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CAMBRIDGE FIFTY YEARS A CITY
1846 O TEAR DO YEARS
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Copyright by D. W. Butterfield, Cambridge, Mass., June 3, 1896
THE CITY HALL
Hon. W. A. Bancroft Chairman General Committee Hon. John Read Chief Marshal
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Mr. H. O. Houghton Chairman Citizens' Committee John Fiske, LL. D. Orator
CAMBRIDGE: FIFTY YEARS A CITY
1846-1896
AN ACCOUNT OF
THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
JUNE 2-3, 1896
EDITED BY
WALTER GEE DAVIS
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A SUB-COMMITTEE, APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON THE CELEBRATION
It is fitting that at suitable periods, and in a suitable manner, a city should publish to the world some account of its resources, some statement of its charac- teristics, some outline of its prospects. - WILLIAM AMOS BANCROFT.
CAMBRIDGE Printed at the Riverside Press 1897
SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLICATION OF AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION.
GEORGE A. ALLISON, Chairman.
JOHN READ.
CHARLES P. KEITH.
PETER P. BLEILER.
HENRY O. HOUGHTON.
ISAAC S. PEAR.
Copyright, 1897, BY GEORGE A. ALLISON, Chairman.
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CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION .
THE CELEBRATION .
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ORATION BY JOHN FISKE, LITT. D., LL. D. .
REV. EDWARD ABBOTT, D. D. . 46
HON. WILLIAM A. BANCROFT (School Exercises, Sanders Theatre) 56
HON. WILLIAM A. BANCROFT (Public Meeting) 58
REV. DAVID NELSON BEACH, D. D. 60
REV. GEORGE W. BICKNELL, D. D. 65
REV. ALEXANDER BLACKBURN, D. D. 68
GEORGE RUFUS COOK . 71
CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL. D. (School Exercises, Sanders Theatre) . 73
CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL. D. (Banquet) 76
REV. FRANK OLIVER HALL . 78
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HON. FRANK A. HILL 95
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HON. CHESTER W. KINGSLEY . 106
JUDGE CHARLES J. MCINTIRE
108
REV. ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, D. D. (Public Meeting) . . 111
REV. ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, D. D. (Sermon) . 116
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HON. JOSIAH QUINCY . 131
REV. CHARLES F. RICE, D. D. 133
HON. CHARLES H. SAUNDERS . 135
REV. ISAIAH W. SNEATH, PH. D. 138
REV. ROBERT WALKER . . 146
WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY
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HIS EXCELLENCY, ROGER WOLCOTT
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REV. THEODORE F. WRIGHT, PH. D. (Allston School)
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REV. THEODORE F. WRIGHT, PH. D. (Sermon) . 158
ROSTER OF THE PROCESSION 163
ATHLETIC SPORTS . 176 INVITED GUESTS 179
COMMITTEES
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OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 187
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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GEORGE HENRY HOWARD .
REV. GEORGE A. PHINNEY (Willard School) . 120
REV. GEORGE A. PHINNEY (Sermon)
PROFESSOR ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THE CITY HALL
· Frontispiece . PORTRAITS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR- MAN OF THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE, THE CHIEF MARSHAL, AND THE ORATOR . . .
Facing Title
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE : BOARD OF ALDERMEN . 6
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE : COMMON COUNCIL 7
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE : WARD ONE 10
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE : WARD TWO. 11
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE :
WARD THREE . 22
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE : WARD FOUR 23
PORTRAITS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE : WARD FIVE 26 .
