83000 777.00 1,200.00 1,014.95 32,686.13 4,239-23 2,400.00 53300 145.00 1248 675.00 972.00 560.00 45.00 2,002.37 546.21 3o92-6i $69,179.71 210.00 602.80 169,992.51 .80000 572,792-51 5,651.98 578,444.49 1,200.00 9S3-73 22S.86 $80,857.08 i;.-;i.62 SSi. 165.44 Ealaxc: 29 SUMMARY OF THE TWO FUNDS, May 14, 1878. Contract. Extras. Total. Harvard Memorial Hall Sanders Theatre Fittings, Improvement to Tower, Heat- ing A])paratus, Tablet in Memorial Hall, &c • • • • Expenses. Printing, Advertising, and Corner-Stone Celebration $277,690.54 66,994 67 $9,93478 2,997.84 $287,625.32 69,992-51 $344,685.21 7,78573 $12,93262 3,078.84 $357,617-83 10,864.57 $352,470-94 2,931-54 $16,011.46 $368,482.40 2,931-54 $355,402.48 15,625.42 $16,011.46 $371,41394 15,625.42 Whence derived. Contributions from — Alumni . . $150,784.90 Friends . . 65,460.00 $216,244.90 Harvard College .... 15,000.00 Sanders Fund 64,813.82 Dedication Day, balance . 112.00 Professor Child, Sale of Harvard Biographies . 600.00 Int. & profit . $73,705-03 Guarantee from Treasurer . 17,201.25 $90,90628 $371,027.90 $16,011.46 $387,03936 $387,677.00 Balance left in hands of Tri USURER $637.64 30 LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO MEMORIAL HALL. ^ I u m n i» 1797. 1802. Levi Lincoln $200 William Minot, for Class . . . 200 Josiah L. Fairbanks, in memorv of John Fairbanks .... 100 I500 1803. James Savage $2000 1806. George W. Lvman . . ., . . $200 1807. David Sears, for Class .... $5000 1810. Octavius Pickering $100 1811. William P. Mason $1000 John C. Gray 1200 Mrs. Charles P. Curtis, in mem- ory of Charles P. Curtis . . 100 Solomon D. Townsend ... 25 Nathaniel L. Frothingham . . 200 Mrs. Thomas G. Cary, in mem- ory of Thomas G. Cary . . . 300 $^5 1812. William T. Andrews .... $1250 Charles G. Loring 1000 Mrs. M. M. Q. Greene, in mem- ory of Benjamin D. Greene . 100 James H. Duncan 50 $2400 1813. Mrs. Anna T. Loring, in memory of William J. Loring . . . $500 1815. J. Amory Lowell $200 John G. Palfrey 100 John P. Bigelow 50 Mrs. Sparks, in memory of Jared Sparks 300 Richard M. Hodges .... 100 ^6750 1816. William H. Gardiner .... 3500 I8I7. Stephen Salisbury . . . . . $6000 1818. Sidnev Bartlett .... . $500 Nathaniel Curtis .... . 250 Sampson Reed .... . . 100 George Osborne .... 75 Frederic A. Farley . . . 25 31 George R. Noyes ^20 William Emerson 15 Francis Brinley 15 $1000 1819. Henry Upham $200 1820. Henry Bartlett ^50 Ezra Stiles Gannett 100 John C. Hayden 100 John Rogers 25 George B. Osborn 50 Daniel H. Peirce 100 William H. Furness .... 25 1821. Francis C. Lowell $200 Class, through Ralph Waldo Emerson 5°° $700 1822. Larz Anderson I2500 Cornelia Loring, in memory of George A. Goddard .... Henry B. Rogers $5700 1823. Russell Sturgis $5000 William Amory 1300 John C. Lee 100 George Leonard 20 George Peabody 200 #6620 1824. Francis Amory $600 Edward lilakc loo Nathaniel Silsbce 100 George Wheatland $100 Christopher T. Thayer . . . 100 E. Hasket Derby 100 Henry C. Perkins 50 Mrs. Horton, in memory of Wil- liam Horton 50 Edward Pickering 50 Charles G. Putnam 50 William Newell 5 George B. Dorr 250 ^1555 1825. William Dwight $1000 Charles Francis Adams . . . 1200 Seth Ames 100 John B. S. Jackson 50 Samuel B. Fales 50 George P. Bradford 20 Thomas Sherwin 50 Frederic H. Hedge 25 Francis Cunningham .... 