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...Memorial Day Services were held Sunday afternoon in Sanders Theatre under the auspices of the Harvard Memorial Society. After the opening prayer by the Rev. S. D. McConnell, D. D., and the singing of the Harvard Hymn by the Glee Club, Dr. Justin Winsor introduced Major Henry Lee Higginson, who delivered a most impressive address on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment...
...Justin Winsor will preside and the services will be opened with a prayer by the Rev. S. D. McConnell, D. D., of Brooklyn. The Glee Club will then sing the Harvard Hymn and Major Henry Lee Higginson will deliver the address on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Mass. Regiment. At the close of the services the audience will join in singing the National Hymn, which will be followed by the Benediction...
...address is of special interest this year as Major Higginson served with Colonel Shaw in the 2d Mass. Regiment and was his close friend and comrade. Colonel Shaw entered Harvard in the class of '60 but left college just before the end of his junior year. He entered the army before the beginning of the war and served for a while in the 7th New York National Guards. He soon exchanged to the 2d Massachusetts, however, where he served until in February of '63, Governor Andrews gave him charge of the 54th Massachusetts, infantry. This regiment was the first colored...
...quite appropriately been given the management of the service, and every effort is being made to get a crowd of students to attend; it has been arranged for the seniors to go together as a class, and in addition everyone in Cambridge who can is urged to be present. Major Higginson is such a staunch friend of the University that he deserves a large audience of undergraduates, and he is so well qualified to speak of Colonel Shaw that his address is sure to be of unusual interest...
Address on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw by Major Henry L. Higginson. Singing by the Glee Club. Doors open to members of the University at 3.30 p. m. Public admitted after 3.45 p. m. No tickets required...