Rain, prime enemy of the Tercentenary, finally arrived in intermittent showers. Friday morning, but despite its troublesome appearances the official exercises were carried out in the open Theatre as planned.

In the afternoon there was no mistake; it poured. And the meeting of the Alumni Association wholeheartedly adjourned to the dryness of Sanders Theatre.

Rain an Advantage

This was in many respects advantageous. For in the quiet of an inclosed auditorium the distinguished speakers of the afternoon were enabled to do full justice to a burst of inspiring addresses befitting the wind up of such a three-day calendar of ceremonies.

In point of public interest the high points on the programme were President Roosevelt's remarks on the future of American higher education, President emeritus Lowell's opening speech, and President Conant's speech on the Tercentenary Fund and his adjournment until 2036.

Freedom is Keynote

Keynote of the meeting, as throughout the "Birthday Party," was that of the freedom to seek truth, a freedom vital for the continuance of the academic tradition in America.

With this in mind the laurel for the afternoon should probably be awarded to President Angell of Yale.

Looking ahead Dr. Angell saw a bleak prospect in the attempts at censorship already with us in the form of taxation on universities and oath bills.

Curley Present

Governor Curley was on the stand as the New Haven prophet lashed out at political interference in one of the most energetic attacks since last year's passage of Massachusetts' Oath Law:

. . . "But already there are current among us movements hardly less ruinous, if they go unchecked, than those which on the continent have despoiled ancient universities of their most precious birth-right.

Sectarian Bigotry

"Perhaps most often in our own educational history it has been the attack of sectarian bigotry which our colleges have had to resist. Harvard history reveals not a few such episodes. But today the most menacing attack comes, as it has repeatedly in the past, from the political side. In one form it is precipitated by allegedly patriotic organizations committed to maintain in schools and colleges their own particular conceptions of loyalty. The motives of these misguided folk are, I doubt not, often excellent. But they have opened the cover of Pandora's Box and we may well be fearful of the issue. For example, in many schools American history may now be taught only in terms these self appointed patriots deem desirable. Teachers who will not prostitute their knowledge and convictions to the often ignorant bias of these worthies must find other jobs.

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