Word: chapels
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...high wind, which blew dense clouds of dust over the Yard, and kept many ladies from the promenade, together with the intense heat, made last Class-Day, as far as the weather was concerned, rather less enjoyable than some of its predecessors. Nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen thronged to the Chapel at 11 A. M. in sufficient numbers to show that that building, even with its improved accommodations, will not be large enough for future public college exercises. A noticeable feature at the Chapel was the substitution of stalwart Junior ushers for the armed policemen who used to guard the entrance...
...Chapel will be open for those having tickets; no others being admitted until the Class have entered. At 9.30 the Senior Class assemble in front of Holworthy Hall, and march to the Chapel for prayer by the Chaplain. Assemble again at 10.45, and march to the Chapel, where the exercises will occupy nearly two hours...
...Harvard Hall and Holden Chapel will be open for those having seats at the windows. The entrance to the seats behind Harvard and Hollis Halls will be between Holden Chapel and Hollis Hall...
...person will be admitted to the Chapel (before the Class), or to the exercises at the Tree, without a reserved seat; and no gentleman to Massachusetts Hall, the President's Reception, or the Yard in the evening, without a ticket...
...were glad to notice on the same occasion, that another graduate of Harvard, - an Episcopal clergyman, young enough to have sympathy with the students, - instantly hurled back the remarks to which we have alluded, instancing the fact of the crowded assemblies in Appleton Chapel on those occasions when simple eloquence and hearty zeal were the characteristics of the preacher. The different modes of address employed by the two gentlemen to whom we have alluded may be taken in illustration of the power which man exercises over his fellows, and of the force of plain dignified truth as opposed to specious...