New-York tribune., 1886-11-08
FOUNDERS DAY AT HARVARD
PURITAN VIRTUES COMMEMoRATED
DIsCoURsEs BY PROFESSOR PEABoDY AND PHIL
LIPS BRoOK<-OTHER EXERCISES.
frY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBCSEG

tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuSE'
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. THE cOmmemoration
OF Harvards anniversary day has orouxnt 70
newed recognition OF the religious Influences sur
rounding her birth Two OF the preachers 10
the University have shown how these nnuances con-
t,nu.. an assured their hearers that Har-
ward remains pledged to truth. Christ and
the Church. Those who drove President
Dunster from his homo as An "ant-fe 10
baptist would have found little satisfaction IN the SER
mon hoard to-day in Appleton Chapel. Had the shades
OF Increase and Cotton Msther been within hrarins
there mi ght have been manifestations Of a.
more vehement ID The large body OF alumni present
listened with intensified confidence 10 the allegiance OF
the venerable university TO the notices upon ner SEAL
although her specific purpose Ia no longer as IN ner
carly days; "To furnish their churches VITA an able
ministry" Aside from the several services
in ths chapel. Harvards birthday has been
commemorated by Of music
Harvard graduates nave occupied the pulpit Ihey
have lent their voices TO swell tho anni-
versary chorus and they have composed
part OF the music heard In th"
chapel and in Sanders Theatre Ordinarily the absence
of many undergraduates for the Sabbath gives
the college quadrangle a look OF loneliness Few
were absent to-day and the bright clear
weather. marked Increase In the graduate attend-
ance and local interest In tue OCCASION
crowded Appleton Chapel and left many more
eager even for standing room. In the
alert and keen-eyed, despite his snowy hair.
and DR.. Everett, dean OF the Divinity School,
assisted 10 the service before preacher Professor
Peabody sat smooth faced students and gray haired
men who had made their mark in the profess
slons or in business. the past and the present
life meeting together To give THANKS. In the
preachers words for " irvsrfs strange drverances
from pertous controversies for the widening OF the
intellectual aud the increase OF spiritual
liberty which have been Witnessed ner-.
In the afternoon the chronological collection OF the
Peabody Museum aud the treasures Of the museum
dedicated to science by LOUIS AgAss T. AMI so monty
Maintained by AtassZs sou. w'ro opeprd IKE
the library tina Visitors might study these pnAses OF
HarysTos educational Resources. Tue audience
an tne .vmpbonv concerts in San
ders Theatre showrd that the friends OF
brrs aud apparent aEaiu at Appl-ton
Chapel tho evening The strong prrsOna
Influence OF the preach-r the Rev. Phillips Brook, was
feit among his hrsrrr% IL need htrily De
audience hell In close sympa hetic attention.
Z" To iir-er au y, sail the preacher IN closing
"tOeyer truth Old college Soes forth under
the perpetual inspirations OF faith IN God and fAiIn ID
man"
A. whole the day has been 1uiet one
occaped by It's appropriatt exercises by
many exchanges OF r-mini-cences among alumni
hy mnch pointing OF former collage homes
Old ami young bave agaiu paced 20 ana frO
beneath college rinS: but throughout every thing
there sounded a note OF ANTICIPATION Between
between 1900 aud 1000 grtiua 80 havn regis
tered their Names OF this number th"ee
have sought an opportunity to It1ni 10 morrow
be counted by the tuou~ant~ Somrthlpg
OF tins my b. due TO tue mere prestige
OF age IN "a country possessing few venerable instu-
whose representatives. N.li be Lowell and Holmes
K. II.