Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol. 12: At the Annual Meeting Held in Worcester, October 21, 1897 Milford; but it is evident that he from his more distant residence undertook merely the perfunctory obligation of serving as referee for the Tutors who were left in charge of instruction at Savbrook, and of occasional journevs thither to advise in special emergencies, or to preside and sign diplomas at Commencement. This temporarv arrangement continued, however, for a dozen vears, - a time of large responsibility for the Tutors, of sharp internal dissensions among the Trustees (on the question of the permanent site of the College), and of insignificant numbers in the student body, which never rose as high as fortv. It is clear that Rector Andrew minimized his office and in nowise put himself forward, either as a leader in the deliberations of his colleagues, or as the ultimate authoritv in the govern ment of the students. During the bitter struggle which resulted in removal to New Haven, he exercised no influ ence bevond siding mildlv with the New Haven party; and on the onlv occasion of special note during his rector ship, the jubilant celebration of the first Commencement at New Haven, in 1718, he took no noticeable part. It is hardlv possible to conceive of a more colorless administra tion of the office than his, or of one with less influence in determining the tenor and scope of the powers and duties involved; and this is perhaps the more remarkable as he had undoubtedly been chosen in part because of his early experience as a Fellow of Harvard ('ollege for five years (1679 - 84) at a time of special responsibility, including two vacancies in the presidency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.