"I don't recall ever being to a service from which no one in the congregation wished to leave," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail Saturday afternoon. "Everyone remained standing through the entire Bach postlude, though the minister and choir had attempted to lead them out."

Assistant Dean of Students Sarah E. Flatley said she hoped the service gave the Harvard community "something to help bind the wounds."

Nothando Ndebele '97, who knew Tadesse through the Harvard African Students Association, said the service gave her a sense that the event was finally over.

"I think it was a good way to pay our last respects to both of the girls," said Ndebele, a Winthrop resident. "I don't know what more we can do. If [the service] hadn't happened, it would have felt like things sort of had been left open."

Lewis, Platley, President Neil L. Rudenstine, Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth S. Nathans, Associate Dean of the College Thomas A. Dingman '67, Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson and Dean of Radcliffe College Philippa A. Bovet were among the administrators who attended.

No members of Ho's or Tadesse's families came.

Dunster House will hold two meetings for residents on Wednesday, Sept. 27, and Monday, Oct. 2 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to continue discussing the tragedy