Sunday, October 3, 2010

1909 Program for Reception & Smoker, Harvard Club of Boston


March 31, 1909 program for Harvard Club of Boston, found with a few other Harvard papers of Harvard Law School student George Rudolph Grua, who was born in South Dakota and practiced law in Livermore Falls, Maine.


Transcription:

Harvard Club of Boston
You are Invited to Be Present at
A Reception and Smoker
to be Given
at the Hotel Somerset
On Wednesday, March the Thirty-First
at Eight O'Clock P. M. Sharp
At Which the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the First Groups of Scholars Will
Be the Guests of the Club
President Henry L. Higginson '55 Will Preside.
L. B. R. Briggs, '75 Will Have Charge of the Exercises.
Addresses Will Be Made By
Rev. Samuel M. Crothers; Prof. Bliss Perry
Arthur G. Cable '09; Hans Von Kaltenborn '09
Verses Will be Read by
Robert Grant '75; R. E. Rogers '09.
Singing Under the Leadership of the Celebrated Harvard Sangerfesters.
Honorary Degrees of Esteem Will be Conferred Upon the First Scholars.
Tickets of Admission Will be Sent Upon the Return of the Enclosed Postal Card in the Order in Which the Cards are Received.  The Number of Tickets Will be Limited to the Capacity of the Hall, Which is Somewhat Smaller than the Total Number of Members of the Club and Their Invited Guests.  It is of the Greatest Importance for the Committee on Arrangements to Know the Exact Number Who Will be Present.  If you Intend to Be Present, Please Fill Out and Mail Promptly the Enclosed Postal Card.
Committee on Arrangements
Moses Williams                                Odin Roberts
Winthrop H. Wade                           Charles H. Slattery
Walter C. Baylies                             John Richardson, Jr.
Henry M. Williams                           Walter Hunnewell, Jr.
                                                           Secretary

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