Exercises in commemoration of the 275th anniversary of the founding of Cambridge will be held, under the auspices of the Cambridge Historical Society, in Sanders Theatre on December 21.

Richard H. Dana '74, president of the Historical Society, will preside. The principal speaker of the evening will be Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson '41, LL.D. There will be responses, on behalf of the state, by Governor Douglas, on behalf of the city, by Mayor Daly, on behalf of the University, by President Eliot, and by Rev. Alexander McKenzie, representing the First Church in Cambridge. There will be music by the orchestra of the Cambridge Manual Training School, and singing by a chorus of school children.

The aldermen, common council and city officials, as well as officers of local historical societies, will be invited. A considerable portion of the theatre will be open to the public. The committee in charge of the exercises is composed of F. G. Cook '82, H. H. Edes, and H. R. Bailey '77.