A memorial service to John Harvard will be held in Appleton Chapel on Tuesday, November 26, to take the place of the usual morning prayers. The service will be a half hour in length, beginning at the usual time, 8.45 o'clock, and ending at 9.15 o'clock. By vote of the Faculty, the time of commencing regular recitations on that morning will be 9.15 o'clock.
Professor E. C. Moore, Chairman of the Board of Preachers to the University, will conduct the service and read the prayers. Short addresses of about ten minutes each will be made by Professor F. G. Peabody '69 and Dr. Lyman Abbott, D.D., h. '90. Professor Peabody will speak on "The Historical and Personal Aspect of John Harvard and his Work." Dr. Abbott's subject will be "The Relation of John Harvard and Harvard University to the World at Large."
Special music appropriate to the occasion will be prepared by the chapel choir.
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