100 ^2595 1826. Willard Parker $500 Edward Southworth .... 500 Increase S. Wheeler .... 500 Benjamin Cox 500 George Putnam 500 Stephen M. Weld 100 Alexander J. Hamilton ... 50 George F. Haskins 20 William L. Russell 25 Nehemiah Adams 5 Cazneau. Palfrey 5 Julian Abbot 10 Edward Jarvis 25 Charles R. Lowell 100 Oliver Stearns 10 George W. Hosmer 10 John C. Phillips 10 Addison Brown 5 Samuel H. W alley 100 Henry Dyer 100 32 1827. John W. P. Abbot $200 Epes S. Dixwell 50 Edmund Quincy 50 William H. Brooks 25 Alfred Lee 5 I330 1828. Robert C. Winthrop .... $500 Edward S. Rand 250 Oliver Prescott 25 Jacob Caldwell 3 1829. George T. Bigelow . . Charles S. Storrow . . M. P. Stickney . . . James Freeman Clarke Oliver Wendell Holmes F. B. Crowninshield James S. Amory . . . James Thurston . . . George W. Richardson Francis A. Foxcroft George T. Davis . . . E. Linzee Cunningham 1830. Henry W. Sargent . Robert W. Hooper . Robert H. Gardiner Jonathan W. Bemis G. Washington Warren Joseph Lyman Thomas C. Amory . J. Mason Warren Charles Sumner . . James Dana . . . Nathan W. Munroe John Pickering . Charlemagne Tower $778 $700 100 5 50 100 100 300 10 100 10 100 10 585 ;iooo 700 50 50 100 50 50 50 100 50 10 50 100 ;2^6o I83I. Thomas G. Apple ton . . . . Iiooo George C. Shattuck . . . . 1000 George A. Bethune . . . . . 100 J. Lothrop Motley . . . . . 100 Hermann B. Liches . . . . . 100 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff . . . . 50 John H. Morison . . . . . 25 $2375 1832. Josiah G. Abbott J. Sullivan Warren . Hetaireia of Class 1832 John Holmes . . . Lewis Colby . . . William C. Appleton James A, Treat . . William W. Wellingtc Samuel Osgood . . John Parkman . . Augustus Story . . Horatio Bigelow , . Henry Wheatland . Alanson Tucker Estes Howe . . . Stephen Salisbury . John M. Bethune Oliver C. Everett Richard Soule . . Francis J. Humphrey LeBaron Russell . . John T. Morse . . William Silsbee . . Horace Dupee . . John S. Dwight . . William Warland . Richard M. Chapman $1000.00 100.00 610.23 50.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 25.00 100.00 100.00 25.00 50.00 25 00 25.00 50.00 50 00 25.00 25.00 15.00 10 00 15.00 100.00 I2760.23 1833. George W. Amory . . . . $1000 William Whiting . . • ■ 500 Waldo Higginson • • 50 Nathaniel S. Tucker . . • . 25 David S. Greenough . . . 100 George E. Ellis . . . . . 100 33 William Mack I50 William D. Peck 25 Charles W. Hartshorn ... 50 John C. Lyman 50 John H. Dix ....... 100 John O. Stone 150 William M. Prichard .... 100 Samuel P. Andrews 10 C. Minot Weld 25 William P. Jarvis 50 Thomas Wigglesworth . . . 200 $2585 1834. Turner Sargent $1300 Charles E. Ware . . 100 Benjamin E. Getting 100 Samuel M. Felton . 100 Samuel W. Rodman 100 Thomas Donaldson . 50 C. Breck Parkman . 50 Thomas Cushing . 100 Isaac Hinckley . . 50 Henry Gassett . . . 50 John W. Randall . 50 Joseph H. Williams 100 Hiram Wellington . 50 Joseph Sargent . . 50 $2250 1835. Amos A. Lawrence $5000 Anna Cabot Lodge, in memory of George Cabot 1000 William R, Robeson 1000 George Bemis . . . 500 E. Rockwood Hoar . 100 John H. Eliot . . . . 250 Charles H. Parker . TOO Charles V. Bemis . 50 James L. Goodridge 50 Joseph S. Beal . . 25 James Ritchie . . . 25 Thomas M. Brewer . ID Charles W. Palfrey . ID Naaman L. White . 25 Theodore H. Dorr . 15 Frederic A. Eustis . 