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16. TUESDAY.College Faculty. Meeting at University 5, 3.30 P.M.
Scientific Faculty. Meeting at University 5, 7.30 P.M.
17. WEDNESDAY.Episcopal Theological School. Commencement exercises and sermon by Bishop McLaren, of Chicago. St. John's Memorial Chapel, 10; 30 P.M.
18. THURSDAY.Board of Overseers. Adjourned meeting at No. 70 Water street, Boston, 11 A.M.
Academic Council. Stated meeting at University 5, 8 P.M.
19. FRIDAY.Class Day Exercises. Prayer by Rev. A. P. Peabody, D. D. Oration Edward Terry Sanford, of Knoxville, Tenn. Poem by George Read Nutter, of Boston. Ivy Oration by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, of Worcester. Ode by Joseph Adna Hill, of Temple, N. H. Sanders Theatre, 11.30 A.M.
At 9.30 A.M. the senior class will assemble in front of Holworthy and march to the Chapel, where prayer will be offered by Rev. A. P. Peabody, D. D.
At 10.30 Sanders Theatre will be open to those having tickets.
At 11.15 the senior class will assemble in front of Holworthy and march to the Theatre, where the exercises will occupy nearly two hours.
From 2 to 5 P.M. there will be music in the yard.
From 3 to 5 there will be dancing in Memorial Hall.
At 4.45 Harvard Hall, Holden Chapel, and the entrance to the seats around the Tree will be open to those having tickets.
At 5.15 the class will assemble in front of Holworthy, march through the yard and cheer the college buildings, then to the tree, where the usual exercises and the singing of the Class Song will take place.
During the exercises at the Tree, the college yard will be fenced off and cleared, and during the remainder of the afternoon and evening a ticket will be required of all persons entering the portion of the yard enclosed by the fence.
In order to facilitate the clearing of the yard, seniors are requested to see that their guests who are not at the Tree shall be in the parlors.
From 7 to 9 the President will receive the seniors and their friends.
From 7.30 to 10.30 there will be illuminations and music in the portions of the yard fenced off.
From 8 to 11 there will be dancing in Memorial Hall and in the Gymnasium.
At 8.30 there will be singing by the Glee Club in front of Holworthy.
No checks will be issued to those leaving the yard after 8.30 P.M. After 9 P.M. no checks will be received for entrance to the yard. Those entering after that hour must surrender their yard tickets, or show their Memorial Hall tickets.
All seniors and students are obliged to have tickets to the different exercises except where they go by classes.
Each ticket for Memorial Hall will be good for both afternoon and evening. The entrance will be at the south door, the exit from the north door. The same tickets will be good for the Hemenway Gymnasium after 6 P.M., and there will be no admission without tickets. There will be dancing in the gymnasium from 8 to 11 P.M. The entrance will be at the main door of the building, the exit at the side door facing the Common.
The exits from the yard will be between Holworthy and Stoughton, University and Thayer, Massachusetts and Harvard, Grays and Matthews.
The entrances to the portion of the yard fenced off will be between Massachusetts and Harvard, Holworthy and Thayer, Grays and Weld, and a special entrance between Massachusetts and Harvard, for those coming in carriages.
In order to assist the committee all students are requested to conform to the above arrangements.
SAMUEL ELLSWORTH WINSLOW, Chairman,
JOHN JOSLIN COLONY, FREDERIC ADRIAN DELANO, Class Day Committee, '85.
22. MONDAY.Medical School. Examination for admission.
23. TUESDAY.Divinity School. Meeting of the alumni at 2 P.M. in the chapel of Diviity Hall. At 4 P.M. at the same place, an address by Rev. James De Normandie. Collation in the upper lecture room of Divinity Hall, at 5.30 P.M.
24. WEDNESDAY. Commencement.Board of Overseers. Meeting at Memorial Hall, 9 A.M.
Election of Overseers. Massachusetts Hall, 10 A.M. till 4 P.M.
Commencement Exercises. Sanders Theatre, 10.30 A.M. The President and Fellows, Overseers, Faculties and other officers will meet the invited guests and alumni of the university in Massachusetts Hall, at 9.15 A.M., and, escorted by the graduating class, will proceed to Sanders Theatre. The theatre will be open to ticket-holders at 9,25, and seats will be reserved till 9.55.
Association of the Alumni. Business meeting. Harvard Hall, 1 P.M.
Commencement Dinner. Memorial Hall, 230 P.M. The alumni and invited guests will assemble in Massachusetts Hall, at 2 P.M., and march in procession to Memorial Hall. Tickets for the dinner will be for sale at Massachusetts Hall from 10 till 2 o'clock. Price one dollar. Graduates of 1832 and of earlier classes are entitled to tickets without payment.
25. THURSDAY.Examinations for admission to Harvard College, the Law School, and to the Lawrence Scientific School.
Phi Beta Kappa. Harvard chapter. Business meeting, Boylston Hall, west lecture room, 10 A.M.
Oration by William Henry Rawle, Esq., of Philadelphia. Poem by Rev. John W. Chadwick, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Sanders Theatre, 12 M. The public is cordially invited to attend the exercises in Sanders Theatre. At the conclusion of the exercises, the Society will march to Massachusetts Hall where dinner will be served. Tickets at Sever's University Bookstore.
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