THE
New England Magazine
AND
BAY STATE MONTHLY.
Vol. IV. No. 2. Vol. I. No. 2.
Copyright, 1886, by Bay State Monthly Company. All rights reserved.
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Contents
TUFTS COLLEGE.
THE MENDICANT.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN MASSACHUSETTS.
ON DETACHED SERVICE.
A TOWN MEETING-HOUSE,
ABBOT ACADEMY.
THE ORIGINAL NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE.
IRISH HOME RULE AGITATION
ELIZABETH.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
EDUCATION.
HISTORICAL RECORD.
NECROLOGY.
LITERATURE AND ART.
INDEX TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
TUFTS COLLEGE.
BY REV. E. H. CAPEN, D.D.
Tufts College is situated on the most beautiful and commanding eminencein the southeasterly part of Middlesex county, within the town ofMedford and on the borders of Somerville. This eminence was formerlycalled Walnut Hill, on account, it is said, of the heavy growth ofhickory timber with which it was covered at the time of the settlementof the colony, but is now called College Hill, on account of theinstitution which crowns it. The land on which the College is built is apart of the farm which the late Charles Tufts received by way ofinheritance; and, when asked by his relatives what he would do with thebleak hill over in Medford, he replied, "I will put a light on it." Thetract of land originally given by Mr. Tufts consisted of twenty acres.Subsequently he gave his pledge to add other valuable tracts adjoining.This pledge has been fulfilled, so that the plot of ground, belonging tothe College, given by Mr. Tufts, embraces[Pg 100] upwards of one hundred acres.The late Deacon Timothy Cotting, of Medford, also gave to the College athis decease, a piece of land lying near the institution containingupwards of twenty acres. In consequence of the munificence of Mr. Tufts,it was determined that the College should bear his name.