The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
HADLEY IN OFFICE.
Inauguration Is Held
With Much Pomp
and Ceremony.
ELIOT WEARS YALE BLUE.
Students Make Merry on
Campus in the
Evening.

New Haven, Oct. 1S.-With all the
pomp and ceremony to be expected in
an affair of its kind, DR. Arthur Twin
ing Hadley was today inaugurated the
18th president of Yale university, sue
ceeding the venerable Timothy Dwight.
The impressive ceremony took place at
3 o'clock this afternoon, in the chapel
| of the college church, in the presence of
| hundreds of distinguished men and wo-
men prominent in higher educational
affairs in all sections of the country.
and representatives of the federal, state
and city governments, and before an
audience which included probably the
most distinguished gathering New Ha-
ven has ever witnessed.
The induction of DR.. Hadley possessed
peculiar charm for Yale men, in that
it meant the installation into the high
office of the son of the late Prof James
Hadley, one of Yale's most brilliant
scholars, and also gave to Yale an Off
cial head chosen from the ranks of the
younger graduates. Enthusiasm was
high during the earlier hours of the
day, despite the fact that a downpour
of rain had been falling since late last
ever, the weather gave indications of
clearing, and steps were taken to carry
out the program in all its elaborate de-
tails.
The inaugural ceremonies were simple
in themselves. They were conducted in
English, the traditional Latin pro-
nouncements having been abandoned at
DR.. Hadley's request. This rendered
the exercises more interesting, although
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time custom. President Hadley was
honored with the presence, not only of
distinguished Yale alumni, but by the
attendance of many famous sons of
other institutions of high rank. The
presidents of Harvard, Princeton, CO.
lumbia, Cornell, Chicago, Brown, ODER
lin and host of other universities and
colleges were there, and with them
were federal officers, distinguished men
of science and letters, diplomats, men of
finance and Importance in the world of
business. The diversity of the assem-
| blage seemed to take on the aspect of a
tribute to the versatility of the men
thus signally honored
| The members of the Yale university
| corporation and faculty wore the blue
| hood, and various designations in the
way of shades, to distinguish the de-
| partments with which they are con-
nected. DR.. Hadley himself wore the
crimson hood of Harvard, typical of the
degree of doctor of laws, with which
| Yale's older sister has honored him
| President Eliot of Harvard reciprocal
ed the pleasing courtesy by wearing
the Yale hood, indicating that Yale had
| bestowed the degree of doctor of laws
upon him. Other Harvard scholars
wore their crimson hoods The orange
and black of Princeton was there. and
| the variety of colorS was given added
brightness by the military dash it pre-
sented.
The student chorus of 100 picked
voices rendered the commencement ode
written by Edmund Clarence Sted-
man, SO, for the commencement of
| 1895. The solos were taken by Herbert
| Witherspoon, basso. The chorus was
directed by Prof. Horatio w Parker
AS the procession entered the chapel
the orchestra rendered professional.
After the professional and overture
the retiring president, DIR. Timothy
! Dwight, made the opening prayer Rev.
Joseph H. Twichell of Hartford, the