The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

which emitted steam at every stop,
and continuously rang a clang of bells
as warning of its approach The
baggage car contained an excellent
likeness Of Senator Chauncey Depew in
the act of throwing out trunk marked
With the initials of President Hadley-
"A: T. H, Yale" The baggage coaches
were carried by two of the college
sweeps
The whole Grain formed tableau 80
1eet long. The locomotive burned cotton
waste and was equipped with a head
llght and was otherwise equipped like
a genuine locomotive. The windows of
the passenger coaches contained excel
lent portraits Of prominent professors
and graduates. With the cars were
~ seniors carrying regulation railroad
lanterns and dressed in the garb of
brakemen. Considering the fact that
much of President Hadley's reputation
as an economist Is based on his work
on railroad transportation, the railroad
tableau was especially appropriate.
what pleased visitors most and also
the graduates of long standing, was the
transparency carried by the Divinity
school students. 1t was a representa-
ton of the old Saybrook meeting house,
where the II ministers met who found
cd Yale college, nearly 200 years ago
Illuminated from the interior it pre-
sented an interesting contrast with the
magnificent buildings along which it
was carried to the middle of the pro-
cession line. The scientific students
carried as symbol of their study, a
huge blast furnace of sheet iron and
cardboard painted dull red, represent
ing the fiery heat that at every stop
sent the flames high in the air. The
furnace was 16 feet in height
me art students carried a number of
transparencies illustrative of their
study
The procession started at o'clock
with Capt. Malcolm L. Mcbride of the
loot ball eleven as grand marshal. The
campus was brilliantly illuminated. and
the quadrangle being lighted up. Hun
dreds of Chinese lanterns hung in fes-
toons and fancy designs around the
campus and in the archways of the sew
eral halls Great quantities or red fire
blazed from the roofs of Vanderbilt and
Phelps halls. and made the dull and
heavy sky deep red. Every man in the
procession carried a flaming torch.
Each man also was CARRIED in the aca-
demic gowns and mortar-b boards of Gus
tomary cut. Everywhere, however, of
distinguishing hues. Each class of the
academic department was differently
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juniors in a blue, the sophomores in
red, and the freshmen in deep green.
The several classes of the scientific
department wore the same coIors as the
corresponding classes Of the academic
department though slightly different in
shade. TranspaEencies in plenty were
carried at the distance of every few
feet, most of them containing simply a
joking alluson to some bit of college
history of some student stunt"
The procession was reviewed at the
city hall by the mayor and the court of
common council. Mayor Driscoll made
brief remarks in a congratulatory vein
From city hall the procession wended
its way to the home of former Prof
George Brush, until last year director of
the scientific department of the univer-
sity. President Hadleys home nearby
was the next objective point and here
longer stop was made. Prof. Hadley's
appearance on the veranda was the sig
nal for a mighty acclaim. President
Hadley made one Of his characteristic
speeches.
The good feeling existing at Yale to-
ward Harvard was shown when Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard was recognized
near where President Hadley stood.
| The Yale men cheered him vociferously
also. On the return to the college cam
pus Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff of NsW York
was recognized on the steps of Judge
| Townsend's home and he was given an
enthusiastic greeting President Miss
Hazard Of Wellesley was cheered at the
home of Judge Lynde Harrison. The
celebration terminated with a huge bon
fire near the campus on the old gym lot.