50 Charles W. Storey $50 Henry Lyon 100 H. G. O. Blake 15 John A. King 100 I8475 1836. Henry Lee, Jr $1000 Samuel G. Ward ...... 500 William Minot, Jr 100 Samuel Cabot 50 Israel M. Spelman 50 John Ruggles 25 1837. John Bacon $200 Nathaniel Holmes 100 C. C. Holmes 100 Samuel Treat 100 William W. Greenough . . . 100 Henry Vose 50 William J. Dale 50 Amos Perry 50 Henry Williams 50 John Weiss 30 Henry J. Bigelow 60 Henry Hubbard 25 Benjamin G. Kimball .... 25 Giles H. Whitney 10 William Allen 10 Daniel Wight 5 Francis Phelps 10 Charles Theodore Russell . . 25 $1000 1838. G. Howland Shaw Patrick T. Jackson Ebenezer Wright Benjamin S. Rotcli James R. Lowell . Edward A. Renouf Benjamin W. Whitney ^2000 500 1000 1000 100 25 $4675 34 1839. C. William Loring $icco John Kebler 50 John Ganson ico George Ha^-ward 50 Alexander C. Washburn ... 50 Edward E. Hale fo Charles M. EUis 30 William E. Townsend .... 33 Samuel Jennison 25 Henry D. Austin 25 Thomas Dawes 5 Francis P. Hurd ico James G. King 100 Charles H. Brigham .... 25 #1660 1840. Joseph H. Allen S2; Charles E. Buckingham 2^ Henrv Bryant .... 200 T. Elliot Cabot . . ICO John Capen . . . -5 William A. Crafts . 20 Joseph M. Churchill 5 John C. B. Davis . 100 Arthur L. Devens . IQO Henry C. Kimball . ID John B. Henck . . -5 Archibald G. King . 100 James Lawrence . . 430 Charles W. Parsons -5 Heryey I. Parker 5 William G. Russell . 100 George P. Sanger . -5 Frederic F. Thayer . . -5 Edward H. Welch . 20 William 0. White . 100 Moses W. Weld . . 50 51515 I84I. Edward X. Perkins 3;co Francis E. Parker 100 Francis Minot 2 ; T. Wentworth Higginson . . 20 William B. Bacon ico Edward H. Clarke ;o James R. Partridge ^30 John Reyere ico John Haven 25 $gjo 1842. Francis M. W'eld, in memory of William Logan Rodman . . $1000 Charles F. Shimmin . . . . 2co T. Prentice Allen 23 Thornton K. Ware 2 ; $1: 1843. Mrs. Caleb A. Curtis, in memory of Charles Frederic Adams Henry D. Sedgwick Horace B. Sargent , James H. Means . , Luther Parks, Jr. , William A. Richardson John G. Sewall . . Frederic R. Sears Alexander W. Thayer Charles C. Perkins . 1844. George F. Parkman . George C. Ward . . Tappan E. Francis . Aaron C. Baldwin - Edward Wheelwright Francis Parkman PhiUp H. Sears . . William G. Prescott George S. Hale . . Charles J. Capen Robert Codman . . George M. Brooks . Samuel S. Greelev . Charles W. Dabney, Jr Edward S. Hoar . . . James P. Treadweli . . Stephen G. Wheatland >200 100 ICO -5 1^3 33 ICO SS30 130 ;3 -3 10 20 50 IC2 23 p22go 35 i845. Manning F. Force ^50 Quincy A. Shaw 200 George P. Upham 200 Charles P. Curtis 100 $550 1846. Sophia Ritchie, in memory Montgomery Ritchie Henry A. Whitney . Calvin Ellis . . . Joshua A. Swan . . Nathan Webb . . Edmund T. Eastman Firancis J. Child . . George F. Hoar . . W. Ellery Sedgwick Charles D. Homans Charles E. Norton . Walter Mitchell . . Isaac I. Cummings . George B. Neal . . Augustus L. Soule . Francis A. Faulkner J. Mason Parker . . William D. Bliss . . Edward S. Philbrick T. Bigelow Lawrence William L. Ropes . • of $500 650 100 50 25 5 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 40 35 25 50 ID* 1000 5 $3045 1848. Henry Saltonstall ^150 Class, through Henry S. Chase, 1000 $1150 1849. Martin Brimmer .... Frederic A. Lane . . . Mrs. Caleb A. Curtis, in mem ory of Horace W. Adams Abbott Lawrence . . . George B. Upton, Jr. . , Charles