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Excerpt from Memorial of the Dedication of the Public Latin and English High School-House: With a Description of the Building The hall was filled to its utmost capacity, the audience con sisting of more than three thousand people, drawn together by an absorbing interest in the occasion. The selection by the committee of the birthday of Washington for the per formance of these ceremonies was recognized as peculiarly appropriate. A temporary platform, elegantly draped, was erected on the easterly side, in front of the'cavalry entrance from Clarendon street to the magnificent hall, while numer ous portraits of past head-masters of the two schools adorned the walls, and national banners, the stars and stripes, hung in festoons in front of the balconies. Seated on the platform were the Committee on High Schools and invited guests, consisting of His Excellency John D. Long, Governor of Massachusetts; His Honor Frederick 0. Prince, Mayor of Boston; Hon. Robert C. Winthrop; Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson; Hon. Marshall P. Wilder; Prof. William B. Rogers, President of the Institute of Technology; Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop, D.D. Rev. Phillips Brooks, D.D., Rev. J. M. Manning, D.D., Rev. George E. Ellis, D.D., Rev. A. A. Miner, D.D. Rev. Robert C. Waters ton, D.D. President of the English High School Association 4 memorial OF the dedication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.