But one day, and a complete transformation of the scene of the past three days has taken place. Few traces now remain of the celebration, and the college has once more returned to its normal condition with apparently as little effort as it assumed its abnormal one. The college authorities, and the undergraduates who co-operated with them, are to be congratulated upon the way in which all the arrangements were made for the successful issue of Harvard's 250th birthday. But during the short space of three days, much has happened which time alone can never efface from the memory of all those who were present. It was indeed a great day for Harvard when the President attended by his cabinet arrived at the main entrance of the college, and slowly drove through the yard. Never was a heartier welcome extended to President Cleveland than he received during his short stay at Cambridge, and men of all political creeds joined in the greetings extended to him. Never in the history of Cambridge has any single event brought together such eminent men leaders in statesmanship, oratory, learning and science, as those who assembled last Monday at the alumni dinner held at Memorial Hall. That many of the most prominent there look to Harvard as their Alma Mater, is a record of which Harvard is proud, and justly may she be so.
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