New-York tribune., 1901-10-21

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
vsw-Haven Conn. Oct 20.-Preliminaries to
-,s's great bicentennial celebration were held
ais morning and afternoon in beautiful Battell
ch.nel and in three chirches-Center, Trinity
.,s the First Methodist. the three houses of
.,,sbip that stand on the green. All to-day's
.h.srvances were OF a religious character. in
,.sning with the day, and were attended by
.t-cngs Of alumni. guests. undergraduates and
casual visitors.
AZ 1890 this morning BattelI Chapel presented
., imposing sight, filled as it was with officers
:, the university and university presidents and
,,ofessors from nearly every educational insti-
,utiou Of Importance throughout the civilized
,,o-id all clad in academic gowns whose hoods
ssclared the scholastic rank of the wearers
The service was simple. but impressive, the SER
rnop being delivered by the Rev. Joseph Hop
tins Txichen. OF Hartford. Conn. At the same
bour the special services commemorative Of
yae's two hundredth anniversary were being
hell in the three churches already mentioned
Al the Center Church the Rev. DR.. Newman
SMITH was the preacher while the Rev. Dr.
1ossph Anderson delivered the sermon at Trim
fly Church. and Bishop Andrews and the Rev.
John Davenport spoke at the First Methodist
Church
The afternoon address was delivered in Bat
ten Chapel at o'clock by Professor George
Park Fisher on Yale in Its Relation to Chris
tan Theology and Missions" in the course OF
which the speaker discussed all the great lead
ers OF theological thought who have been iden-
tihed with Yale, from Jonathan Edwardss time
down 10 the present day. AS at the morning
service many officers of the university and
numerous distinguished guests were present. In
the evening throngs attended an organ recital
tell Chapel
YEw-HAVEN GAY WITH DECORATIONS.
New-Haven has given herself entirely over 10
this celebration Of the two hundredth birthday
Of the institution of which the city. the State
and the nation are so proud. From the moment
one alghts at the station one sees little but re-
minds him Of the purpose that has called so
many Of the sons Of Yale and so many OF the
worlds leaders in thought and action from the
ends Of the earth The streets have blossomed
into gardens Of Yale blue. Every house, bust
ness building. dormitory and hall is swathed in
blue bunting from every window and doorway
waves a Yale banner while over the highways
suspended banners inscribed with such
legends as ITO the Guests Of Yale Welcome and
Godspeed," Welcome 10 the Sons Of Yale
l701, Pierson; 1901 Hadley." ITO the Oldest
graduate and the freshest freshman Wecomer'
Another banner bears pictures OF President
Roosevelt and President Hadley. with the in
scrption. We Greet Our Presidents" Every
where the streets are thronged with alumni Of
all ages, all sorts and conditions, from every de-
partment Of human activity TO which Alma
Mater has sent them out. all wearing the BIZ
centennial badge with its knot of blue ribbon.
The campus has been thronged with them all
day long, and there was no diminution in the
n1hn y7foJ7r Call Tba 1ic
posaI Of the entertainment committee have so
far proved ample, but they are likely TO be
strained to their utmost tomorrow, when the
late division begins 10 pour in on the morning
trains. Preparations have been made TO accom-
modate four thousand alumni while the invited
guests number between four hundred and five
hundred, and in addition to these. there will be
hundreds OF graduates and visitors who come
each day and return TO their homes to spend the
night
The hotels already crowded and scores Of
private houses have been called upon to enter
tain the citys guests. So great is the tax on
New-Haven's resources that two or three Sound
steamers will remain tied up at their piers and
act as floating hotels for the next three days. A
number Of steam yachts are at anchor in the
harbor, having brought their owners and friends
to the university town. All of them fly that I'll
prevailing color at their mastheads.
THE PROMINENT GUESTS.
Timothy L. Woodruff is already here, and
Archbishop Ireland arrived to-day and was en-
tertained at dinner by Professor Tracy Peck.
President Roosevelt will arrive here on Wednes-
day morning. having spent the previous night
al his sisters house, at Pennington and will be
the guest Of ex-Treasurer William w Farm
ham, Of the university, and later Of President
Arthur T. Hadley. Admiral Sampson is ex-
Root ana Marquis Ito, upon whom degrees will
be conferred
Aside from the representatives of other insti-
tutions Of learning and learned societies, the in
VIted guests expected tomorrow or Tuesday in
eluoe Bishop Potter, Archdeacon Tucker, OF Ber-
muda, Bishop Davies, of Detroit: Mark Twain,
Ihonlas Nelson Page. John La Fargo, Richard
watson Glider, William Dean Howells, the Rev.
Dr. Henry van Dyke, Edmund Clarence Sted-
man, the Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale. Don
aid G. Mitchell, Archdeacon Tiffany and Bishop
I1erney of Hartford.
To-morrows programme begins at $50 n.
with the dedication OF the Ives-Cheney memorial
gateway, presented by the class Of SO. At 1880
o'clock, in Batten Chapel. Thomas Thacher. Of
ne New-York bar. will deliver an address on
Yale in Its Relation 10 Law" TO be followed
hg Professor William Henry Welch with ad-
efess on Yale in Its Relation 10 Medicine" At
D. N. President Hadley will deliver, in Battell
taapel, an address Of welcome TO the guests
hhose representatives will respond, and at .
o'clock President Hadley will give a reception
NE alumni in the Yale Art School, admission
belng by invitation. In the evening will take
pace the assembly Of students and graduates
VA tne campus, and the torchlight procession in
costume.