PORTRAITS OF THE CHIEFS OF DIVISIONS . . 27
HEAD OF THE PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH HARVARD SQUARE : HON. JOHN READ, CHIEF MARSHAL, AND STAFF . 162
AIDS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHIEF MARSHAL'S STAFF . 163
THE FIFTH REGIMENT, M. V. M. MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE . 164
THE FIFTH REGIMENT, M. V. M. CENTRAL SQUARE
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THE FIRST CORPS OF CADETS, M. V. M. HARVARD SQUARE . 165
CARRIAGE CONTAINING ACTING GOVERNOR WOLCOTT, MAYOR BANCROFT, PRESIDENT ELIOT, AND MR. HOUGHTON 166 CARRIAGES CONTAINING THE INVITED GUESTS. MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 167 CARRIAGES CONTAINING THE INVITED GUESTS. CENTRAL SQUARE . 167 FIRST BATTALION CAVALRY, MI. V. M. MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE . 168
CAMBRIDGE POSTS, G. A. R. CENTRAL SQUARE . . 169
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL BAND. CENTRAL SQUARE 170
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL FIRE BRIGADE . . 170
MANTAL TRAINING SCHOOL FLOATS. CENTRAL SQUARE 171
HIGH AND LATIN SCHOOLBOYS. CENTRAL SQUARE . 171
HARVARD STUDENTS, SENIOR CLASS. MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 172
HARVARD STUDENTS, SENIOR CLASS. HARVARD SQUARE . . 172
HARVARD STUDENTS, JUNIOR CLASS, AND "JOHN THE ORANGEMAN." SACHUSETTS AVENUE . . .
MAS-
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HARVARD STUDENTS, FRESHMAN CLASS. HARVARD SQUARE . 173 PROVISIONAL BATTALION, M. V. M. CENTRAL SQUARE 174 DETACHMENT, NAVAL BRIGADE, M. V. M. CENTRAL SQUARE . 174
FIRE DEPARTMENT. CENTRAL SQUARE 175
FIRE DEPARTMENT . 175
RED JACKET VETERAN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. CENTRAL SQUARE 178 SALEM VETERAN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. CENTRAL SQUARE . 178
CAMBRIDGE TURNVEREIN. CENTRAL SQUARE . 179
ST. JOHN'S LITERARY INSTITUTE. CENTRAL SQUARE . 180 TAMMANY CLUB. CENTRAL SQUARE . 180 .
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CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART SUNDAY-SCHOOL CHILDREN. CENTRAL SQUARE .
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CAMBRIDGEPORT GYMNASIUM ASSOCIATION. CENTRAL SQUARE 182 ST. MARY'S CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION SUNDAY-SCHOOL CHILDREN. CENTRAL SQUARE
TRADES' DIVISION
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TRADES' DIVISION
183
TRADES' DIVISION
186
TRADES' DIVISION . 186
TRADES' DIVISION 187
TRADES' DIVISION . 187
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TRADES' DIVISION
TRADES' DIVISION . 188
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TRADES' DIVISION
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TRADES' DIVISION
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TRADES' DIVISION
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TRADES' DIVISION . 191
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GENERAL COMMITTEE-MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Russell Bradford
Marshall N. Stearns
Henry White
Charles M. Conant Peter F. Rourke William A. Bancroft, Mayor John R. Fairbairn, President
Peter P. Bleiler
Clarence H. Douglass Charles P. Keith
Watson G. Cutter E. W. Pike James A. Wood
Sec'y Gen'l Committee
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GENERAL COMMITTEE-COMMON COUNCIL
Melville C. Beedle
William F. Brooks George E. Saunders
William R. Davis
Charles H. Montagne
Clement G. Morgan
John L. Odiorne, President,
Cornelius Minihan
John J. Scott Frank H. Willard David W. Butterfield Daniel S. Coolidge Eben H. Googins
Hamilton H. Perkins
Origen O. Preble
Albert S. Apsey
Walter C. Wardwell
Sedley Chaplin Jomm J. Ahern
Robert A. Parry
INTRODUCTION.
THE fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the city was celebrated by the citizens of Cambridge with appropriate pub- lic exercises, which extended over two days. From the time the celebration was first suggested, in the month of March, 1895, till the last rocket had faded away in the heavens, on the night of June 3, 1896, there was but one dominating thought. Its influence was potent during the long months of prepara- tion. Its power inspired the pulpit of the city. It was the pervasive and controlling force in every feature of the two days' observance ; and its impress is a priceless memory in the hearts of all, both young and old, who participated in the celebration. Not a word was spoken, not a note sung, not a single act per- formed, that did not express some phase of this one dominating thought : the glory and greatness of Cambridge.
