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House No. 112

Massachusetts. General Court

A pamphlet of the March 25, 1848 report made by the Joint Standing Committee on Education to whom was referred a request made by the president and fellows of Harvard College and the presidents and trustees of Williams College and Amherst College along with other petitions all requesting that state aid be given to these institutions. The report is signed "by order of the Committee" by Erastus Hopkins. The report provides information on the request and on the three colleges including their current financial status and previous state grants received. Hopkins also discusses the role of the State in supporting higher education, the relation between colleges and common schools, and the relationship between the public and colleges. The Committee concludes that state aid to the colleges should be increased and an accompanying bill regarding the School Fund is included.

House No. 112
House No. 92

Massachusetts. General Court

A pamphlet of the report dated March 1849 made by the Joint Standing Committee on Education to whom was referred a request made by the presidents of Harvard College, Williams College, and Amherst College asking that once the state's Common School Fund reaches the limit of a million dollars, another fund be allowed to accumulate to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars to be distributed among the three colleges. The report is signed "by order of the Committee" by J. Lothrop Motley. In the report Motley provides information on the request and on the three colleges including their current financial status, property, and needs. Motley provides the Committee's conclusion that the request should be granted according to a plan discussed. The accompanying bill is included and it provides the details regarding the proposed new fund called the Massachusetts Fund for Public Instruction.

House No. 92
Remarks at a hearing before the Joint Committee of Education, 1 February, 1848: in aid of the memorial of the colleges

Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Education

A pamphlet containing a memorial presented to the Massachusetts Legislature by Edward Everett, Mark Hopkins, and Edward Hitchcock along with remarks made at the subsequent free conference held in the Joint Committee of Education session on the topic of the memorial. In the memorial, Everett, Hopkins, and Hitchcock write on behalf of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Trustees of Williams College, and the Trustees of Amherst College and ask that the legislature grant financial aid to the colleges in Massachusetts. Following the memorial are the proceedings of the private hearing of the Joint Committee of Education regarding the request. The addresses given by Everett and Hitchcock during the hearing are included. Additional remarks made by others such as William B. Calhoun, John Tappan, and S.A. Eliot are mentioned but not given in full.

Remarks at a hearing before the Joint Committee of Education, 1 February, 1848: in aid of the memorial of the colleges