The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-20

casion ana President Cleveland will de-
liver short address. The exercises Of
the evening over, the President and Mrs
Sleveland viii be escorted to Prospect and
assigned suite Of rooms IN President
Fatton's house Breakfast Will be taken
with DR.. and Mrs Patton and a few dis
tngu3shed guests of the university and
al Il a. NJ on Thursday. Mr. ANA HRS
Cleveland viii attend the formal exercises
n e0nnemoratson Of the founding Of the
College OF New Jersey and the ceremonies
li'alis a ,aI ,aarIating The new Plineeten univer-
SHY, These exercises viii last fully TWO
hours President Cleveland will deliver
an address and thr0Gghou< the ceremonies
VIII occupy q prominent place on the
stage of the hail. He viii witness the
inauguration Of the University which viii
be conducted by President Patton ard
tae comforting Of honorary degrees. on q
seieet number Of scholars from all parts
After the university has been duly in
augugated, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland will
be escorted TO Prospect again, where an
elaborate luncheon win be served I'm
their honr. the Official guests. faculfv
and trustees of Princeton being in attend
ance. This VIII be a most distinguished
@ noay Of learned men, including eminent
World universities over fifty ATlsriean
college and university presidents ana
professors from as many more repre-
sentlns the leadership in all the depart
ments Of knowledge.
At three r. NJ on THURSDAY a general
Teeeptlon VIII be given the President and
Afs. cleveland by d. ard Mrs Patteu
At which the alumni and visitors are ex-
pected to shake the hands of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland The Presidential party
viii leave for Washington late Thursday
afternoon, returning by special train the
same way they came
Mrs Charles d. Green of This CITY
VIII be one OF the most prominent society
leaders in Princeton during the ceIebra
ton. Mrs Green has taken for the oe-
eaSlon beautiful house, which is admir-
ably adapted for enter tainments and Will
be the scene of almost constant Festivities
during the three days Mrs Green viii
entertain. besides the foreign representa-
ives Of note and other distinguished vis-
itors. the City Troop of Philadelphia in
whose honor she will give q reception
Lunches, dinners and afternoon teas Will
also be given by Mrs Green.
me preparations which have been
made for accommodating the crowds and
FEEDING the multitude are quite exten-
sive- At University Hail. Thomas G.
1iu q Son. OF sShis city, will serve meals
and refreshments throughout the three
days, having prepared to furnish eatables
for thousands. Every restaurant and
eating house in town has increased IT'S
accommodations to the utmost, and be-
SIDE these numerous eating places have
been inprovised. Most of the graduate
classes have secured headquarters Of their
own in variois parts OF the tewn and
many OF tnefn will provide meals for their
Notwithstanding the fact that every
available space has been utilized II IS
anticipated that the rooms in Princeton
viii be inadequate for the crowds. and
for this reason special trains will be run
late in the evening after the exercises of
each day have been concluded, so that
visitors desiring TO do so can return TO
their homes
President Cleveland's remarks on the
two occasions he will speak while in
Princeton are awaited by Pfineetonians
with great interest. 1t is expected that
he viii refer to his class connection with
Old Nassau and pay d high tribute to the
college Although not graduate OF
Princeton himself, all his academic fela-
tions have been with Princeton Ills
father received his theological education
here, having been student at the
Princeton Theological Seminary Mr.
Cleveland himself was born within forty
miles Of Princeton's classic shades, and
spent his youth almost in the shadow OF
Old Nassau Mrs. Cleveland has several
times shown her interest in the college
and in 1890 visited Princeton as d. pa
troness Of the junior promenade, and with
Edgar Allan Poa for a partner led the
dance,