Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-11-09

sented Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, who re-
sponded to the sentiment 'sThe founders and
| benefactors of Harvard Rev. DR.
Taylor of St. Johns college, Cambridge
spoke in response to the sentiment "The
colleges and universities of Europe" and Sil
| Lyon Playfair in response to the s'University
| of Edinburgh" President Eliot then deliv-
cred his address. He was frequently inter
| rupted by cheering. Professor Agassiz and
| Professor Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia, re-
| piled for the "Science of medicine and sur
gerry" Professor j. B. Thayer replied to the
| toast "The law" and then with valedictory
remarks from Judge Devens the meeting
came to end. -
After the banquet the procession refor med
and escorted the President to Faneuil Hall in
Boston where he received such of the people
as chose to call upon him. The hall had been
packed for two hours in anticipation of his
coming and thousands were obliged to go
away disappointed in their expectation of
grasping the Presidents hand. After half an
hour of handshaking the President was
torn away and the procession took up
its march through Washington, School, Bea-
con and Arlington streets and Commonwealth
avenue to the Hotel Vendome, arriving amid
the thunder of a battery of twenty-one guns.
A detachment of police lined both sides of
the avenue to keep back the crowd. When
the Presidents carriage appeared it was
greeted with cheers from hundreds of Threats,
assembled the steps to the reception parlors.
Soon long lines of carriages be-
gan to appear on the Dartmouth
street side of the Vendome and unload their
living freight at the Dartmouth street en-
trance. Five thousand tickets had been dis
tributed and from dark until 10 p m. stream
of humanity passed through the hotel to the
parlors decorated with $4,000 worth of
flowers where the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land with untiring graciousness received the
elite of Boston and New England.
After grasp ng the hand of the Fres-
ident and his wife each individual was
escorted by ever attentive ushers to the
Commonwealth avenue entrance where their
carriages were in waiting. Soon after 10
o'clock amid cheers, music andgood-byes, the
presidential, party were hurried into carriages
and escorted by the Independent Corps of
Albany depot where they embarked
for New York on the 1890 train.
Among the first to greet the President
were Hon. P. A. Collins, Hon. Leopold
Morse and John Boyle O'Reilly. The first
man in the line to pass and shake hands with
Mr.. Cleveland was Captain Vinal of Scituate,
Mass, wh0 had been waiting for the oppor-
tunity to present the President with a cane
made from piece of the hull of the Consti-
tuition, which the President received with
cordial acknowledgment.
The great celebration was continued to-
night by torchlight parade of one thousand
men, the various classes turning out in force.
The costumes of the torch bearers were
unique and representative. The senior class
wore red robes and Oxford hats; the juniors
a continental costume of buff, black hats,
yellow vests and knee pants; the sophomores
were arrayed in short beaver hats gray coats,
white vests. buff trousers and white overgar-
tiers, and the freshmen appeared in costumes
consisting of light blue pants, fatigue
caps, body belts and buckles. The
special features of the parade were
characteristic of the college and included a
group of twelve students Enthusiastically clad in
hunting costumes and intended to represent
Kentucky students. Another group of ten
wore the costumes of 1850; group of sew
enteen recalled naval "reminiscences, the party
eight officers and nine marines in
full naval costume; group of eight were
clad in purple coats, black trousers worn to
the knee and wigs, representing the faculty
blouse, knee pants, white vests and
sugar loaf hats, descriptive of the
puritanieal collegians; group of
two Indians and two printers
devils appropriately costumed recalled well |
known incidents in the early history of the |
college. There was also a group of the |
founders of the university, a group repre- |
senting the Washington corps and military |
organization of the early college in blue mil |
tary coats, gilt trimmings, white vests, knee
pants, white garters and black chapeau.
After the parade the celebration closed with |
grand pyrotechnic display on Holmes field |
of grand illumination by colored |
fires in different parts of the grounds and |
followed by japanese shells, parachutes and |
of metsoric and colored star mines. !