With Mr. Hooper's resignation from the treasureship, Harvard loses the services of a graduate who for many years has contributed all that disinterested effort and business capacity could to her interests. At the beginning of his term of service he held for several years the position of bursar here in Cambridge, and, resigning, was not long after appointed to the position he has now relinquished. The treasurership, which entails the entire management of the capital and income of the University, requires both close application and rare executive qualities. With a lack of either of these qualifications in its treasurer the University is hampered in broadening its sphere of influence and usefulness. Under Mr. Hooper's supervision maladministration has been far from retarding Harvard's expansion.
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