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CLASS DAY, or the mutilated affair which took the place of that ancient rite, was a success. The day itself was perfect, - no heat, no dust, no rain. The Seniors seemed to be bound that the quality of the amusement should make up for the quantity. The sensations in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY. | 7/3/1877 | See Source »

"GRADUATES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, - This is your day. I will not, as I ought not, take up any part of this valuable time. You will therefore excuse me, I am sure, if I take my seat after saying, in the briefest way, the formal words, I assure you that I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES AT THE ALUMNI DINNER. | 7/3/1877 | See Source »

"He would not detain the alumni longer, and certainly would not detain the government of his country longer. He felt, too, that they cared little to hear him often, as they had approved of his appointment to a foreign mission which would necessarily keep him away for a long time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES AT THE ALUMNI DINNER. | 7/3/1877 | See Source »

"Senator Bayard said that the man who made the phrase 'Pleasures that come unlooked for are twice welcome,' was never called upon suddenly to make an after-dinner speech. His steps had been bent thither by invitation of one of the societies, before whom on the morrow he might perhaps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES AT THE ALUMNI DINNER. | 7/3/1877 | See Source »

IN the matter of honors the graduating class has done something she may well be proud of; for her record is the highest of any class during the last six years at least: we investigated no farther. Of course sound, deep scholarship cannot be measured; for there are very many...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 7/3/1877 | See Source »