Follen .... ^5500.00 1000.00 200.00 1700.00 50.00 50.00 Lemuel Shaw . . . Charles F. Choate . Artemas W. Lamson 1850. Augustus Lowell Joseph H. Thayer . T. Jefferson Coolidge $100.00 100.00 41.40 58741.40 $1000 20 400 1851 Samuel Batchelder . Samuel Abbott Green Charles F. Dunbar . William F. Allen . Lucius H. Buckingham Edward H. Hall . . Francis W. Palfrey . Frederic Winsor . . James M. Codman . George O. Shattuck R. Morris Copeland Anson P. Hooker David P. Wilder . . William W. Goodwin Henry W. Haynes . Joseph H. Sprague . George Bliss, Jr. . . Augustus T. Perkins Henry Sigourney . . Arthur Dexter . . 1852. Henry G. Denny . Addison Brown . George H- Fisher James B. Thayer Knyvet W. Sears Horatio Alger . . Caleb D. Bradlee David W. Chccver John E. Hoar . . Charles T. Canfield Joseph H. Choate $1420 $25.00 25.00 50.00 15.00 ro.oo 10.00 10.00 10.00 50-25 50.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 100 00 50.00 50.00 25.00 I655.25 ^50 100 25 75 225 25 50 25 20 5 100 36 Russell M. Williams . . • ST7.50 1855. John T. Perry 25.00 Theodore Lyman S50CO Interest 952 ; H. Sidney Everett . Samuel Johnston Charles A. Gregory . 1000 S752.02 100 50 Charles A. Cutter . ID 1853- j Tames Reed . . . 5 John Q. Adams .... . . Sioo ' Francis C. Barlow . 25 Edward H. Ammidown . . 100 Joseph M. Cushing . . 100 Benjamin C. Clark . . . . . 100 Alex. E. Agassiz . . 250 Francis G. Richards . . . . 100 James A. Emmerton 50 Charles F. Blake .... . . 50 Louis Arnold . 25 Moses H. Day .... ■ • 50 Samuel P. Blake . . 25 John Erving . • 50 Edward I. Browne . Edward King • ■ 50 Joseph C. Hevwood 15 Arthur T. Lyman . . . • • 50 Charles A. Chase 25 Robert S. Rantoul . . . • • .50 Smith Wright . . . 100 Samuel S. Shaw .... • • 50 John B. Tileston . . 10 David H.Ward . . . . . . 50 Joseph Willard . . 10 John D. Washburn . . . • • 50 William Amorv, Jr. 25 Uriel H. Crocker • • 25 George G. Crocker . 100 Aaron D. Weld, Jr. • ■ • • • 25 Isaac P. Wainwright 5 John C. Palfrey . . . . . . 20 Edward P. Thwing . 5 Davies Wilson .... . . 20 W^illiam W. Richards John D Bryant .... . . ID Leonard A. Tones . 15 George W^ Hartwell . . . . 10 Henrv L. Hiscginson 10 Hamilton A. Plill . . . . . 10 Robert T. Paine . . ICO James C. White . . . . . . 12 Edward T- Brown . • 250 \villiam P. Harding . . . . 10 •Tohn Balch .... 25 George S. Paine . . . . . . 8 Randolph M. Clark . 50 Winslow W. Sever . . . • • 25 Toseph Haves . . . 200 Charles W'. Eliot . . . . . 100 Phillips Brooks . . George Dexter . . 50 S112; ICO ~" . . S2000 1854. 57S62 Frederic L. Ames . . . Atherton Blight . . . . ■ • 500 1856. Daniel Denny, Jr. . . . . . 200 John J. Jacobsen . Sioo Leonard J. Wyeth 100 George Putnam, Jr 50 William J. Potter 50 William A. Preston 50 John C. Bancroft 50 Henry Van Brunt 50 David H. Coolidge 50 Augustine W. Thompson ... 25 Charles Thorndike 100 George Blagden 10 William P. Mason 200 1857- James J. Storrow $;o Horace X. Fisher 100 Stanton Blake 50 Samuel Dorr 50 John L. Flagg 50 Zl Franklin Haven, Jr. ^50 James J. Higginson . 50 John C. Ropes . . 50 A. J. C. Sowdon . . 50 Augustus A. Hayes, Jr 30 Francis Bartlett . . 25 John L. Dearborn . 25 George H. Foster . 25 Charles P. Horton . 25 Francis C. Ropes 25 Robert M. Morse, Jr. 25 Solomon Lincoln, Jr. 20 Joseph A. Hale . . 15 Horatio Wood . . 15 Francis H. lirown . 