The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-03
YALE'S BlCENTENNIAL,


Celebration to he From October 20 to
October 30 observation-disclosures ofSub-
scrlptlons to Date-The Committee
and Their Work.
The Alumni Weekly, which appeared
e yesterday contains the following OIL
cial statement regarding the plans for
Yales Bi-centennial:
Yale's two hundredth anniversary
will be celebrated next October, begin
ming Sunday, the Goth, and ending
Wednesday, the 23d. Every effort is
being made by the committee IN
charge to have the details well in hand
long before that time, and from the
progress reported to date, it would APP
pear that Yale is to have celebration
of magnificent proportions, in winch
the graduates and undergraduates Will
take prominent parts.
This is the order of the celebration
.as~-announced by the executive COM
mittee:
Sunday, Oct. 20-Sermon by Rev.
Joseph H. Twitchell, so, in the morn
ing, and addresses on Christian Theol-
ogy and Missions in the afternoon.
Organ recital in the evening.
Monday, Oct. 21-Addresses in the
morning on the relation of Yale to Law
and Craftsmanship Speakers to be
announced later. Address \of welcome
in the afternoon. Torch-light process
/ sion in the evening of graduates and
undergraduates and serenading of dis
tinguished guests
Tuesday, Oct. 22-Addresses on
Yale's relation to the progress of Sci
ence and Education in the morning,
followed by luncheon to the alumni.
Concert by Boston Symphony orches-
ira in the afternoon.
Wednesday, Oct. 23-Commemoratio
day exercises, consisting of the COM
memorative address and poem to be
& delivered in Memorial hall. Honorary
degrees will be granted and the exer-
cises will be interspersed with choral
and orchestral music. In the after
noon the production of some original
work for orchestra and chorus, and
later a final reception of the alumni
and guests by the president
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
1t will be remembered that during
the winter of 1S9S-99 a general commit
tee on the Bi-centennial was appointed
by the corporation. This large COM
mittee was at once divided into three
sections: A finance committee, a
building committee and a committee
on the celebration.
The finance committee, of which
Thomas Thacher II, is chairman, and
Prof. A. w. Phillips, '73 S., secretary,
has been occupied with collecting
funds, primarily for the purpose of
erecting the new memorial buildings
on Grove and College streets. The to-
tai amount Of subscriptions up to Oc-
tober 26, 1900, is $603 474.70 OF this
amount $244069S4 have been paid for
land on which to erect the buildings,
while $99,110 are assigned by the don
ors to special purposes. A total of
1882 404.10 has been paid out for site,
plans and construction to date. Three
inf7,,ational subscriptions of one hun
dfed thousand dollars each have been
made on condition that three other
subscriptions of similar amount are Sc
cured. One of the gentlemen making
this conditional promise has made
one-half Of his gift outright, so that
the total amount definitely in sight at
present may be increared by fifty
thousand dollars, that is, raised to
$3.50, 474.79.
1t is worthy of note that, true to the
democratic traditions of Yale, the sub
scriptions have been very general, the
number of subscribers to the Bi-cen-
tennial fund being COZ.
THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
W. 11,,;1 q
w. w. Farnam, '66, chairman, Presi- |
dent A. T. Hadley, M. F. Tyler, 10,
treasurer Of the university, II. F. Dim
ock, '63, and Buchanan Winthrop, SO,
of the corporation and Henry Holt,
s'62, had in charge the preparation of
the plans for the memorial building
on Grove street, in which the impor-
tant functions of the celebration will
be held. The foundations of this
building have been laid, and work is
progressing rapidly and satisfactorily. |
The architects are Carrere & Hastings |
of New York city, who are also erect |
ing the Public Library on Forty -second |
street in New York. The dedication |
of this Memorial Hall on Grove street |
will form one of the functions Of the |
celebration, as will also the dedication |
of Woodbridge Hall, the new Admins |
tration building on Wall street, named |
in honor of Timothy Woodbridge, one |
of the founders of Yale college.
The foundations which are now be- |
ing laid are those of the University |
Hall. The corporation is unwilling to |
begin the construction of the other |
buildings planned by the architects
until funds for the purpose are in
sight. After the presidential election
an earnest effort will be made to Sc
cure further subscriptions in order to |
complete the group of buildings on
Grove and College streets.
COMMITTEE ON CELEBRATION.
The committee on the celebration
included President Hadley, chairman;
Rev. DR.. G. r. Palmer, 55, and Judge |
Fl. r. Rowland, "a, of the corporation;
A. p. Stokes Jr., '96, secretary of the
corporations Professors G. P. Fisher,
H. p. Wright, T. S. Woolsey, H. w.
Parker S. S. Sanford, j. F.. Weir and
j. G. Schwab, secretary; Howard
Mansfield III Charles Hopkins Clark,
III, and Thomas Hooker, So This
committee has been sub-divided into,
and has organized, subcommittee on
the various phases of the work, in pre-