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...knowing that in this election year the New Deal would have to be nice to him. He rode back to Boston on the President's special, addressed the dripping crowd in Harvard Yard (see p. 22), calling attention to the fact that Grover Cleveland honored Harvard's 250th Anniversary, Franklin Roosevelt her 300th. "Naturally both of them Democrats," added the Governor leering at Franklin Roosevelt...
...that little candle throws its beams, so shines a good deed in a naughty world.' " After reviewing the history of Harvard, Democrat Curley got down to more familiar ground. Boomed he, cocking his head pertly at President Roosevelt: "A half century ago, upon the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Harvard University, the institution was honored by the presence of . . . President Grover Cleveland. . . . Today Harvard University is honored by the presence ... of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Both of them are Democrats, strangely enough. . . ." At this political crudity the President looked pained...
Said President Roosevelt, drawing one of those non-political analogies he loves so well: "At the time of the Bicentenary many of the alumni of Harvard were sorely troubled concerning the state of the nation. Andrew Jackson was President. On the 250th Anniversary of the founding of Harvard College, alumni again were sorely troubled. Grover Cleveland was President. Now, on the 500th Anniversary, I am President...
...buildings on both sides of the River will be floodlighted, accompanied by a display of fireworks. This will be followed by a torchlight parade of students from the River to Memorial Hall for the Tercentenary Dance. The torchlight march will duplicate one of the most popular features of the 250th anniversary celebration...
...which have occurred in America since then and are still occurring. He entitled his address, "Why Present Harvard Should Have a Future," and remarked rather sadly, that "such a title would never have occurred to the president of the university in 1836 or even fifty years ago when the 250th anniversary of Harvard's founding was being celebrated. But these are skeptical days...