New-York tribune., 1901-09-01
YALE BICENTENNIAL.
ELABORATE PROGRAMME PREPARED
DECORATIONS, ILLUMINATIONS, LIT
ERARY AND MUSICAL EXERCISES

ERARY AND MUSICAL EXERCISES.
New-Hayen. Conn. Aug. 81 Especially
announcement Of the completed plans for the
Yale bicentennial will be made soon The COM
nittee. Of which President Hadley. Professor ].
c. schwab and Anson Phelps Stokes jr.. are
at the head, has spent practically the entire
summer at the committee headquarters. in Col
lege-st-, and has now nearly finished the pre-
paratory work The task has been prodigious.
as the results TO be announced will show
Yale's bicentenntal. if the plans made are
carried out, will be the most remarkable uni
versity affair that this country has yet seen
1t will be noteworthy for the great number OF
Yale men and their families who will return for
the week. for the remarkably interesting
ercises. both indoors and out. that are planned.
and for the presence OF as notable a gathering
OF distinguished men has ever met in an
American university town.
OF those who will be present several will rep
resent the United States Government Presi-
dent Mckinley has promised TO come. subject
TO his ability TO leave Washington for New-Eng-
land at the time Vice-President Roosevelt ex-
poets to be here. Secretary Hay will be here
as will other members OF the Cabinet and prom
inent Senators and Congressman Members Of
the foreign embassies expected though
Just who will come is not yet known. Repre-
leges Of the country will be present as YaIe's
guests. and there will be special deIeGations
from the universities Of England and two or
three other European countries. At the Memo
rial Day exercises in the Hyperion Theatre de-
grees will be conferred on large number of
distinguished men in all walks Of life
The celebration will begin on Sunday. October
20 and will end on Wednesday evening October
% Each day there will be a continuous series
OF literary exercises. most OF which will be held
IN Batten Chapel. and musical performances in
the Hyperion On Tuesday afternoon the onIv
athletic feature OF the programme will come of
at Yale Field On Monday evening there will
be the torchlight procession of students and
graduates. and on Tuesday evening will be held
the dramatic performances on the campus The
entire university will be gayIy decorated and
at night all OF the buildings will be Illuminated
The city has voted to cooperate with the uni
versity both in decoration and illumination and
the city and campus will present a beautiful
sight,
SCHEME OF DECORATIONS.
The decoration has been one OF the most diff
cult problems with which the committee has
| had to deal. With the aid of Louis c. Tiffany
and GrosvenOr Atterbury. OF New-York. an am
bilious scheme OF decoration has been evolved
and material is now being selected TO carry out
the plans. The general color scheme will be
green and blue. the green furnished by ever
green and laurel and the blue by bunting and
Yale flags and streamers. Mixed with this viii
be the vivid orange Of Japanese lanterns The
entire university viii come in for part OF the
decoration The centre chosen for the most
lavish display will be the length Of CoIege-st..
which is open across the west side OF the green
On Conege-st.. from ChapeI-st. to Grove-st,. Will
be a long line of Venetian masts. each fifteen
feet high. set close together. and each bearing
a long Yale streamer. on each mast will be a
green garland and large lantern, and the fes-
tOOns of green that Will connect the maStS Will
be hung with lanterns At all the entrances
from ColIege-st. the colonnade will be broken
by arChways OF greenery, one at the WelCh Hall
gateway a large one AZ phelps Gateway and
others at Battell Chapel vestibule and at other
places. Seen from the green. this COlOnnade viii
be remarkably beautiful Each window Of each
college building will have Yale blue streamer
hanging from It's sill. giving the campus a
gaia effect. Great canvas bicentennial shields
have been prepared which will be huns in con-
SpIcuouS places on all the college oullulnSS Otd
South Middle the only remaining building of the
old brick row, will have special treatment, and
Will be embowered in greenery and bunting.
At night the HIuminatiOns will be striking
Thousands Of Japanese lanterns WIN be hung
evarvUybere on the campus and in COllege-st.
Besides these there Will be electric light dis
play. all of the buildings being outlined with
lights. FestOOns OF lanterns Will hang between
the trees the campus and from the build
ings Inside the campus there will be tall bea-
cons set in pairs about the quadrangle. each of
which will be filled with blazing material each
night AS the green will likewise be profusely
Illuminated the scene at night will be extremely
picturesque
MANY THOUSAND VISITORS EXPECTED
II is now anticipated that fully seven thou
sand Yale men will be l New-Haven for the
celebration From the returns already received
from the class secretaries. fully four thousand
graduates are expected. and it is more than
probable that thousand more will come. This
great body of Yale men will be added TO by the
friends and families who will accompany them
and by the large number of sightSeerS who VIII
come to NewHaven from neighbOring cities /
1t is estimated that there will be ten thou
sand visitors here in the week To accomrno- [
date this throng New-Haven's hotels and res /
tIrants will be taxed 10 the limiy. ALI of the /
hotels were chartered months ago and many OF I
the boarding places taken up a general call /.
has been sent out 10 private houses for the ac- :
CommOdatiOn of guests. and several thousand /
persons will be taken care of in this way All I
of the hotels at the neighboring shore resorts I
will keep open over bicentennial week, and .
large numbers Of out OF town persons will find /
this the pleaSantest way in which to OBTAIN Z
lodgings. Private yachts will bring scores or .
parties here, and there will he several floating 1
hotels in the harbor. The NeT-Haven Railroad 7
will have two of its Sound steamers an
chored in the harbor, and these will be filled .
with Yale guests
The great torchlight procession on Monday
night is now well in hand There VIII proo- /
ably be about six thousand Yale men in line.
Twelve bands from New-England and New
York City have been engaged for the evening. 4
In the line will be many barges and floats. and I
the humorous part of the. spectacle will be taken
care of by the undergraduates. The students .
will march in classes, each costuTned 10 repre-
sent some period IN the history or 1aIe and the
country and the costumes have now arrived
They represent the dress of the Colonial times,
the Revolution, 1912 and the Civil War period.
The great body of graduates win march n
simple Yale blue caps and gowns The route
of the procession has been selected in order 10