Sir Ernest Shackleton's visit to Harvard this afternoon is an occasion of unusual interest. On October 29, 1908, he and his party of three left the Antarctic coast for the unknown interior, and after an advance which brought them within 111 miles of the pole, they were forced to turn back, having nearly exhausted the food supply and reached the limit of their endurance. When the coast was nearly reached with all of the party more or less incapacitated, one of the men was overcome with sickness. He was left with a companion, while Lieutenant Shackleton and the fourth member of the party hurried on to the coast, signalled to their vessel for aid, returned with reinforcements without resting, found the men who had been left, and brought all hands out in safety. The party covered 1708 miles over the ice-fields in 126 days. During the last three days, Lieutenant Shackleton was almost continuously on the march. There is no more gallant record of leadership and rescue than this, and the man who made it deserves an enthusiastic welcome in the Living Room of the Union this afternoon.