We are very glad to note the arrangements which have been made for the Memorial Day service. They seem to be precisely what is needed. The shortness of the service will add to its impressiveness, and the attendance of the Grand Army post will bring home the significance of the occasion more effectively than could anything else. Professor Norton has been very kind in consenting to take part in the services. His sentiment for the observance of the day is so strong and sincere that it must communicate itself to every one who hears his words.
Of late years there has been a tendency for students to be apathetic towards these services. Sometimes, indeed, they have not been conducted so as to be attractive, but, on this account, no fear in regard to the coming service can be held. The occasion is the one time in the year when Harvard for a few moment fixes her thoughts on the nobility of her sons in past years. The inspiration of those moments is not cheaply to be esteemed.
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CLASS DAY, JUNE 23, 1876.
