The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-23
YALE'S SONS SING HER PRAISES The BiCGDtGlDdl CamDuS Celebration at the AmplihGapo
 Last Night Was a Grand
 Success. THOUSANDS 0F GRADUATES WERE ASSEMBLED President Roosevelt Will Arrive at 930 This Morning and Will be Escorted by Mi|itary-1he Degree of IL. D. Will be Conferred Upon Him at the Hyperion Theater This Forenoon---
 Vast Crowd Witnessed Foot
 ball Games The Hora Mo- vissima Choral Per-
 formanCe.

To-day marks the close of one of the most noteworthy events in the history of New Haven, the commemoration of the two hundred years of the existence of Yale The event has thus far been in every particular a complete success, and if the programme as arranged for to-day is carried out without interrup- tion the day will be in many ways the most interesting of the three over which the festivities of the celebration were spread
 With the coming of the president of the United States, the conferring of de- grees upon many distinguished men of America. Europe and the Orient, the farewell reception to graduates by President Hadley, and the dedication of Woodbridge hall to-day's programme is replete with features which make a fitting culmination for the great Yale week, which will never be forgotten by the Yale graduates who have been present, and which will ever furnish a highly interesting chapter in the his tory of New Haven and of Connecticut. The address of President Cyrus NOrIHruD, ILL., h., Ol tiic VI Minnesota, and President Daniel Colt Gilman of Johns Hopkins university, together with reports of the other events on yesterdays programme are published in other columns.
 Before an audience of fully 10000 peo- ple the Yale Dramatic association last night successfully gave in pantomime the history of Yale university from the founding to the present day, choosing for the scenes the most striking and dramatic events of Yale's two hundred wears of existence No more unique and pleasing way could have been found of thus reviewing the existence of the university
 Historical plays, so-called. were put to shame by the simple yet complete and correct staging of the scenes in the various dates. The costuming was in keeping with the staging, and pro- duced at no trivial expense.
 The Assembly,.
 The hour announced for the beginning of the performance was o'clock, but at T o'clock the campus presented a lively appearance. Ladies, fortunate enough to have secured tickets of ad- mission. arrived early In the hope of nossib]y finding a vacant seat on the stands. a convenient doorway uninhab- tied.
 About 7:30 o'clock the classes began to arrive and took the places assigned them by the ushers. Each class as 1t entered was cheered by those already in position, and thus continual cheer ing was in progress with not even a breathing intermission. Seated direct ,,y in front of the stage was the bicen- tennial chorus of 150 voices under the direction of Professor s. s. Sanford. Retween the chorus and the director was stationed the Second Regiment hand. with the leader, Frank Fichtl, uho had charge except for the render ;np of the college songs. Immediately In the rear of Professor Sanford and occunving the entire floor space of the .rnhitheater were seated the members oe +be classes from 1850-1870, while on tbe bleachers, arranged in the order of graduation were the classes from 1870 to 1901 vhiicmh turned out in full num- bers.
 Preliminary Programme.
 praceding the dramatics was given a musical programme by the oano' WHICH rendered the following:
 -"BicentenniaF .Erna Troostwy worch-"Bicentennia ....
 .. Erna TroostWyk rantasy-"Carmen" -........ .Bl2et rrorob-"YaIe University" .........
 ......... w. E. Haesche fComposed for the Yale Bicentennial Celebra tion)
 rhs work of the band was as usual Of
 axcellent order. and each selection was encored.
 The Dramatic Performance.
 uvhose who had exnected to witness
 onateur performance, thrown to- aa+bar and run as a purely undersrad- s,e+e affair. were agreeably surprised TTr,der the direction of George Miller of the Hyperion the jmpromptu stage had been turned into model or its Kind. The electric light equipment was com