10 Joseph H. Clark . . 10 Charles P. Gorely . 10 John D. Long . . . ID Patrick A. O'Connell 10 Robert D. Smith . . 10 Livingston Stone 10 Charles F. Walcott . 10 Samuel Wells . . 10 Henry J. Stevens 10 Joseph May . . . 3 Francis O. French . . 50 Shepherd Brooks 200 ^1083 1858. Henry W. Foote ^25 Howard F. Damon 25 Hollis Hunnewell 100 Ozias Goodwin 300 George E. Francis 10 Henry B. Adams 50 Gideon Allen 10 William P. G. Bartlett, by his mother 20 Alanson Bigelow 10 Josiah Bradlee 50 Benjamin G. Brown 10 Benjamin W. Crowninshield . 50 James C. Davis 25 George Dexter 25 William H. Dunning .... 20 Robert T. Edes 10 William E. Fette 10 William H. Fox 5 Henry W. Frost . Horace J. Gilbert William G. Gordon Samuel S. Green William A. Kilbourn William F. Milton John B. Noyes JohnC. Phillips . Joseph A. Shaw . John T. Stoddard James D. Thurber John P. Treadwell Henry P. Walcott Sidney A. Williams John Homans, Jr. Robert "N. Toppan Seth M. Murdock Thatcher Magoun, J Charles Fairchild Winslow Warren, Ji 1859. William Everett George W. Bond, in memory of Henry M. Bond William S. Bond Franklin Burgess Loring W. Bailey Francis V. Balch George L. Chaney Edward W. Hooper Charles Chauncey James Gilchrist . Clayton F. Becker John W. Adams . John Winslow Edward Curtis George Draper Amor L. Hollingsworth William R. Huntington William E. Lamb Francis W. Loring Ellis L. Motte John H. Rickctson James A. Rumrill James Schouler . William B. Storer Henshaw B. Wallcy $10 25 20 10 10 20 5 25 5 10 5 10 20 5 20 25 25 25 10 5 11045 $1100 250 250 100 10 25 10 100 20 25 10 5 20 5 100 100 20 25 25 5 100 100 20 25 >5 38 George F. French ^5 Alexander McKenzie .... 10 Fuller family, in memory of Henry W. Fuller 100 Frederic M. Holland .... 5 Frederic S. Grand d'Hauteville, 100 George B. Merrill 25 William Barrett 25 George A. Torrey 25 James A. Savvtell 25 George Baty Blake, Jr. . . . 100 ^5 i860. William S. Appleton . $2500 Descendants of Samuel Eliot, in memory of Charles J. Mills . 5000 William E. Perkins .... . 250 Nancy F. Barstow, in memor) r of Nathaniel S. Barstow . 200 George W. Weld . . . . 700 Charles H. Fiske . . 100 Henry S. Russell . . 100 Julius Dexter .... 100 Francis W. Hunnewell 100 John W. Hunnewell . 100 Frank Haseltine . . . 50 William C. Gannett . 50 Horace Howland . . 50 Edmund Wetmore . . 50 Stephen M. Weld, Jr. . 50 Benjamin F. D. Adams 25 Charles A. Nelson . . 25 Horace J. Hayden . . 25 Charles H. Doe . . . 25 Edward Carter . . . 25 Edward C. Johnson 25 George E. Adams . . 25 Thomas Sherwin, Jr. . 20 Francis M. Weld . . 20 Charles A. Humphreys 20 Francis Hazelton . . 20 Selwin Z. Bowman . . 15 Edward F. Everett . . 5 Wesley O. Holway . . 10 George H. Whittemore 5 George G. Wheelock . . 100 $9790 I86I. Allen F. Boone . H-enry P. Bowditch Elihu Chauncey . John D. Cobb . Minot G. Gage . Wendell P. Garrison Francis W. Hackett Alpheus H. Hardy . Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. John P. Hopkinson . Charles D. Lamb James R. May . . William H. Pettee . Henry Pickering , Benjamin Rand . . Francis T. Richardson Charles C. Salter Edward W. Sanborn James K. Stone . . Richard Stone . . John Ritchie . . . Charles Storrow . . Sidney W. Thaxter . Edward Wigglesworth George F. Works . James E. Wright John L. Bullard . . Franklin Weld . . Thomas H. Knowles Arthur W. Blake . Joseph H. Wales Samuel F. Emmons Edward A. Crowninshield E. Palmer Gould. . Francis W. Lawrence John Bigelow . . . William PI. Forbes . William F. Snow Joseph B. Hardon . Hiram S. Shurtleff . Joseph H. McDaniels Joseph E. Fiske . . Albert Hale . . . Charles L. Bixby Norwood P. Hallowell Stevens G. Cowdrey Joseph H. Senter >5o 39 i862. Gilbert R. Payson $1200 Francis Skinner 5000 Elizabeth C. Tilton, in memory of Samuel C. Haven ... 