The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-23
DARTMOUTH 70 CELEBRATE
Centennial Of Daniel Webster's
Graduation the Occasion.

Chief Justice Fuller and Senator
HOGr Am"nG the Experimentation
dreds "f Alumni and Distinguish
cd Persons to Bc in Attendance.
HANOVER. y. II, Sept. 22-Tomorrow
and "Wednesday viii mark the greatest
celebration in the history of Dartmouth
( College. the observance of the one hun
dr,dJh anniversary of the graduation OF
D@rtmouths greatest alumuus.- Daniel
Webster. Even the centennial anniversary
OF 1903 viii le put entirely in the shade.
. for whereas that event was strictly "A col
iCEe affair. tine forthcoming Webster cen
tenuiaI viii be- of wider significance. Hun
dreds Of alumni viii Of course. be pres
cut, but the celebration will be partici-
pated in 10y men not alumni who have at
tanned national prominence. such men is
Chief Justice Fuller OF the United States
Supreme Court, Ex-Governor Black. Of
New York, Senator H0ar. and others of
equal prominence being among the speak
ers engaged for the occasion There viii
DE scores Of invited guests from all over
the country Arrangements for accom-
molaung the thrOngS expected are being
made. hundreds of cots placed i'm the
college recitation rooms will receive those
unable 90 find sleeping accommodations
elsewhere.
The principal attraction Of the first day
Will De the opening exercises in the college
church and the alumni varsity football
contest. Prof. g. +. Richardson viii de-
liver an address on "Webster's College
Life" Prof. John X Lord VIII tell Of the
/ Development Of the College Since the
. Dartmouth College Case The football
game viii enlist the present varsity team
on one side and on the other such noted
football players as ex-Captain McCor-
mack. Crolius, Eckstrom, Kelly, Pills
bury. Corson, Proctor. Jennings and
others
The tOrchIight parade. illumination and
fireworks Of Tuesday evening will consti-
tute one Of the Erandest displays ever
seen IN New Hampshire. Fifteen hundred
men viii bear torches. the entire process
sion 20 be headed by a squad Of forty
mounted horsemen and the Salem cadet
and College bands. under the marshal
ship Of Col. Charles X Darling. 80
Alumni will follow dressed in appropriate
costume. they TO be followed By the un-
dergraduate classes in turn, each with a
4 distinctive costume. An immense bonfire
viii light the campus, around which viii
be nearly one thousand electric lights and
1 japanese lanterns while the college
buildings viii be radiant with iuUmua-
lions The whole win conclude with a
grand display Of fireworks. A special re-
viewing stand is being erected for Gov
ernor Jordan and his staff, the trustees
and other dignItaries. and another stand
for the women.
At the laying Of the cornerstone Of the
new Webster Hall OF Administration
Building, on "Wednesday morning. Senator
Samuel W. Mccall viii deliver the ad-
dress, AID the cornerstone viii be laid by
mol .TEf Ia. an a
. son of Daniel Webster. AT the banquet
In College Hall on Wednesday evening
Alfred Russell viii preside. and among
the speakers VIII be the president OF the
college. the Governor of New Hampshire
Chief Justice l. n El0dgett of the SUI
ureme Court Of the State George Fred
Williams, George Frisbie HOar. and Chief
. Justice Melville ". Fuller The must
cal features Of the programme are under
the direction Of Prof Charles Morse Of
~ Houlh ghurch, Brooklyn. who has just
. accepted the appointment Of musical df-
. rector at the college.
Tn. occasion is sure to leave an i'm
preston upon ali undergraduates and 10
knit the bonds OF loyalty more tightly be-
tween them and the alumni The tyar-
clsss viii partake largely Of a fitting
memorial 10 the great Webster. whose
stirring pleas and fervid eIoquence in rba
celebrated Dartmouth College case saved
MS charter 70 Dartmouth and incidentally
gave To Webster himself his first rauur4-
ton as a successful lawyer
Daniel Webster has generally been
known as a SiudlOuS and brilliant scholar
while AZ Dartmouth. yet in his own re-
views OF his college days he says he owed
mis- subsequent career far more 10 other
agencies than books. and especially a. his
literary career. Daniel Webster edited and
printed at Dartm Duth College The Dart
mouth Gazette The Gazette was not
strictly college paper. but contained
editorial articles ON national issues and
no" and then instructions TO the forefl-
theirs Of the town on how 20 keen the
streets clean IN summer and IN. walks
free from snow In winter II is also "a
matter az record that Webster delivered
Two public orau0us when IT Dartmouth
one OF them eulogy on one Ephraim
SleFens. fellow student. who died while
at college.
Webster spent the first two years Of his
college life In the present McAIuruhv
House His room was in the second story
az the left Prof Richardson is Of tho
opinion that he lived I'm his Junior wear in
"a house which occupies the site of the
present Mary Chace house. and that I'm
his senior year he rOomed I'm Dartmouth
Hail az the northwest corner Of the up
per story