"HOW HAVE THE MIGHTY FALLEN!"

The Story of Harvard University

It has been observed that Cotton Mather testified that in one generation, Old England had more preachers from New England, than New England had from Old England. The reasons for such profound prestige in so short a time were two fold: its strict adherence to its rules of conduct; and its thorough curriculum.

A spiritual institution never crumbles from without: if it fails, it does so from within. These two pinnacles: its Rules of conduct, and its curriculum, which raised Harvard to such a prodigious height must also prove to be the most protected, for if she fails, it will be because of a relaxation of its Rules and of the quality of its curriculum.

PART II—THE TIME AND ORDER OF STUDIES OBSERVED AT HARVARD --1643

Monday and Tuesday-- read lectures as followeth:

1st year 8:00 A.M. ----Logic, the first three quarters;

2^nd year 9:00 A.M.--- Ethics and Politics

3rd year—10:00 A.M. ----Arithmetic and geometry, the first three quarters, Astronomy, the last quarter

Afternoon:

1st year – 2:00 P.M.--- Disputes

2^nd year – 3:00 P.M.--- Disputes

3^rd year- 4:O0 P.M. ----Disputes

Wednesday-- read Greek:

1^st year – 8:00 A.M. ----Etymology and Syntax

2^nd year – 9:00 A.M. ----Prosodia and Dialects

Afternoon:

1^st year- 2:00 P.M. ---Practice the precepts of grammar in such authors as have variety of words

2^nd year – 3:00 P.M. --- Practice in Poesy

3^rd year – Perfect their theory before noon, and exercise style, composition, imitation, epitome, both in prose and verse, in the afternoon.

Thursday—read Hebrew and the Eastern tongues:

1st year --8:00 A.M. ----Grammar

2nd year --9:00 A.M. ----Chaldee

3rd year --10:00 A.M. ---Syriac

Afternoon:

1st year --2:00 P.M. ----- Practice in the Bible

2nd year --3:00 P.M. ----- Ezra and Daniel

3rd year --4:00 P.M.----- Trostius’ New Testament

Friday --read Rhetoric to all at 8:00 A.M.

9:00 A.M. ----Declamations --Every scholar declaiming once a month

10:00 A.M. ----Rhetoric --through the rest of the day

Saturday --read Divinity Catechetical at 8:00 A.M.

9:00 A.M. ----read Commonplaces

Afternoon:

1:00 P.M. --- read History--in Winter

The sum of every lecture shall be examined before the new lecture be read.

Part III --THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES ISSUED BY HARVARD --1643

Bachelor’s Degree: (First Degree)

Every scholar that on proof is found --

1. Able to read the originals of the Old and New Testament into the Latin tongue, and to resolve them logically, withal being --

3. And at any public act hath the approbation of the overseers and master of the College --

    is fit to be dignified with his first degree.

Master’s Degree: (Second Degree)

Every scholar that --

1. Giveth up in writing a system or synopsis, or summa of logic,

and is ready to defend his theses or propositions, withal skilled in the originals as above said,

8. Approved by the overseers and master of the College at any public act, --

DIVINITY STUDENTS:

As a foundation for divinity, undergraduates studied William-Ames’ Medulla, or Wolleb’s Abridgement of Christian Divinity.

Upon graduating in July, if he wished to prepare himself for the ministry, he usually remained in residence for an additional three years to read theology and philosophy. At last when he had received the Master of Arts degree, he went forth to assume his clerical duties.

And who would suspect that a University so founded upon Christ would in the 30 years be guilty of publishing a book in which Harvard professors would assert we have advanced educationally to a point where God and Jesus Christ play no part in education! THE HARVARD REPORT,

which cost some $60,000 further asserted the Bible is no authority in the field of educational endeavors!

Harvard, "HOW HAVE THE MIGHTY FALLEN!" --II Samuel 1:19, 25,27.