Ther THURS. JUNE 19, 1924 Wea 



»2i Washinoton Strsbx, Boston 8, Mas*. 



SATURDAY, NOVE MBER 8, 1924 



IN MEMORY OF MRS. ELIOT | 



Service for Wife of President Emeritus of | 

 Harvard 1 University Is Held at First 

 Church in Cambridge 



la memory of Mrs. Charles W. Bitot, 

 wife o£ the president emeritus of Harvard | 

 University, a special service was held, 

 yesterday afternoon at the First Church i 

 in Cambridge. Mrs. Eliot died at her 

 summer home at Mt. Desert last July, ana 

 as funeral Bervlces were held there at the 

 time, her many Cambridge friends desired 

 that there be a memorial service at her 

 horns church In Cambridge, where they 

 might gather to honor her memory. 



The serylce opened with an organ vol- 

 untary by Dr. A. T. Davison of Harvard, 

 who played a "fugue in B Minor" from 

 Pranek, followed by Brahms's "Choral 

 Trelude." The Harvard College Choir 

 then sang "Periti autem Fulgebunt," net 

 to music by Mendelssohn. Rev. Samuel 

 M. Crothers, D. D., minister of the church, 

 road from the Scriptures and prayer was 

 offered by Rev. A. C. McGiffert, Jr., fol- 

 lowed by the choir chanting "Father Al- 

 mighty" to the music of "Integer Vita?." 



Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, D. D., president 

 of the American Unitarian Association, 

 gave a short Introduction. A life so rich 

 and radiant cannot be allowed to pass 

 without' love an% praise, ho said. It was 

 r l|fe rich »nd full, rich In Interesting 

 contacts with all kinds of people, rich In 

 love given and In love received. Hers 

 was a buoyant spirit, a hospitable heart, 

 a. uoslilve character and a distinctive per- 

 sonality, abundant in friendship but not : 

 dependent on praise or blame. 



