Notable Boston Dinner Attended by Leading Figures
York presided with a distinguished assembly including President Eliot Reverend Humphries President Patton of Princeton Francis Parkman and many officials. On the left sat Brackett Phelps Codman Peabody Agassiz Hale and others. President Wetmore called for blessing then addressed the company after dinner.
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J. Baxter Hamson
John Worcester
J. G. Cresswell
George W. Haven
John M. Fiske
Wetmore
Humphries
Harvard Alumni Address Celebrates Change and Continuity
President Wetmore and Harvard alumni recount twenty five years of institutional evolution, praising academic results over sport, honoring benefactors, and stressing liberty, enthusiasm, and public service as core Harvard values. They praise gifts, warn against overwork, and salute enduring fellowship among Harvard men.
Harvard Commencement Brackett Speech Highlights Commonwealth Support
Lieutenant Governor Brackett addresses Harvard Commencement noting the state’s long role in upholding literature and sciences. He recalls the 1865 class substitute and praises Harvard’s growth, self-reliance, and enduring bond with Massachusetts through moral and legislative backing.
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Brackett
Wetmore
Harvard
Commonwealth
University
Tufts College
University At
Cambridge
Massachusetts
President Patton Speech at Princeton Alumni Meeting
President Patton of Princeton addresses Harvard level donors and college leaders, praising endowments and shared college aims. He extols wealth used for education, declares support for strong discipline, and argues for knowledge, truth, and moral governance while critiquing agnosticism and overlong curricula.
Rev Edward Hale Addresses Harvard Class of 1839
The address reflects on a century of progress from youthful skepticism to moral and educational expansion. Hale praises public education, mental development, and social reforms while noting the era's extraordinary changes. He lauds Alma Mater and Harvard for shaping leaders ready to meet future challenges.
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E. E. Hale
Wetmore
Brethren
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
God
Cousin
Ben Constant
Jouffray
Thiers
Carlyle
Emmerson
Martineau
Channing
Pestalozzi
Sellenberg
Cuvier
Lamare
Darwin
Huxley
Gray
Massachusetts
Worcester
America
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States
Gracchi
Ottoman Empire
Armstrong Urges Discipline and Energy at Harvard Honor
General S. C. Armstrong praised Harvard for honoring service over scholarship and urged discipline and energy as keys to manhood. He cited twenty years teaching Southern pupils that sanctified common sense exceeds mere knowledge and stressed vigilance as liberty’s price. He praised self-help among races and affirmed that trained Black and Native boys can equal any in dedication to country.
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Edward J. Phelps
Yale
Mr. Phelps
Harvard
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Lapplanuse
Charles Francis Adams
Court of St. James
Great Britain
Confederacy
Adams
New England
America
S. C. Armstrong
Wells Speech Highlights College Admission Standards
President Wetmore introduces Hon. David A. Wells who discusses truth in figures and recalls a college admission exam incident. He notes rising admission requirements and suggests alumni should reflect on increased standards for freshmen.
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David A. Wells
Wetmore
Wells
Harvard Class of 1864 Address Urges Public Service as Life Work
George G. Crocker presents a lecture recalling the 1860 61 election and civil war impact on Harvard, praising Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and urging graduates to commit to the science of government as a lifelong career. He argues scholars make better statesmen, stresses human nature study, and notes limited current political leadership. The talk ends with a call to public service across all wards.
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Harvard
Cambridge
New England
New
England
Ireland
American Academy
Atlantic Monthly
Europe
Germany
Stockhardt
George G. Crocker
United States
South
Republican Party
North
Douglas Democrats
Constitutional Union Party
Court of St. James
Robert Todd Lincoln
Liberty
Union
Hvs
Burlingame
Andrew
Wilson
Sumner
South Carolina
Confederate States of America
Sumter
Confederate Army
Navy of the North
Starvard
Bryce
Ameria
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Hmman
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Lovering
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New York
Islington
Old Colony
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Eliot
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Pickering
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Observatory
California
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Bruce
John Quincy Adams
Army
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University of Tokio
Japan
Tokio
College Yard
Cambridge City
Gannot
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Gage
George ‘Ticknor
Joseph Story
William H. Prescott
J. P. Cooke
Cap City
Ll.v
Professor Cooke
Pollock
Patton
Princeton
Theaureau
New Jersey
Athens
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Keats
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