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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1894
Page
6
Seniors in gowns gathered for Harvard Class Day with a bloom of colors and festive events. A concert in the college yard, an afternoon dance in Memorial, and a flower scramble around the historic tree framed an evening of music and romance.
Before 1 pm the Sanders Theatre crowd fills the galleries for Harvard’s annual class day ceremonies. Ed Bioss is lifted to claim numerals on the elm tree, then party spreads and a lanterned yard illuminate Holworthy with Ninety four. Dr Lyman Abbott gives opening prayer as Herbert C Lakin delivers an extended class oration urging liberalism paired with loyalty to Harvard, warning of indifference and self reliance, and stressing unity and common purpose.
The Ivy oration by Henry Chauteau Dyer and the class ode by Henry Copley Greene mark Harvard’s graduation exercises. Dyer’s humorous review of college life drew lively laughter while Greene’s ode extolled honor and truth as students contemplate earth’s dream and future in God’s truth. The ceremony closed with the singing of Fair Harvard.
The 90 graduating seniors hosted lavish spreads after Sanders Theatre events, with Beck Hall and the gymnasium among the busiest. The Theta Delta Chi Charge House and other halls hosted parties, punch served in defiance of a faculty decree, and the Eliot reception ran 7 to 9 at Quincy street with many alumni and university officials in attendance.
In Lynn on June 22 labor groups protested two Welch & Landregan laster players Grandville and Crowley for non union status. The Lasters’ Protective Union warned the team must drop them or risk union patronage and Knights of Labor attention. The factory team scheduled to face D A Donovan shop crew a week from Saturday.
The Army of the Potomac, about 450 men, traveled from Concord to Alton Bay and The Weirs aboard ten passenger coaches and two parlor cars. Prominent figures present included General Miles, Governor Smith, and various generals. The trip featured a banquet at Magle Hotel with speeches and letters from notable officials, followed by a late evening program marking the twenty-fifth annual reunion.
The Chronicle and Telegraph praise Senator Allison's U S plan for a Canada arbitration treaty with Britain. The Pall Mall Gazette warns of national loss if arbitration over Canada proceeds. An address supporting arbitration circulates in the House of Commons with 30 signatures including Lubbock Baden-Powell Stanhope Cremer. cables flow to Senators Allison and Sherman.
The United States Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk docks in Portland on June 22 and will base there while surveying the coast. It will cruise to document mackerel catches, locations, conditions, and seasonal patterns for the fishery.
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