The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-31
At YALE : BIGINIENNIAL
American British. and European Uni
verFitHs Represented Noteworthy
Speeches Brilliant Parade at Night

NEW HAVEN. Comm. October 2l.-
Yale University extended formal wel-
come today Co her returning sons ana
o. the hundreds of distinguished guests
Who are here Co attend the cclbration Of
the bi-ceuteunial voiced officially In
Batten chapel this afternoon by presi-
dent Arthur Twining Hadlcy of the
university ana responses to the Eeeet-
ing were given in behalf Of the city.
State and Nation and OF the universe
ties of Great Britain and Continental
Europe. Delegates from thirty foreign
universities and societies ana from 1926
American Institutions We're represented
iu the audience. which filled every part
of the Rraystone chapel
Nearly AN the delegates were gowned
lu the academic costumes distinctive Of
their degree or of their university.
Aside from the exercises the days
programme included addresses descrip-
tive of the advance of the past two CEN
turtles in various departments of learn
ing The first of these addresses was
boy Thomas Thacher. NJ. A., of the New
York bar, who discussed yale in lts
Relation To Law after formal Dresen-
tation To the delegates by Simeon r.
Baldwin. LID, Associate Justice of
the Connecticut Supreme Court and
professor Of constitutional law at Yale.
me ht llI composed by Kew III
Leonard Bacon. "a former fellow OF Yale
go God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand "
was sung by "a large chorus.
William II. WEIGH, professor Of
pathology i'm Juhns Hopkins University
was the second speaker. a college song
entitled Gather Ye Smiles From the
Ocean Isles" composed by Francis NJ
Finch Of the Yale class Of 1919, and sung
on the occasion Of the one hundred and
hftieth anniversary Of the college, pre-
coded the address.
Yale in Its Relation to Medicine"
was the subject Of DR.. Welch's paper
At three o'clock this afternoon Presi-
dent Hadley made his address of well
come.
In response congratulations TO the
university were extended by various
speakers: for the graduates, ex-senator
Higgins of Delaware. class Of 1861; for
the city Of New Haven Mayor johnson
p. Sturtey; for the State Of Connecti-
| cut, Governor G. p Mclean; for the
nation, Senator o. H. Plat.
Foreign and American universities
We're represented i'm the responses as
follows. rhc Universities Of Great Brit
ain, James Williams, fellow Of Lincoln
/ College. oxford; the Universities Of
I Continental Europe. Federovich Mar
| tins of the University Of St. Petersburg
U
| liam Dabney president Of the Univer-
slty Of Tennessee: Universities Of the
West William Rainey Harper presi-
| dent of the University Of Chicago. Uni
Versities Of the East, Charles william
Eliot, president Of Harvard University.
Six thousand graduates and stu
dents Of Yale marched I'm gay parade
tonight in celebration OF the univer-
sitys bi-centennial
Accompanying the sons Of Eli were
representatives Of the military ana
naval forces and several sister institu-
| tl0ns of learning. President Hadley OF
| the University, Governor MacLean and
/ other prominent men reviewed the
! parade. Throughout the line Of march
| the streets were brilliantly Illuminated
! WIN many hued lanterns electric lights
floats and transparencies. Every pe-
| riod Of Yale's and the country's history
| Tor 200 years was represented by SYM
| Dolic garb adopted by the students.