The final arrangements for the annual business meeting, literary exercises and dinner of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta. Kappa (Alpha of Massachusetts) have been made, and are announced as follows:
The business meeting will be held in Emerson D on Monday, June 21, at 10 A. M. This is a departure from the old custom of holding the meeting in Harvard Hall, as it is believed the new room will prove more comfortable and convenient. All members of the Harvard Chapter of the society are invited to attend the meeting, at which Professor F. W. Taussig '79 will preside. At the meeting copies of the last catalogue of the Harvard Chapter, published in 1912, will be on sale for $1.50. In addition, issues of the "Phi Beta Kappa Key" for January, 1913, containing a history of the chapter, may be procured for 10 cents.
Procession Led by Junior Eight
Immediately after the meeting, at 11.15, the procession to Sanders will be formed by the first and Second Marshals, A. W. Marget '20 ad R. E. Eckstein '20, respectively. The line will form in double file, with the Junior eight at the head, followed by the Senior members and the other classes, in reverse order of seniority. The undergraduate members are expected to wear cap and gown. Led by a bugler and two drummers, the procession will march through the Yard to Sanders Theatre, where the literary exercises will be held at 11.30. This is one-half hour earlier than the time of previous years. When the head of the procession reaches the steps of Memorial it will halt, and each couple of men will separate, each member facing inward thus forming two ranks with an open avenue between. The last two men, the oldest members, will then pass up the aisle, the others following them in reverse order, so that the oldest members enter the floor of Sanders first and take the front seats.
The entire main floor of the theatre will be reserved for members marching in the procession. The first balcony will be set aside for guests holding yellow tickets. These may be obtained by active members (two for each member) from Miss Weeks in Dean Greenough's office at University Hall. The families of high stand men in the College have also been invited, and may obtain yellow tickets on application to the Recording Secretary, H. D. Smith '21, at the Crimson Building. The first two rows of the balcony will be set aside for specially invited guests, while section D will be reserved for members from Radcliffe. The second balcony is open to the general public, free of charge. The ushering will be under the direction of high students of the Junior class, not members of the society.
Mr. William Roscoe Thayer '81, president of the chapter, will preside at the exercise, and the orator will be the Hon. Thomas Nelson Page, Litt.D. '13, former ambassador to Italy. The poet is Professor Charles Hall Grandgent '83.
Dinner at Union
After the exercises, the members of the society will march from Sanders Theatre to the Union, where luncheon will be served. In the formation of this procession, the members of the older classe will lead, so that the column will be arranged in order of seniority. Tickets for the dinner should be obtained in advance, and may be purchased by all members of the Harvard Chapter for $2.50 at Kent's University Bookstore. The members of other chapters are also invited to the dinner, but they must receive a written order from Professor William Guild Howard '91, Corresponding Secretary of the chapter, at 39 Kirkland Street, Cambridge. The five members of the Senior class who were elected this spring will receive free dinner tickets, which may be procured from H. D. Smith '21 at the Crimson Building. Every member of the society will wear two ribbons, pink and blue, the society colors, passed through the left-hand lapel buttonhole.
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