St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-09
FAIR HARVARD'S SONS.
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Star Spangled Banner from the band.
PRESIDENT Devins then introduced to the
audience III turn Secretaries Bayard, Lamar,
"hitney anu Ehdicotl, who were received
WITH DEAFENING CHEERS.
The president and cabinet officers then
withdrew to attend the reception At Faneui
nall. Ihey were escorted by the Lancers,
ana reached the hall about D. m. The
next speaker introduced was Hon. William
Y. ROBERTS. who responded to the sentiment
"Ihe Founders and Benefactors of Har.
vard. In response to the sentiment
Emmanuel College. England" Rev. Man.
del Creighton, of that institution. extended
verbal message of good wishes and greeting
to the new Cambridge university from thu
old. Other sentiments and responses were
made as follows: The Orator and Poet
! OF the Day." Hon. James Russell Lowell
and DE-. Oliver Wendell Holmes; Tbs
! Progress of Literature" Prof. Gilos..
sleeve, of Johns Hopkins university.
Hon. George William Curtis of New York.
paid an eloquent tribute to the university
| OF which he was guest. The Advance.
ment OF Science" was responded to BY
Prof. Alex Hgassiz. and Prot. Well
NJ tchell. of Philadelphia. replied for the
Science OF Medicine and Surgery" Prof
j. b. Thayer replied to the toast. 'The
Law" and with few vaedictory. remark.
from President Devins, the meeting cam.
to an end Faneuil hall was packed with
people to participate in the reception
rendered to President Cleveland bI
the people of Boston. At 5:55 D. m,
Mayor O'Brien and the president appeared
on the platform. Mr. Cleveland's appear
ance was the signal tor an nutburst of ap
plause. With the president were Gov.
RGh
lectOr SaltonstalI, Secretaries Lamar and
EndIcott and Private Secretary Lamont.
The general public was then allowed to tih
across the stage. For an hour the people
were given an opportunity to shake hand,
with the president. When the doors were
finally closed there were almost as MANY
more people waiting for their chance The
president then proceeded to the Hotel Ven
dome.
The following are some characteristic
verses of
DIR. HOLMES POEM:
On every face, as on the written pare
Each year renews the autograph of age
one tt ait alone may aSting ears defy
Inc IRE still lingering in the poets eve.
While Hope, the siren, sings her sweetest
Non omnis mortar is its proud refrain.
Could all the wisdom of the schools foreteu
shook
Or name the shuddering night that toppled
down
Our sisters pride, beneath whose mural
crown
Scarce had the scowl forgot its angry lines
"hen earth's blind prisoners fired their fatal
New rea ms, new worlds, exulting science
claims
Still the DIM future unexplored remains,
Her trembling scales the far of planets
weigh
Her torturing prisms its elements betray
we know what ores the fires of Sirius melt
W What vaporous metals gid OriOn's belt
Angels, archaDgels, may have yet to learn
Inese hidden truths our heaven taught eyes
discern.
Yet vain is knowledge with her mystic wand
10 pierce the cloudy screen and read beyond
Once to the silent stars the fates are known
10 US thef tell no secrets but their own
Our smiling mother sees her broad domain
Spread lis Tall roofs along the Western plain.
Those blazoned windows rushing glories tell
Of grateful hearts that loved her long and
well.
Yon gilded dome that glitters in the sun
Was Lives gift, alas, his only one.
Ehese Duttressed walls enshrine a bankers
name;
That haIlowed chapel hides a miser's shame.
Their wealth they left, their memory cannon
fade,
Though age shall crumble every stone they
laid.
THE HONORARY DEGREE
of Doctor of Laws was conferred by Har.
ward college on George d. Robinson. gov
ernor of Massachusetts, Lucius Q. C. La.
mar. secretary of the interior: George
Frisbie Hoar, United States senator from
Massachusetts; Charles Taylor. of the
University of Cambridge, England: Man
dell Creighton, OF Emmanuel college. Cam
bridge, England, the alma mater of John
Sir Lyon Playfair. of the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh; Judge Thomas M.
Cooley, Of Michigan Rudolf Lauchiani. of
Rome, Italy; John G. Whittier and
on the presidents of leading institutions
OF learning and others to the number Of
twenty-five. Owing to delay in the ar
rival of the presidential party from Faneuil
hall, it was nearly 9 O'Clock before the
doors of the Hotel Vendome were
opened for the evening reception. the
president having dined in the meantime.
Mrs. Cleveland remained at Cambridge
alter the formal exercises of the day con-
Guided and held private reception at the
home Of President and Mrs. Eliot, but re-
turned to the Vendome in season to receive
with her husband. IL is estimated that
5. 900 persons availed themselves of
the opportunity to greet the distinguished
guests. For fully ten hours steady tide
Of humanity poured through the elegantly
decorated parlor. and for each and all the
president had kind word. Mrs. Cleve-
ands praises were upon al lips. At 1870
he presidential party left for Washington
n a special train of four sleeping coaches
over the Boston IL Albany road