The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-21
yAlENSIANS GATHER. Bicentennia| Celebration
 Opened Yesterday. SPECIAL SUNDAY SERVICES
HELD IN RATTELL CHAPEL AND
 VARIOUS CHURCHES.

Many Distinguished Guests Here-Arch-
 bishop Ireland Arrived Early Las,
 Eventng-Rumor That Presiden
 Roosevelt Will bo Here Incognito To-
 nfght-PoIice in Com m u n ioation With
 Washington Authorities Regarding
 Plans for Guarding His Person-The
 Green illuminated Last Niyht-A Beau-
 tiful Spectacle.
 This morning dawns on the Yale bi-
 centennial celebration in full swing and
 thousands of the sons of fostering
 mother Yale are once more undernea tn
 the elms to join in the celebration of
 the university's glorious two hundred
 years of past, and of it's brilliant pres
 ent, and in hopes for an ever greater
 Yale of the future Yesterday the city
 began to take on an unwonted aspect
 with the thousands of visitors on the
 streets and the many more thousands
 Of New Haveners out walking over the
 line of march of to-nights parade and
 viewing the decorations
 The greatest crowds ware on Orange
 street, Whitney avenue, Trumbull street, Hillhouse avenue. College street,
 and on the campus. The day was de-
 lightful, and could not have been better for walking through New Haven's beautiful streets and avenues. The pleasant weather was taken advantage of by many to enjoy drives about the city
 All during the day crowds of people visited the central green to observe the progress made there in the arrange
 ments of the electric lights for the il- Illumination. During the day the elec- tricians were engaged in testing vari- GUS portions of the electrical work and last evening about 10 o'clock for few moments, perhaps thirty seconds the entire illuminatio of the lower half of the green was turned on, bathing the green in flood of light and surprising the hundreds of people pn and about the green who were not expecting the test, and who were startled to find themselves suddenly enveloped in a blaze of light like the monday glare of the sun. The scene during the few sec onds the test illumination lasted was indescribably beautiful, the colored lights blending with the uncolored In a wonderful effect. The colored lights about the central flag pole show up splendidly, and the test apparently showed that all is perfect success.
 While no definite information can be obtained regarding the matter it is consistently rumored that President Roosevelt will be in New Haven poss- ply incognito, to witness the parade. It is said that he will not come on the Washington express, which reaches this city about o'clock, and on which he might be expected by some, but that he will come on the express from New York, which arrives here at 5:45. It is known that he will go to Farming ton tomorrow, and come to New Ha ven Wednesday forenoon, this being the official announcement. The intervening time between the time when he leaves Washington, 9 o'clock this morning, and the time when he reaches Harrington tomorrow, has not been accounted for | in the official announcement of his 1 whereabouts
 Superintendent Wrinn of the police | department is making arrangements to | guard as carefully as possible the pres ident's person while he is here. There | will be eight or ten detectives here from New York Boston and Philadelphia, who will be under the direction of Cap tain Cowles of the local detective bu- reau and in addition to these there will | be a number of secret service men. Wrinn has been in com- with the Washington au- thorities concerning plans for guarding the president while he is here. These plans have been perfected but of course are not announced since their efficiency would be thereby destroyed.
 Yale campus last night presented sight strangely in contrast with the busy even almost holiday appearance of the morning and afternoon. The electric lights used ordinarily to light the square alone did duty The long lines of orange colored lanterns swung istlessly from the trees and swished against "Old South Middle" when a stray bit of breeze caught the trim mings that serve to bedeck that lone l landmark of the site, of "Old Yale" as she will be remembered to more than ,ne gray haired graduate. Is Around the campus at regular inter- ] vals. like sentinels about a sleeping ,amp stood the huge beacon lights |; which tonight will send up their far ng light but last night crowned with l heir headdress of autumn leaves. The ( luge amphitheater that tomorrow ,ieht will resound with old college | ongs and the applause of the reunited tons of Yale last night was deserted 1 ( .xcept for few sightseers who wan lered into the barren enclosure. About the campus might be seen ew groups of grads late arrivals, who n mass the time away had strolled out nto the campus in the hope, mayhap f meeting some former classmats or to aye with fond memories overshadow- I no the present at the familiar sights l a ndeared to the mans heart by the i i o,1r short years of undergraduate life. ( A few ladies, accompanied by their c scorts viewed the various buildings o g best they might in the semi-dark- t ess soon gave it up and either drifted h
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