The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-24

the speaker, the address was delivered
from his chair at the suggestion of DR..
Hadley.
President Roosevelt did not attend
the early afternoon exercises of the
celebration. After the ceremonies OF
comforting the degrees We're completed
he was driven to the home of w. w.
Farnam on Prospect Hill. The crowds
almost blocked the streets as the party,
with it's escort passed, and many hum
dreds swarmed along after the carriage
and obtained the coveted glimpses or
and a bow from the President.
The Farnam residence is located on
broad rise of ground and high hedges
and fences surround the estate. Po-
licemen and detectives stood guard at
the gates and about the house, and
none of the curious were admitted.
After luncheon and a brief rest the
President accompanied by Professor
Harry S. Graves and Mr.. Farnam
str0lled over across the street to the
Yale school of forestry on the Old
Marsh estate, and during the afternoon
he also received the members of the
Yale varsity football team, who,
through Jack" Greenway, an old
football man of Yale, and later fellow
Rough Rider with Col. Roosevelt, had
asked and been cordially granted the
privilege of a call.
The President left the house at 43O
for University Hall.
The final official function of the Yale
bi-centennal began at 5 o'clock this
evening. The affair was scheduled as
a farewell reception by President and
Mrs Hadley. But the presence of the
President of the United States, who
assisted President and Mrs. Hadley in
receiving, lent a far greater impress
siveness to the occasion. Although there
was no public announcement that
President Roosevelt would be present
rumor of his coming had spread
among the crowd, and a big squad of
policemen had great difficulty in re-
straining them at the entrance.
The reception was held in the great
dining hall or commons owned by tho
university corporation. The building is
one of the new bi-centennial structures
and the magnificent hall was as grand
a place as could be imagined for such
an affair.
President Roosevelt and DR.. and
Mrs. Hadley stood upon a small raised
platform, midway to one side of the
hall. Commander and Mrs. Cowles, the
Presidents sister, and Private Secre-
tary CortelyOu stood to the rear of the
receiving party. Close at hand were
Secret Service officers ushers and
those in charge of the ceremonies. The
purpose was to admit only those wear
ing badges.
Those of themselves numbered sew
eral thousand, and a great number Of
the general unlimited public had man
aged to gain entrance. Particularly
noticeable was the extreme caution
not only of the body officers but of
those having the affair in charge for
the adequate protection of the Presi-
dent
The most unique and original feature
of the reception was the fact that
there was absolutely no handshaking.
The suggestion to eliminate this old
time custom originated with President
and Mrs. Hadley, and was readily
adopted by the President after con-
sultation with Secretary Cortelyou.
Secretary Cortelyou was asked whether
| this decision was reached because of
the tragedy at Buffalo. He replied that
lit had not been considered in that light
and need not be necessarily taken as
| precaution for the future. The non
handshaking program, however, seemed
to work to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned and this, together with the ad-
mirable arrangements expedited the
proceedings.
Light refreshments were served at
| the side of the hall opposite the Off
cial party. 1t is estimated that 5000
| persons attended the reception. At its
conclusion the president returned to
| the Farnam residence where dinner
was served at 7.30.
The guests were the following: Pres
| iden Theodore Roosevelt, President Ar
thur Twining Hadley of Yale, Sec
rotary of State John Hay, Joseph H.
| = hoc 70 m An
| drew D. White of Cornell University,
Archbishop John ireland, Bishop
Knute Henning Gezelius Won Scheele
| of Sweden. President Charles William
Eliot of Harvard, President Daniel c.
| Gilman of Johns Hopkins. Seth Low,
President Francis L. Patten of Prince
| ton, President Cyrus Northrop of the
| University of Minnesota, Associate
Justice Davis J. Brewer, United States
| Supreme Court, Prof Fedor Fedorovic
| Martens of st. Petersburg, Charles
Francis Adams, President of the Amer
dean Historical Society. Whitelaw
| Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Hen
ry L. Higginson of Boston, DR. Will
| liam Henry WEIGH of Johns Hopkins.
| Thomas Thatcher of New York, Judge
/ w. H. Townsend of New Haven, judge
| Simon f. Baldwin of New Haven c.
B. Alexander of Princeton, Commander
| W. S. Cowles, U. S. N, George B. Cor
| telyou, DR.. P. M. Rixey, H. w. Far
nam of New Haven.
| Following the banquet a final recep-
ton beginning at about o'clock was
| given at. the Farnam residence to a
| limited number of invited guests.
| AT II O'Clock the president re-entered
| his carriage and again escorted by the
mounted police was driven to the sta
| ton. The presidents car was attached
to the Night Federal express for Wash
I
1882 tomorrow morning
PRINCE C0NS0RT LODGE