The celebration was first suggested by Mr. Theodore H. Raymond, the secretary of the Citizens' Trade Association. In his annual report, March 20, 1895, Mr. Raymond recom- mended that the association should take the initiative steps for a proper observance of the semi-centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the city, which came the following year, 1896. The first public suggestion for the celebration, however, was made in an editorial in the "Cambridge Press," of April 6, 1895. The following May 1, the Citizens' Trade Association took the first step in the long series which culminated finally in the official celebration. The committee on public affairs, on that date, were requested to consider the matter, and, on their report at the regular meeting of the association, held June 19, appro- priate resolutions were adopted. At that time, a committee was appointed to call a public meeting of the citizens of Cam- bridge for the purpose of appointing a committee to arrange for the public ceremonies. This meeting was held in the Trade Association Hall, October 14, and a committee of citizens - ten from each ward of the city - was appointed.1 At the re- 1 See p. 183.
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quest of the Citizens' Trade Association, the city council of 1895, on motion of Alderman Keith, appointed a joint special committee 1 to cooperate with the citizens' committee. The joint committee - citizens and city council -constituted the general committee. In 1896, the representation of the city of Cambridge on the general committee was changed, by the ap- pointment of all the members of both branches of the city couneil 2 of that year ; and there were also a few additions made to the citizens' committee. Mr. Henry O. Houghton, the president of the Citizens' Trade Association, was the chairman of the citizens' committee. The organization of the general committee was as follows: chairman, Hon. William A. Ban- eroft, mayor of Cambridge; secretary, Mr. Eben W. Pike; treasurer, Mr. John L. Odiorne, president of the common eouneil.
The general 'committee began its labors in the latter part of 1895. Hearings were held at the city hall for the purpose of receiving suggestions as to the character and scope of the pro- posed celebration. Prominent citizens appeared before the committee with proposals. No one attempted to suggest a com- plete programme for the celebration, but particular features were recommended, many of which were incorporated in the official programme, as it was eventually adopted. There was one suggestion upon which there was marked unanimity : it was urged that the celebration should be of such a character that it would be possible for all the people of the city to participate in it. The only way that this could be satisfactorily done, it was pointed out, was to have the major part of the celebration take place in the open air.
The single obstacle to such a course was the season of the year in which the anniversary came. The act of incorporation was passed by the legislature, March 17, 1846, and the charter was accepted by the voters of Cambridge the following March 30. Any outdoor exercises on either of these dates was ques- tionable. It was then decided to have the celebration on the date of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization and meeting of the first city council. This fell on May 4. But the uneer-
1 President Fairbairn, Aldermen Keith, Wood, Bradford, and Rourke, and President Odiorne, Councilmen Reid, Beedle, Davis, Ahern, Willard, Allen, Whitmore, Parry, and Apsey.
2 See p. 183.
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tainty of the spring weather finally led the committee to aban- don the idea of having the exercises upon the anniversary of any particular day or days connected with the incorporation of the city. It was at last decided that the celebration should take place on June 2 and 3. The 17th and 30th of March, and the 4th of May, did not pass unnoticed, however. The bells of the city were rung, at sunrise, noon, and sunset of each day, and on the latter date the illumination of the city hall tower began. The electrical words: "Fifty Years A City : 1846-1896" blazed forth each succeeding night till the cele- bration ended, at midnight, June 3. This pregnant phrase, as it illumined the heavens at night, soon burned itself into the popular mind. It passed from mouth to mouth. It appeared in the public print. It adorned the badges of the schoolchil- dren. It inspired public speakers and writers ; and, as its significance grew upon the minds of the people of Cambridge, it aroused and stimulated an ardent civic enthusiasm, which, gathering force as the days passed by, vented itself in the splendor of the two days' festivities.