5 Mrs. Stone, in memory of her son, Goodwin A. Stone . . 100 Class, through William Hedge, 1000 ^7305 1863. Nathan Appleton $2500 Robert Amory . . 25 Edward H. Kidder . 50 Amos L. Mason . . 50 Albert K. Post . . 50 Charles W. Amory . 50 John D. W. French 50 David Pingree . . 50 Arthur Lawrence 50 Edward S. Grew . . 30 Samuel C. Davis , . 30 Henry B. Going . . 25 William G. Field . 10 John T. Hassam . . 5 Clarence H. Denny . 50 Francis L. Higginson 50 William Stackpole . 50 Edward D. Boit . . 100 Charles P. Bowditch 100 William Greenough, Jr 50 George B. Shattuck . SO John Winthrop . . 25 Arthur Lincoln . . 25 ^3475 1864. Robert S. Perkins ^250 William P. Walley 5 Class, through William L. Rich- ardson 1000 1865. George H. Smith $j George W. Swett 25 William L. Tucker 25 Charles H. Tweed 10 Frederic Ware 5 William H. Warren .... $5 Gorham D. Williams .... 50 John H. Bradford 2000 William B. C. Stickney ... 5 George A. Goddard .... 250 Francis E. Anderson .... 10 Robert H. Bancroft 50 George Blight 50 William E. Boardman .... 5 T. Frank Brownell 10 James R. Chadvvick .... 25 John W. Churchill 5 Charles W. Clifford .... 60 Joseph Cook 5 Horatio G. Curtis 50 George W. Dillaway .... 15 Walter H. Dorr 10 Charles J. Ellis 10 Isaac V. French 10 William A. French 50 Alfred Greenough 140 John Greenough 25 Frank M. Hollister 2 Patrick T. Jackson 15 George J. Johnson 10 George H. Mifflin 50 George F. Osgood 10 Henry W. Poor 25 Charles P. Putnam 10 James S. Rogers 5 William Rotch 50 $3073 1866. George D. W^elles $1000 1867. Samuel Hoar $100 1869. Anonymous * . $5 1870. Charles E. Hoar #100 Roger Wolcott 200 #300 New York subscribers, through Frederic A. Lane $1000 40 jFiicntrs, not .^lumui E. Redington Mudge .... S5500 George C. Richardson .... 5500 William F. ^Yeld 5000 Richard Baker, Jr 5000 Oliver Ames 5000 Charles W. Freeland .... 5000 Gardner Brewer 5000 Wigglesworth family .... 2500 James Read 1000 John A. Blanchard 1000 J. Ingersoll Bowditch .... 1200 Alfred Reed 1000 Peter C. Brooks 1000 Samuel May & Sons (Samuel May, John J. May, Fred. W. G. May) 1000 Johnson C. Burrage .... 1000 Alvah A. Burrage 1000 Robert M. Mason 1000 Samuel Batchelder 1000 Samuel Frothingham .... 1000 J. Wiley Edmands 1000 Mrs. Caroline Merriam . . . 1000 James H. Beal 500 John Gardner 500 William Perkins 500 J. Huntington WolcoLt . . . 600 George W. V\'ales 600 Greelv S. Curtis 200 Alexander H. Bullock . . . . Sioo Charles F. Bradford . . . 50 Augustus Woodbury . 10 Mrs. Robert G. Shaw . . . 300 Mrs. Ozias Goodwin . . . 200 iMiss Eliza Goodwdn . . . 200 Miss Marv C. Goodwin . . 200 Miss Lucv Goodwin . . . 200 William Appleton .... 200 Nathaniel Thaver .... 1200 Augustus Whitlock .... 100 Edward Matthews .... 100 Mrs. Nathaniel I. Bowditch . 2500 Henry P. Kidder .... 1000 Miss Charlotte Harris . . . 1000 Otis Norcross 500 James L. Little 500 Hollis H. Hunnewell . . . 500 Mrs. Mary Brewer .... 