New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-30
COLUMBIA'S GALA DAY.
PLANS FOR THE DEDICATION CERE-
MONIES.

CORNERSTONE TO BE LAID FOR TWO OF THE
aru.D,NGs AT MoRNINGsIDE HEIGHTs-THE
list REGIMENT TO TAKE PAR"
Saturday will be great day for Columbia UnVer-
sity and great day for New-Iork as weii' ioi WIN
the dedication Of the new site of the unNefsi'! NV
era will dawn in the life Of this institution Oh 20
ing and the promise Of Its results Is as prish' ~
fair as even the most sanguine couIu reasoN"D,
expect With new buildings. new ar ne" "NN
larger facilities for research, ana some He" pa
fessors the new life that the institution wan -
I'D on Morningside Heights ought 10 DE anu w.
fair to be one Of greater usefulness IMAM 'H'
in the years past. AS yet the grouhos d. t..
Observation-Disclosures. and the Boulevard are u,
utt.r confusion to the eyes Of any one pul sh'ou
workman but to him the great derricKs' 'ne ,a
lions and all the topsy-turvy conoltion Vi ~
in the course OF construction are inc SisS
future that will be free from tunuit anu co'iiu
.,o, a. tho buildings of great university ever are
Tho plans for the dedication ceremonies are I'LL"
ished and the trustees and officers are co'l"ue','
that all will be carried out without ni'0" "
diton to the dedication ceremonies t"ci. " -
those OF laying the cornerstones OF TWO Vi vi.
buildings-the Physics Building and Scherinei V'Il
1Tou To arrange the programme for the dedicauon
of new site for a college that has been IN '"e nea'
of the city for 142 years is big UNDERTAKINGS " ~
speakers who have been secured 1or Saluiu"' w
men who will grace the occasion. Inc ii.o""0 ~
ecrtbed at some length the aspect ana cohui'ion =.
The new grounds the buildings that Will be erecteo
and the programme that will be followed out a. 'e
time of the dedcatory exercises. MANY " ~,
foundations of the various buildings have aireau9
emerged above the surface OF the sroui"' anu '"S
work Is being pushed along rapdly'
On. ~ the most important facts that Rad 10 De
dealt with by those who arranged the programme
for the exercises was that there IS sure 10 10 a''
immense crowd to witness the imposing ceioii'o''
The interests OF the alumni OF course nau tken
to give those who have spent years of stpdy wl,na,
the old college walls chance 10 see N at nace the
Alumni will hold a reuLion in the morning, ana , ,vp
this purpose the facut.s and alumni win
receive Invitations TO the morning ce,eno me rus
tses and faculties in South Hail. and to the amuni
An West Hall Tho dedication services VIII pc De n ne
IN AM the nrs ofn a the Physc; building ogden \
Rood professor OF physics Will Iay me cor ~ Van
There will ,b also aea of s t6e College Dr.
Morgan Dix vii ofciate at ine a sns Wiiam G.
echermerhorn viii lay the cornerstone. The ad-
dress will be delivered BY Dr. Henry F. Osborn Da
The bubble ceremonies in the afternoon VIII be
held in the South Court whers s'a an Sr"ye The
officers alumni and undergraduates Nh mar" viii
the court at ESQ osoc csre nne leaving its ar
mo9y at 2ss o'clock and going the site by means
e paDe Buitered THey will
One-hundr -ninih-st and maren IRON rom
there TO One-hundred and thireenth-st, wnere tAes
will receive Lafayette Post G. a. r.. ana VIII es
cort the members of the post and the Gncers o.
sixteenth-st and Amsterdam-ave: The exercises
proper will begin a, o'clock The Kew, c Dr; "a
ward B. Coe senior minister or the ConeEdte
Dutch Church will offer prayer. after when there
Will be an address by the president OF tne UNI
versity Then will come presentation or the Ma
tionai colors by Lafayette Post and an acceptance
Of the coors by the president OF the university;
The nat Regiment will then leave the GROUNDS ana
march back to the armory by way OF the Boule-
ward. Fifty-seventh-st.. Fifth-avs' ana n,'rH ~
dresses will be made by Abram 5. Hewitt. Of the
class Of 1872 and President Charles w; Wiz, E h OIL
harvard University The benedction Will be pro-
nounced by Bishop Potter.