The official programme 1 was practically decided upon, and made public, in December, 1895. It was carried out, without any substantial change, on June 2 and 3. The opening exer- cises were held in the public schools. Then came the public meeting and oration, which was followed, on the second and final day, by the general exercises of a broadly public nature, - the civic and military parade, followed by a banquet to the guests of the city, the field sports, the tree-planting and children's entertainment on the common, closing with the re- ception at the city hall, and open-air displays of fireworks in the evening. After the adoption of the programme, the gen- eral committee, as a whole, did but little work. The prepara- tions for the festivities, and the execution of the plans for the celebration, were carried forward by a systematic arrangement of sub-committees. Among other things a press information bureau was established in connection with the mayor's office, and periodical bulletins concerning the anniversary event were sent to the newspapers of New England. The general com- mittee appropriated sums of money to the sub-committees, and they were given full power to carry out the particular feature or features of the celebration which had been delegated to them.
1 See p. 187.
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The work of the sub-committee on the memorial volume may properly be noticed licre, inasmuch as the labor of that com- mittee will not be mentioned elsewhere, as it formed no part of the two days' programme of the celebration. At a inceting of the Citizens' Trade Association, held December 20, 1895, a committee was appointed to confer with the general citizens' committee in regard to the publication of an illustrated book, containing " statistics in relation to the city of Cambridge, showing its advantages as a place of residence, and for the establishment of business, and any and all knowledge, the pro- mulgation of which would prove beneficial to the growth and general welfare of the city." The title of the memorial volume, which was subsequently published, was "The Cambridge of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Six," and it was edited by Arthur Gilman, A. M. It presented " A picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation, done by divers hands." The volume was made up of the voluntary contributions of some of the most eminent scholars and public men of Cambridge. It was divided into three main parts : The first part traced the history of Cambridge from its begin- ning to the very eve of the semi-centennial celebration. The second part pictured the Cambridge of the present ; and the third division was devoted entirely to the financial and manu- facturing life of the city. The memorial volume was the one phase of the celebration which will be permanent. The cele- bration itself consisted of transient festivities. Even the Me- morial Tree will die. But as long as men live, and as long as they prize the companionship of good books, the memorial volume, " the fruit of those sentiments of municipal pride which demand some permanent record of the good traits of a city loved," 1 will endure.
The last meeting of the general committee was held Novem- ber 14, 1896. At that meeting a permanent committee 2 was appointed to conduct the sales of the memorial volume, and it was voted to give the proceeds to the Cambridge public library. It was also voted to publish an official account of the celebra- tion, - the volume now in the hands of the reader.
1 Editor's preface, The Cambridge of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Six, p. iv.
2 The mayor of Cambridge, ex-officio, and the following citizens : Mr. George Howland Cox, Mr. Henry O. Houghton, Mr. John L. Odiorne, and Mr. Russell Bradford.
GENERAL COMMITTEE-WARD ONE
Hon. W. B. Durant
Hon. C. H. Saunders
H. O. Houghton Hon. Jolın Read
Rev. D. N. Beach, D. D. E. B. James Hon. W. E. Russell
Justin Winsor, LL. D.
Col. T. W. Higginson James J. Myers E. B. Hale
GENERAL COMMITTEE-WARD TWO
Gen. E. R. Champlin John H. Corcoran Benjamin G. Hazel
Rev. G. W. Bicknell, D. D. George H. Cox Mason G. Parker William E. Thomas
George Close Hon. L. M. Hannum Rev. Thomas Scully
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This book is divided into three parts : The first contains a general descriptive narrative of the celebration. In the second division of the volume are gathered all the principal addresses of the celebration proper, together with the sermons and ad- dresses which were delivered in some of the Cambridge pulpits on the Sunday preceding the celebration, at the request of Mayor Bancroft, the chairman of the general committee. It is worthy of note that, with but few exceptions, the churches of the entire city devoted a large part of their services on that day to extolling the virtues of Cambridge, and impressing upon the hearts of the people of the city the deeper significance of the celebration.
