Evening star., 1896-10-22
PARADED:
Torchlight Procession at Princeton
Reviewed BY the President.
BRILLIANT SCENE ON THE CAMPUS
Two Miles Of Lights and Trans
parencies.
VETERAN ALUMNI IN LINE

Society of the Sons of the Revolution of
New Jersey at Princeton University yester-
day afternoon. The tablet was placed on
the front entrance of Nassau Hall Ad-
dresses of presentation and acceptance were
made and ]. L. Cadwalader of New York
delivered short address. The inscription
on the tablet Is:
This building, erected In 1856 by the Col
lege OF New Jersey. and named Nassau Hall
In honor of King William III. was seized
by British forces for military purposes in
1Il6. and retaken by the American army
January 3, lit. Here met from June 20.
11S3,until November 4. 1888, the Continental
Congress- and here August 26. 1783 General
Washington received the gratifled acknowI-
edgment of the Congress for his services in
establishing the freedom and independence
Of the United States of America Erected
october Il, 1896 by the Society of the Sons
OF the Revolution in the state Of New Jer-
sey.'
The Celebration at Might.
The celebration Of last night was as re-
markable a demonstration as the intellec-
tual program of the day, but in quite an
other fashion. When twilight faded and
the full moon shone big and round in
cloudless sky the campus began to glow red
with the light of innumerable paper Ian
terms strung and festooned through the
trees and on all the buildings Long lines
OF fire burned against the darkness every
where, and the academic shades were trans
ported to fairyland
The arches and the buildings Of Nassau
street were brilliantly Illuminated and the
town was a sea OF lights and orange and
black Pickering torches swarmed among
the college buildings like myriad fire flies
as the procession was forming. The medley
OF cheers. the bare of dozen bands,
6y yyrNluD 0H
hair-raising din, above which swelled now
and then the roar Of "As We Go Marching
TO Princeton"
The line wound all around the campus,
two miles Of torches and transparencies.
Every class since 1876, a period Of sixty
years was represented, and at least 1900
Princeton men were In the line. Every
OF aged men OF the '4Os. who leaned on their
sticks, but cheered Quaveringly, to the
riOtous. dancing hundreds of the '3Os. The
notices on these transparencies would fill
The class of '04 carried such bold profess
sions as these: Some of Us Are for Nc
kinley. Some of Us Are for Bryan. Some OF
Us Are for Sale" I'VE Demand the I'm
mediate Restoration of the Foot Ball
Championship without the Consent of Any
Other College" 1--WE Demand a Free and
Unlimited Coinage Of Beer at its Full Legal
value Why Didn't Bryan Come to
Princeton and Give Us a Shower Of Words?
We Wouldn't Have Done Thing to Him."
Just Tell Them That You Saw '94 and
They Will Guess the Rest
G carried this parental address: Little
Children, See the Men; How Nicely They
Walk What is This? This Is a Celebra-
ton. But This is Only the Overture The
Real Celebration VIII Come Later When
You Are in Bed. Now Run on and Play"
Another impressive legend was: "'y2
than which there Is none such," with
Princeton demands all the Scriptures and
all Of Venezuela" Many notices related
to the greatness Of Princeton and the sur
passing greatness of the classes that bore
them, with Latin notices and nonsense ad
infinitum. The procession moved at $50
o'clock, and entangled itself amid a tre-
mendous racket.
Veteran Graduates In Line.
The class Of AZ had seventy-six men in
line who had attended the hundredth an
niversary celebration at Princeton in 1876
Many classes had elaborate floats in line
The Washington Guard Of 81 was headed
by four-horse carriage. with four colonial
outriders and George Washington reclining
proudly against the cushions. '7S dragged
huge wooden cannon, which passed and
poured forth red fire. The '8S men pranced
fncased in dummy horses and challenged
the City Troop to cavalry combat. The
procession marched through the town and
back to the campus. along Nassau street
under the triumphal arches. The streets
were jammed with people. the greatest
crowd In Princeton's history.
The Arrival Of the President.
President Cleveland, Mrs. Cleveland and
Privnte Secretary Thurber arrived at s:25
O'Clock, when the parade was vending its
way along Nassau street. The presidential
party was met by the City Troop of Phila-
delphia. and escorted to the reviewing
stand in front of Nassau Hall.
As Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland reached the
stand with President Patton, James Alex
ander of New York. Charles E. Green and
Governor Griggs, the historic old hall burst
into glory Of light that outlined the
walks, every door and window, and the tall
tower against the moonlit sky. Many in
candescent lamps made this effect. The
parade swung into the campus and for
nearly an hour the shouting cohorts passed
In review in a glare of red fire and torches.
AS the classes passed the reviewing stand
they cheered Justify for Cleveland" and
Mrs. Cleveland laughing for the best part
of an hour. The boys" young and old,
" ere having their day, and it was large
''I6 to l." "16 to / nit." and Mr.. Cleveland
smiled expansiveiy and chuckled, but his
Waterloo came when "a stopped to face
him with the legend: "Grover, send your
boys to Princeton
When the paraders had massed them
selves before the stand Mr.. Alexander leo
cheers that roared from thousands of bra
zen throats for the President, Mrs. Cleve-
land, Governor Griggs. President Patton
and Nassau Hall. An elaborate display OF
fireworks ended the celebration, as Mr..
Cleveland would not yield to the loud shouts
Of Speech, speech" The shower of rock
cts, bombs and set pieces made fine show
before the shining glory Of old Nassau.
The Yale delegation was the only body
from another university present. The SONS
of Ell marched twenty-five strong, headed
by Coxswain Tommy Clarke OF the Hen
ley crew, and wore the senior caps and
gowns. carrying blue lanterns. The show
was over at 10 o'clock, but the evening was
still young for great crowd of the sons of
old Nassau.
WATSON DEFENDS. HIMSELF.