History of Harvard University "official philosophy" of the more empirical and more deistic Scottish school. Between 1830 and 1870, Harvard became "privatized". While the Federalists controlled state government, Harvard had prospered and the 1824 defeat of the Federalist Party in Massachusetts allowed the renascent Democratic-Republicans to block state funding of private universities. By 1870, the politicians and ministers that heretofore had made up the university's board of overseers had been replaced by Harvard alumni drawn from Boston's upper-class business and professional community and funded by private endowment. During this period, Harvard experienced unparalleled growth that securely placed it financially in a league of its
The Harvard Salient The Harvard Salient The Harvard Salient is the conservative student newspaper at Harvard University. The "Harvard Salient" was founded in 1981, during a movement of conservative newspapers established in the Ivy League during the beginnings of the Reagan administration. It publishes biweekly. It has often started heated campus debates, often owing to the "Back Page" feature, which features parodies of Harvard's politically correct culture. Past editors include the "Wall Street Journal"s Naomi Schaefer Riley, the critic and "The New York Times" columnist Ross Douthat, "Commentary" contributor Kevin Shapiro, University of Virginia law professor Caleb Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Professor Charles