500 Mrs. Henr^- G. Rice . . . . 300 Mrs. Anna C. Lodge . . . 250 Richard C. Greenleaf . . . 250 William Endicott, Jr. . . . 250 Augustus Flagg 200 Navlor & Co 100 William B. Spooner . . 100 Alexander Cochrane . . . . 50 S65460 41 The Chairman of the Building Committee, in his report, has rehearsed the history of this great undertaking, committed to your hands thirteen years ago by the Association of the Alumni of Harvard College ; from its feeble beginning, through its gradual development, to its triumphant achievement. The hope that this Memorial would be a tribute from the Alumni has not been realized. The gifts of the Alumni have been large, some giving largely of their abundance, and others more largely of their penury ; but the number of givers has been small. Out of four thousand and forty Alumni living during the progress of the work, but eight hundred and nine (only one- fifth) have responded to our annual appeals. Eighteen classes with members living have made no returns. Of the thirty-three hundred and twenty-one apparently irre- sponsive Alumni, many have given what they could, what the dead would have valued most, — their sympathy ; a larger num- ber have voluntarily omitted to contribute to the erection of a building intended to commemorate the self-sacrifice of their brethren. So an appeal had to be made to friends outside the College, who, meeting us cordially, supplemented the subscriptions of the Alumni and completed the building. It was to have been completed by 1880 It was completed and occupied Commencement Day 1876 We were warned that we could not raise $75,000 We have collected subscriptions to the amount of $216,000 We were warned that the building could not be erected for less than $600,000 The architects' estimate was $400,000 It has been most thoroughly built for $360,000 Ten per cent less than the architects calculated, and forty per cent less than the prophets foreboded. The selection of the site, the only College ground which the Committee could conscientiously accept, and, at the same time, 6 42 for many reasons the most appropriate ; the negotiation for the play-ground, by which both parties were benefited ; the successful obtaining and the careful expending of the funds ; the planning, designing, and erecting a building of such vast proportions and such appropriate character, — all testify to the devotion and ability of all the members of your sub-com- mittees, dead and living, as well as of the architects selected by you. My accounts have been audited and pronounced correct by a committee appointed by you ; the balance of ^637.64 I am directed to apply — 1. To the printing and distributing a pamphlet containing my final report and that of the Building Committee. 2. To the printing a revised list of the soldiers and sailors to whom the Memorial Hall is dedicated. The books containing my accounts, and the lists of sub- scribers to the funds, together with my files of vouchers and other papers, are subject to your order ; and, having thus fin- ished the task confided to me, I beg to be discharged. HENRY LEE, Treasurer of the Harvard Me?norial Fund. To Hon. John G. Palfrey, Chair man of the Committee of Fifty . li* 903 M < ■' , V -'^ ^ %^.^' >v V' .^^v^ ^^ •0 N I "ho' .0 N -> ,. * av V. -; »;% .■\-. %-sS^ .A>' 7< ■z'^, - «^ .v>^ '^- : ..w^^' .*^ i^ <^