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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...President, Graduates of Harvard College: At this high festival, in which tender recollections and hopeful anticipations, thanksgivings for the past and aspirations for the future, are mingling, we all think first of our beloved country...
...here. The college sent forth her best and bravest, and their deeds became immortalized in glory; and the alumni have reared this magnificent temple and placed these monuments here to memorialize their valor and their sacrifice. Yet we treasure in our heart of hearts this grand memory of the past as a precious heritage, and we garner them to-day in the lap of our dear old mother as the rich assurance of our triumph and her renown. But, sir, time does not suffice, nor is it for one of us alone, when so many more eloquent are awaiting your...
...reception given last evening by the CRIMSON to the graduate editors proved a very enjoyable occasion. Many past editors were present...
...general solemnity of the occasion was opportunely broken by the sprightly tone in which Mr. Rich started out in his address. In it he ably covered the various vital points in the University's past and present development on which it was natural that he should address his fellow undergraduates. We must deplore, however, the fact that Mr. Rich found it wise to dwell so long and so heavily upon his criticism of the present system of instruction. It might well be questioned whether or no this was in good taste...
...full accounts of the exercises of the day before, with suitable illustrations. The literary exercises, both of graduates and undergraduates, will be fully reported by expert shorthand writers, including speeches at the alumni dinner. On Sunday morning, many columns of the Sunday Globe will be given to portraying the past and present of Harvard. Quaint historical facts, recollections and descriptions of illustrations of Harvard in 1726, 1790, 1830 and to-day; recollections of the 200th celebration, and many other things to make a most interesting souvenir of the celebration that will be of value for preservation by students and alumni...