The Statue Of ‘lies’ At Harvard

Many people mistakenly think the statue of John Harvard on the Harvard campus depicts the founder of the school, but in reality it is not. The statue of 'lies' in Harvard School Almost every year Harvard University attracts many tourists. domestic and international visitors who wish to explore promising learning opportunities for their children through the Harvard University Campus Tour. Visitors to Harvard must visit the statue of John Harvard, which is seen as a monument to the founder of the school. Many students often rub the toe of the statue for good luck before each exam, or wish one day to be admitted to the school

. However, in fact, many students still call it the "statue of a lie". First, Professor John Harvard was not the founder of the school, but only a philanthropist who built Harvard in the early days. Second, the statue is not the real portrait of the "sponsor" because there are no photos of him left Instead, the sculptors used a portrait of a handsome student at school named Sherman Hoar as an alternative model.



Photo: bernews.Harvard is the largest university in the United States, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school was established on September 8, 1636 as New College. It was later renamed Harvard College in 1639 after John Harvard, who donated 400 precious books and 779 pounds (half of the land he owned at that time). With its illustrious academic tradition, Harvard is home to a wide range of great men, including eight US presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes , John Fitzgerald Kennedy, George W. Bush and Barack H Obama, 150 Nobel Prize winners and 65 billionaires (survivors alone).



Photo: iCudB.Harvard has a very funny tradition of "running naked". Every year, when the clock bell hits at midnight on the day of the end of the semester, Harvard students will strip off on the jogging field, shout, sing, beat drums in a state of "no cloth to cover the body" as a way to show freedom and liberation. The crimson.Widener is the main library of the school, named after Henry Widener, Harvard alumnus and book collector. While on his way back from England to America, his ship crashed into the iceberg, sinking everything into the sea. It was the legendary Titanic. After Henry's death, his mother donated all the books to the school and spent an additional $ 3.



5 million to build the library. Due to the increasing number of books, engineers have to dig more vaults. An estimated 3 million titles are currently underground on Harvard campus. Photo: Wikimedia. According to Hai Thu / Vnexpress ***.

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