Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-29

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The anniversary that calls together so many
sons of Harvard occurred to-day. The COM
mencement was not so well attended as ordin-
| arily by people not directly interested in the
college, though the number of alumni present
was above the average. The first in order of
exercises was the meeting Of the board of over
seers, which was held at nine O'Clock in the fore
noon, in Gore hall, the president, Hon. John II.
Clifford, in the chair. The graduating exercises
occurred in the old Unitarian church. in Har-
ward square. The church was crowded, large
proportion of the attendance being ladies. The
platform was occupied by President Eliot, Gov
Clatiin, the dean, and members OF the faculty.
past and present, and present and past members
of the board of Oyerseers. Among the dis
tinguished pers0nages occupying seats in the
church were Colonel Thomas Aspnwall of the
class of 1904, eX-President Walker of the class
of 1914, Hon. Francis Adams of the class of 1925,
Hon. E. K. Hoar Of the class of 1885, Hon. r.
H. Dana of the class of 1887, Hon. William
Gray, president of the alumni association of the
class of 1929, Ex-Governor Clifford, president of
the board OF overseers, F. B. Crowningshield
Rev. Andrew Peabody, D. D., N. J. Bowditch
and John Lowell.
The graduating class was the largest that has
ever received the honors OF the institution
Seven of the graduates appeared in theses, ora
tons or dissertations. The old-time graduates
were not little surprised to hear the Latin ora
| ton delivered in the continental pronunciation,
| this style having been introduced recently. The
exercises, which were all of a high order and
merited frequent applause, closed with an ora
| ton, "SunlrlG Gum LdlLde," delivered by VIM.
| E. Byerly. The diplomas were then conferred
| by President Eliot upon the graduates, after
which he announced the following honorary de-
| grees John Bartlett, Abraham Lawrence Goo
kin, WIN. Adolphus Wheeler, Masters of Art;
John Lowell, Horace Gray, Hamilton Fish,
| George Frederick Samuel, Marquis of Ripon,
| Ii. ID. The proceedings were brought to a close
| at a few minutes before one O'Clock with a bene-
diction by Rev. DIR. Peabody, and "Fair Har-
ward" by the band, and the procession reformed
and marched to the university grounds, where
| ii was dismissed.
The annual dinner of the association of the
| alumni took place at Massachusetts hall, Tables
were spread in both the lower and the upper
halls for nine hundred persons. Among the
| speakers at dinner were William Gray
| president of the association; President Eliot
| Professor Noah Porter, H. p. Coolidge, Rev
DR.. Leonard Bacon, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rev. Henry lersOn, of England, DIR. Edward
| H. Clark, X. &. Halliburton, and others,
Much interest has, for some time, been mani
Tested in the election Of overseers, reports being
| circulated that several tickets would be run
| When the election was held, however, the regu
lar ticket for oVerseers Of the college was elected
| as tollOWS: FOR term OF SIX years, lie Baron
Russell, George S. Hillard, Stephen Salisbury
Thomas Hill, Richard H. Dana, Jr., John Low
ell, James Lawrence; for three years, George 0
| Shattuck.
The report of the treasurer of the memoria
hall fund attracted considerable attention. Ove
twenty-four hundred living graduates of the in
stitution have not contributed anything at al
to the fund, and the hall, as the figures nov
stand, will be substantially the gift of about ont
hundred graduates TO their brethren of Harvard
In addition to this fact, the treasurer reports
that though the corner stone has been laid ant
the walls begun with considerable energy, tn,
work Of completion will be materially delayed
unless further subscriptions are received
Death has been very busy among the alumni
of Harvard during the past year, the numbe
of deaths reported by the university librarian
being forty-one. From the list are the follow
ing:
Class 1799-ReV. Humphrey Moore ID. d bori
at Princeton, Mass, Oct ~, 1778, died at Milford
N. H., April 8, 1871, aged 80 years months.
Glass lS22-AlOnz0 Hill, ID. D.. born at Harvard
June 20, 1900 died at Worcester Feb. !, 1871, age
20 years. months.
Glass lS5S-Elbridge Jefferson Cutler A. b., bor
at Holliston, Dec. Is, 1884, died ut Cambridge
Dec q, 1870, aged 80 yrs.