Thomas Hill, the late president, is
B a man with some marked peculiar
r ites. He was so very young when he
became the head of Harvard that the
' boys had not got over the bad habit
f of calling him " Tom Hill." He was
t careless of his personal appearance as
to fashion, and much like the late
Horace Greeley in his disregard of
the precepts of the tailor. After go
I ing to Portland to preach, having
I plenty of time and much inclination,
he worked in his garden assiduously,
and so as to excite the admiration of
a female neighbor, who persuaded her
husband to go and engage him to do
their gardening. President Eliot has
had sinilar experience, having made
such a strong impression by his vig
orous use of the axe, that a man 'in
search of a good chopper called upon
him and proposed an engagement. So
it can be seen that muscular chris
tianty.has devotees at Harvard.
Mr. Peabody, the theological man
at Harvard, has the good fortune te
be a hero in some stories of the period.
