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"Harvard and Canada."

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Dr. Benjamin Rand '79 addressed the Canadian Club on Saturday evening on the early historical relations of Harvard and Canada.

He began with the meeting of de la Tour and Governor Winthrop, whom he mentioned as Harvard's civil founder, and then traced the part played by Harvard graduates in winning possession of the continent from the French. He then spoke of the early New England migration to Acadia, with its large accompaniment of Harvard clergymen and of other graduates who became prominent in the contest for responsible government. The contribution of Harvard to the Loyalist cause was next described. In conclusion. Dr. Rand mentioned the large influence in Canadian affairs exercised by Canadian graduates from Harvard throughout the past century.

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