The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-24
The Ann ArbOr students cheer the
Pan-AmerIcans.

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DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE train
bearing the international excursioners
left Cleveland at IL O'Clock last
night and got into Detroit about
O'Clock this morning. After hearty
breakfast on the train, the party was
placed aboard several steam yachts.
which steamed up the Detroit river.
ANN ARBoR. Mich, Oct. 17.-Not
since Albany's reception of the ALI
American excursion, has such scene
been presented as that which greeted
the travellers when the train stopped
at the depot here at O'Clock p. m.
The green hillside oppsite the depot
was thronged. flags hung from nearly
every window in the vicinity, and Car
riageS filed with residents and. folks
from the surrounding country bio cked
all the street approaches. save the
route along which the excnrsionists
were to be driven to Michigan univer-
sity. As the party fled from the train
! to the carriages the hillside became a
bank of fiuttering handkercbiefs and
| flags Children cheered shrilly. the
old people shouted and a collection
of brass instruments manned
by students sounded three
cheers. The foreigners of the party
were filled with wonder and pleasure.
| The scene had stirring elements, but
! the surprise of the occasion came five
minutes later when the carriages had
| passed UP the hillside roadway on to
the main street; along each side was a
line of hearty, and splendid faced
| young men; away ahead stretched a
| lane thus formed through which the
carriages slowly passed, each class
meantime shouting their various cries
| with waving hats, hands and canes.
| Two thousand five hundred in number
| there were and many of the foreign
/ delegates with difficulty were made t.
| understand that all were of one educa-
tional institution. The carriages halt
ing. the students, every one with barred
heads. ranged in lines on each side as
i as escort, and proceed to march to the
university, the streets being crowded
with carriages and nearly all the houses
fluttering with bunting The guests
were much impressed and not few
were deeply moved. Cheers for the
South American visitors were contin
uouS and VociferouS all the way. The
delegates received with smiles and ap
proving remarks the supeTscriptiou:
upon the banners carried by the stu
dents Continental isolation is com
mercial ISOLATION Omitted in CONT
nent, united in commerce. y
AlighLiDg from their carriages, thu
guests filed between the students, thu
band playing and entering the uniyer-
sity and its auditorium. The visitor
were escorted to seats on the stage
DIR. Angel sat in the center of tn
front row. The right side of the hal
was filed with pretty girl students an
the bright color of their garments len
an animation to a scene which becam
still more inspiring and picturesque
When the female students entered
hundreds of dainty handkerchiefs wef
filuttered. AS the last student WA
seated, an impulsive delegate ON tn
stage waived a small American flag an
: this was the signal for deafening vo
3 ley of cheers which was repeated agai
: and again, while hats were placed o
= canes and waived wildly in the air an
hundreds of feet stamped wildly upo
e the floor. Altogether the scene was On
. of unusual enthusiasm. Tremendou
cheering greeted every reference to th
delegates, and while the visitors on til
stage were pleased ~ TIE demonstra
1 ton, not unnatnrel.y they WeI
amazed at the display of pent-up Ell
ergY in the college youth.
The college chorus prevailed over tn
tumult by singing a few songs, an
President Angel stepped forward an
! welcomed the delegates. At the COZ
clusion of DR.. Angeles speech til
q gle6 CLUB rendered a selection an
J. Senior Zegaira, the minister and del
f gate from Peru, addressed the aud
: ence. A song closed the exercises an
u the delegates and attaches were e
) corted to dinner, which was partake
70 of at the residences of President Al
CELL and Professors CoaleY and Roger
A tour of the university buildings an
J. a reception ended the days proceed
:. ings. and at 10 O'Clock the eXcursiC
~ party was speeding It's way to Graz
n Rapids.