Among others, the following clergymen of the city preached special sermons, in honor of the semi-centennial anniversary : Rev. Edward Abbott, D. D.,1 of St. James's Episcopal Church ; Rev. George W. Bicknell, D. D.,2 of the First Universalist Church ; Rev. Alexander Blackburn, D. D.,3 of the First Baptist Church ; Rev. George Alcott Phinney,4 of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church ; Rev. Isaiah W. Sneath, Ph. D.,5 of the Wood Memorial Church ; Rev. Alexander Mckenzie, D. D.,6 of the First Church ; Rev. Frank Oliver Hall," of the Third Universal- ist Church ; Rev. J. V. Garton, of the Old Cambridge Baptist Church ; Rev. Charles F. Rice, D. D.,8 of the Epworth Meth- odist Episcopal Church ; Rev. C. M. Carpenter, of the Hope Congregational Church ; Rev. Charles H. Perry, of St. Peter's Episcopal Church ; Rev. Edward M. Gushee, D. D., of St. Philip's Episcopal Church ; Rev. Robert Walker,9 of the Church of the Ascension ; Rev. John O'Brien, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, and Rev. Theodore F. Wright, Ph. D.,10 of the Church of the New Jerusalem. Rev. David N. Beach, D. D.,11 of Minneapolis, and Rev. George R. Leavitt of Beloit, Wis- consin, occupied their old pulpits, - the former at the Prospect Street Congregational Church, and the latter at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, - and both preached anniversary ser- mons. Special exercises commemorative of the anniversary were also held, as follows : at the North Avenue Baptist Church addresses were made by Mr. George A. Allison, Representative James J. Myers, and Hon. Chester W. Kingsley ; at the North
1 See p. 46. 2 See p. 65. 3 See p. 68. 4 See p. 121.
5 See p. 138. · See p. 116. 7 See p. 78. 8 See p. 133.
9 See p. 146. 10 See p. 158.
11 See p. 60.
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Avenue Congregational Church there were addresses by Mr. Warren F. Spalding, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart,1 of Har- vard University, and Mr. Frank Foxcroft ; at the Grace Meth- odist Episcopal Church, addresses were made by Professor W. A. Sullivan, Mr. George R. Cook,2 general superintendent of parks, Dean Theodore F. Wright, of the New-Church Theo- logical School, and Mr. A. R. Sweetser, of Harvard University. At the Immanuel Baptist Church, the Sunday following the celebration, anniversary exercises were held, at which addresses were made by the pastor, Rev. Isaac W. Grimes, Edmund A. Whitman, Esq., and Professor Albert Bushnell Hart. Most of these sermons and addresses were delivered without manu- script, as, also, was a very large part of the speaking in the schools on the first day of the celebration. The editor of this volume has got together a considerable number of manuscripts ; and these, with newspaper reports of some of the other ad- dresses, amplified and revised, comprise the second part of the book.
It is deemed best to group the addresses together,3 rather than to scatter them through the volume, in the order that they were given during the two days' exercises. The prime motive of the celebration was to show forth the civic virtues and the greatness of Cambridge. This was the keynote of all those who spoke in public during the celebration. The addresses that have been compiled embody the mature opinions of some of our deepest thinkers, as well as many of our representative citizens ; and it is hoped that the collection of these addresses, as they appear in this book, will prove an interesting, if not valuable, contribution to civic literature.
The third section of the book contains the roster of the parade, the outdoor sports, - names of the winners, etc., - a facsimile of the official programme, the list of invited guests,4 and such other special features, connected directly or indirectly with the celebration, as should be permanently preserved.
Neither expense nor effort has been spared to make this official account of the celebration accurate. But with an almost infinite mass of details, and the authenticity of many of
1 See p. 90. 2 See p. 71.
8 The oration, by John Fiske, LL. D., has the honor of the first place. The other addresses follow in alphabetical order.
