New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
PRINCETON IN HER GLORY
NOTABLE DAYS IN THE sEsQUIcENrrx
NAL FESTIVAL.
An ODE AND Az GRAFTON. A FOOTBALL GAME A.
GRAND PARADE. THE LATTER RE-
VIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT
AND MRS. CLEVELAND.

the Princeton sesqu1centennlal grew to-day. ana
the size and enthusiasm OF the company thu,
thronged the halls and the campus made evan
more apparent than did yesterdays proceedinm
the Importance Of the occasion and the depth o.
the love with which old Nassau Is regarded h,
her sons There are more scholars Of promi.
nence from both sides OF the ocean here than n
any previous college or university affair In this
country and this fact also lends dignity to ever
phase of the celebration. II the Interest keeps
increasing In the same ratio with to-day. why.
then tomorrow Alexander Hall Will not he large
enough by one-third to One-half to accommo.
date the people.
To-day at the morning session 1t was crowded
to its utmost capacity with an audience that was
at all times intent and earnest and frequently
openly enthusiastic, and 1t was distinct trb-
ute to the speakers Of the forenoon that the %.
plause was far from being restricted to the
mere onIookers The contagion Of it spread even
TO the stage. and it swept more than once over
the solid body of academicians seated in the hall
like a wave The poetry Of the Rev. Dr.
Henry Van Dyke appealed to them but 1t n.
ouired the more incisve strokes OF Woodrow
Wilson. professor Of Jurisprudence in Princeton,
70 carry the learned men clear out OF their h.
Ritual reserve He seemed to gather almost q
Keen
as did those who sat smiling back at him from
the DEPTHS OF their official gowns
THE PROCESSION TO ALEXANDER HALL
The day begun with the meeting OF the visit.
ing delegates and faculty and trustees In Mar.
ouand Chapel. There instructions were given
regarding the formation OF the parade. which
once more led to Alexander Hall. where the
regular exercises were held. the long process
s,on WAS headed by President Patton and Dr.
Charles T. Green. and between them walked
Governor Griggs OF New-Jersey' VINO presided
a, tho morning session. DR.. Green prefaced the
session with q further announcement OF hames0
institutions from which letters OF congratulated
had been received. and then presented Governor
Griggs. who rose in his place 70 resi- ond 10 tne
greeting that the audience bestowed upon MIN.
II. made no allusion of a personal character, and
simply introduced the Rev Dr. van Dyke 10 reaa
the ode. DR.. Van Dyke was present as the rep
resentative Of the Cliosophic Society," ana the
poem was of his own writing. Throughout the
reading he was attentively followed anu d Sus'
,es,,vo places was frequently interrupted By
"Pp'"'' DIR. VAN DYKES ODE.
The part OF the ode relating to the beginning
of Princeton College was as follows
1 see thee standing in lonely land
But late Nnd hardly won from SOLITUDE
Unpopulous and rude ,a
On that far Western shore see thee stand
Ike some young goddess from brighter h ssIaha
While i'm thine eyes a radiant thought Il Dorn
Enkndling all thy beauty ike the molh,,
Ard guiding to tiny work a powerful nand.
Sea.lke the forest rolled In waves OF green. .
And few ,h the nS ses o na
Fair Haryards earliest beacon,sower ns snIa s
Flashed from the meadows by New-Haven Bay
But deeper spread the forest; and m, more datH
Where first Neshamny received me SPARK
or sacred learning 10 Its iran apode,
And nursed the holy fire until II glowed.
T hne r sss n yo taper from its humble nok
Thine Was the hope, and thine the stronger WI
From an unlicensed source with lawless fame;
sa ony U sh inse According d to" rule
But princeton answered, In her nob.er mood,
T SoS %aS e w sns between sG the old and
The conflict lies between the false SnH courses m
In glory differ. but their light Is one NO,
The beacons. cleaning DER the sea OF IRE
Are rDa Out In across nS the nsn
l. too, will build lasting home for light
WOODROW WILSON'S GRAFTON
As the next speaker. the orator OF the day.
Governor Griggs presented Professor Woodrow
Wilson. with the conclusion Of whose splendid
address the session came to an end. His SUD.
and it was in part as follows:
i, ha. never been natural II has seldom besa
place part and hold aloof from affairs 1t is only
dent in habit and without seIfquestonings upoa
any vital point OF conduct that study can sn s.
day ss''I America has never yet had a season
leisured quiet in which students could seek ,Ii. ~.
nstruesors easily forget tina, they training
citizens as we'll as drilling pupils and prin ns S
youth when she first learned the lesson Of public
service. She Will not easily get John Nitherspo''
He came TO the College in 1868. and ruled I. TIL ;:
died, in 1894 In the very middle OF his term a..
mems minds imperatively off from everything es!
and politics, and he turned with al! me 10 to'
and frankness OF his nature TO the puohc tssAs -
the great struggle. assisted In the making OF ~
Constitution for the State became her spoKes%sd
dependence Of her before the Congress ne nss
with hearty good Will when it came; acted FOR sns
country In matters alike OF war and OF nnsnn Az
s sSss and Ts" orator. tor eemns himself in =:
service OF God when most engaged IN Inc SEWN
Princeton sent upon tn. public stage an s1t5 sSs.
sort the academic centre OF the Revolution n'ss
among the rest. the man in whom the county 70
one day to recognize the chief author OF the ~
eral Constitution. Princetonians are never trec
telling how many public men sraduatss sna itS
twenty-thres Representatives thirteen Gove! n,n,
one vice-President and President: all WITHIN ..s
space Of scarcely twenty years and from .aSsSts
Nine Princeton men sat in the Constitutional cor
Witherspoon's pupils there was other ccnsV
that had there 40 many as six and the reHV1 s n
able doctor might have claimed all nine as W..
spirit and capacity Madison guided the convsSss
ton through the critical stages OF rs ANXIOUS leading
without insisting. ruling without commandns.wrs.
authority. not Of tone or emphasis but OF ap. hsvs
gestion-such as DR.. Witherspoon could never N.
exercised Princeton men fathered both tne isr.
gna plan which was adopted and the Ss~ men
sey plan, which was rejected. and Princs'om njsa
advocated the compromises without when "S Sccis.
could have won acceptance. The strenuous - see
mans earnest desire and prayer 10 tioI 70 last
government set over the Nation that snou nr hoN
was realized as even he might not have peS I'M n
enough to hope. No man had ever better '"
rejoice In his pupils
A BANNER FROM PRINCETON WOMEN