THE HOLMES CENTENNIAL.

This evening we are to celebrate in Sanders Theatre the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes; a centenary which from a Harvard standpoint stands out in special prominence. Holmes was graduated from Harvard College with the famous class of 1829, immortalized in many of his lighter poems. His name has always been closely associated with that distinguished New England group of men of letters which attained so enviable a position in the second half of the last century. As poet, essayist and physician, Holmes was equally successful. He lectured for many years in the Harvard Medical School, and his standing in his profession was always notably high. To be commemorated by so distinguished a company of men as are to speak in Sanders tonight is indeed a fitting tribute to this well-known and delightful poet.