This evening the undergraduates will have their principal opportunity of participating in the ceremonies attendant upon the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Harvard. The lectures and the dinner have all had their part in the observance of this occasion, but they have been limited in their scope.

It is impossible to estimate the exact influence which John Harvard exerted upon this University. In the early days of any institution a small thing may turn the scales toward success or failure. Let it suffice that John Harvard's gifts to this University were important enough to entitle him, in the opinion of his contemporaries, to give his name to the institution of which we are all proud to form a part. With general support the demonstration this evening will show how we value the timely aid which our virtual founder gave to the struggling College.

The collection of mementos bearing upon the John Harvard anniversary, which has been so carefully and conveniently arranged in Gore Hall, seems to have escaped the notice of many men who should have a real interest in them. Out collections are in many cases so large that none but the specialist cares to study them: but whenever objects of immediate interest are selected and grouped apart from the host of equally valuable articles, they deserve to be examined by those whose tastes would not induce them to seek out widely separate objects which, gathered together, are well worth their consideration.