4 See p. 179.
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them dependent upon incomplete and inaccurate newspaper re- ports, the editor is painfully conscious of the utter improbability of the attainment of his ideal of exactness.
The editor gratefully acknowledges the helpful suggestions and kindly assistance from many of the members of the general committee, and his thanks are due to those, both in public and private life, who have responded with unfailing courtesy to his many requests for information. He is especially grateful to his friend, Mr. George Rufus Cook, for his critical reading of the manuscript ; and to Mr. Arthur Gilman for valuable advice, and also for his reading of the final proof-sheets. The editor, in the preparation of this work, has striven to embody in these pages some fragment of that large and admirable public spirit which has become incarnate in the subtle, but potent, " Cam- bridge Idea."
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THE CELEBRATION.
THE FIRST DAY.
THE clangor of the church bells on the still morning air heralded the beginning of the semi-centennial celebration of the incorporation of the city of Cambridge, at sunrise on the morning of June 2. The weather was fine. The atmosphere was kept clear by brisk northwest winds, and the sunshine flooded down from a sky in which blue and white were richly mingled. For several days the active preparations for the festivities had been going on. The committees on the celebra- tion had arranged their parts in the programme with minute care. Public buildings, places of business, and private resi- dences had been decorated, after the conventional style, and the bedecked city was resplendent with flags and bunting. Externally everything was in readiness.
These outward evidences of the celebration are noteworthy because they were the manifestations of that fine public spirit and municipal pride with which the people of Cambridge had entered upon the observance of their golden anniversary. This celebration spirit, which had been gathering force during the months of preparation, was quickened and vivified at a banquet at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, on the eve of the celebration proper. This was a complimentary testimonial from the citi- zens of Cambridge to the Rev. David Nelson Beach, D. D. ; and, while the speeches by the prominent citizens on that occasion were not a part of the official observance, they nevertheless sounded the rich full chords of civic pride, and love for Cam- bridge, which vibrated with increasing melody throughout the succeeding two days.
THE SCHOOLS.
Cambridge was true to her traditions when she devoted the greater part of the first day to the schools. The schoolchildren were the first to be impressed with the true significance of the
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semi-centennial, and their youthful ears heard the first words of congratulation, of praise, and of civic patriotism. In the morning, the scholars in the public and parochial schools did honor to their prosperous city by formal exercises. The praises of Cambridge were recited and sung in prose and poetry. The exercises occurred in the school buildings, with one or two ex- ceptions, when the pupils of one or more schools were gathered in a neighboring church or park. They were all of a similar nature, including recitations from the writings of Longfellow, Lowell, and Holmes, and other Cambridge authors ; the reading of historical essays, written by the scholars ; the singing of pa- triotie songs ; and one or more addresses by prominent citizens.
The speakers at the grammar schools were as follows: Agas- siz, Mr. Ray Greene Huling, principal of the Englishi High School; Allston, Rev. Theodore F. Wright, Ph. D.,1 dean of the New- Church Theological School, and Hon. Robert O. Fuller, of the School Committee ; Harvard, Rev. George H. Whittemore, and Rev. Alphonso E. White, of the School Com- mittee : Morse, Mr. William H. Whitney,2 and Mr. George R. Cook, general superintendent of parks ; Peabody, Rev. Edward Abbott, D. D., rector of St. James's Church ; Putnam, Judge Charles J. MeIntire, and Mr. Theodore C. Hurd, clerk of courts of Middlesex County ; Shepard, Mr. Charles F. Wyman, of the School Committee ; Thorndike, Mr. George H. Howard,3 of the Cambridge Water Board, and Mr. Francis Cogswell, superintendent of schools ; Washington, ex-Mayor Charles H. Saunders,4 and Rev. George W. Bicknell, D. D., of the First Universalist Church ; Webster, Richard H. Dana, Esq .; Wel- lington, Rev. J. V. Garton, of the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, Dean Wright, and Superintendent Cogswell.
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