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...pleasantness anecdote and the newest which Mr. Wister has set before his readers is that of the visit of Jeremiah Smith to Mount Vernon and the kindly hospitality with which Washington received him, and, when the time for retiring came, escorted him to his room, pointed to the blazing fire with the reassuring remark that it was the perfectly safe and bade his guest good-night with the permission to keep his light burning until morning if he wished. Mr. Smith notes the awe with which the master of Mount Vernon impressed him, but Mr. Wister explains that this...
...bronze cut of President Eliot, nearly 18 inches in diameter, mounted and framed, has recently been placed over the fire-place in the writing room of the Union. It is the work of the famous French medalist Leon Deschamps, and is the original from which were taken the bronze medals which were made in connection with the John Harvard celebration...
...covering nearly the whole gridiron. The fireworks, while hardly sufficient to make a good showing in so large a space, added to the beauty of the scene. West of the Stadium the bonfire, a big, substantial one, was started as soon as the fireworks were exhausted. Gathered around the fire, cheers were given for "John," and "Fair Harvard" was sung just before the march back to the Yard was begun. After a march through the Yard the procession was led to the John Harvard statue in the Delta, where the Marsellaise was sung. Then three last cheers for "John" were...
Most of you here tonight are bearing torches. John Harvard was a torchbearer, and he bore a light that will never be extinguished! Down in the Stadium you will light another fire in honor of John Harvard. He lighted here a torch that will never...
...books, beside early maps and views of London and Cambridge, and modern views of places connected with Harvard's memory. There is also placed here, a collection of books duplicating, so far as possible, those which Harvard bequeathed to the infant College and which were burnt in the fire of 1764. The collection is by no means complete, but it is sufficiently extensive to give a good idea of the character of the library owned by the young Puritan clergyman. In looking at these books, which are now old and dilapidated, it must be borne in mind that the greater...