The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-28
PLANS FOR BE- CENTENNIAL.
MASS MEETENG AT COLLEG
 STREET HALL .LAST NTGH7.
Hundreds of Men PrsssntAnd Very En- thus,asuc-pra.natics Win Need a5o Volunteers and the Yaio Chorus, for tho "Good Old songs," Must Gather Together the Best Voices in the Unt- yeraltv

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 versity.
 In preparation for the big Yale bi- centennial, and to take action on plans for the celebration. a mass meeting was called for last evening and. being called by the Yale faculty 1t was very l fully attended There were nearly a l thousand students present at College street hall, and they proved that the old Yale spirit is still 4n existence. In brief, the extent of theplaiis for the bi- centennial celebratioh were described afd discussed. There we're represen- tatives present from all the academic ! and scientific departments of the uni ! versity, with the exception ofSthe fresh men, who were not asked to partici- pate
 | Of course, the whole thing was Yale, and there was nothing else on the pro- gramme On the platform were Presi- dent Hadley, Professor Perrin and Dr. l, Reed. There Is not student in the university who does not realize the inn portance of the coming celebration, and last evenings meeting, lasting only half an hour, was merelyla a family gather iting to talk theamatter oVer and make everybody help a littletmore in einpha- sizing the act'that TSthis is to be the |;greatest celebration that the present Yale generationswillsever. see, and that nothing is too good for the biecnten- | nial.
 President Hadley gave five- minute ] talk in opening He was applauded from start to finish. He spoke right fr6m the shoulder, telling the hundreds I of youf1g men that, this3is the greatest thing that ever hasshanpened to Yale; that there never has heSn afperiod in college life when co7opsration was so much to be desired. He spoke of the coming, to this celebration of the presi- dent of the United States, of presidents of foreign educational institutions, leaders in thought and learning from everywhere on the. globe; This is a tre- mendous chance for Yale. The college must rise to the occasion and make the
 week memorable. The students must show what Yale can do when thorough ly aroused. President Hadly urged the
 personal effort of every man toward
 completing the celebration in perfect
 fullness. There should be no laggards;
 every man must feel his responsibility
 and do his duty, adding his part to the
 complete whole. There was great ap-
 plause as the head of Yale closed. Pres
 ident Hadley had struck the keynote and every man was with him.
 Professor Perrin talked more especial
 ly of the details of the celebration. Two
 hundred and fifty volunteers from the
 college ranks are wanted for the dra-
 matics. The anphitheater is already prepared, everything is ready for the festivities, but the services of 250 stu dents are necessary to make the affair
 a complete success, and, as Professor
 Perrin said, they will get front seats,
 and seats will be in demand.
 Then there is the Yale chorus, and it 1 will be one of the great features of the
 bi-centennial Just 300 voices, more or less, are wanted to lead in these Yale
 songs, the old songs, the good songs,
 the songs that have put the ball over the bar with only minute to play. Professor Perrin told about this. This leadership of 300 voicEs is to signal and | wave the baton for 5000 voices on the campus, with bands to help along. Vol 1 unteers in the 300 are asked to meet for first rehearsal next Wednesday even ing at 730.
 Wednesday morning, October 23, the festal ode will be sung. Best voices are required and the best college sing CTS are asked to join for it's rendition
 The college choir, the glee club, the men who have melody in Stheir make