The Washington times., 1901-10-13


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Yale had one hundred and two fight
ing men and thirty-six chaplains in the
Continental army. In the civil war
Yale had about nine hundred men The
beautiful memorial gateway now in
process of erection at the entrance of
the campus between Osborn Hall and
Welch Hall bears testimony to the part
played by the university in the Spanish
war.
The present senior class win head the
parade in the disguise of Indians to re-
cail the founding of the college in the
early days of Connecticut when the In
dians formed the greatest part of the
inhabitants They will be followed by
the senior class of the Sheffield Scienti-
fic School. dressed as colonial settlers,
in cloaks and tall hats. Then will come
a regiment of Continental troops rep
resenting those which were reviewed by
General Washington in IT'S on the New
Haven Green, when on his way to as
sumo command at Cambridge, and
when he was escorted on his way north
TO the limits of the town by a body of
soldier-students led by a drum and fife
corps in which figured Noah Webster,
of the class of ITS Following these
will be body of men representing the
students of 1872. in long coats and tall
beaver hats, such as appear in the ia
miliar print illustrating the game of
football as played in those days.
A regiment of Rough Riders and the
crew of the cruiser Yale will represent
the more recent periods of the colleges
history. Last years graduating class,
containing the youngest graduates at
the time of the bi-centennial will next
lead the procession of graduates, cos
TUNED to represent delegation of the
Filipino bodyguard of Governor Will
liam II. Taft, of the class of 1878. Fol-
lowing these will be the students of the
professional and graduate schools, their
various costumes and colors, illustrat-
ing the different prospective profes-
sions represented. Banners and trans
parencies carried by the paraders will
lend assistance to the more unimagina-
tive in grasping the significance of the
pageant. Bands placed at frequent in
-tervals in the parade will discourse ia
miliar strains, thereby enlivening the
march. Several allegorical floats will
form part of the procession. The pro-
cession will start at the college cam
pus, pass around the historic New
Haven Green, and traverse the leading
streets passing the houses where the
distinguished guests will be entertained
No stops, however Will be made for or
atorical displays or fireworks
The principal social feature of the
celebration will be the grand entertain
ment on the campus Wednesday even
ing, October %. For this an amphi-
theatre has been erected with a seating
capacity of about 5000. The audience,
enthusiastic and songful as only col
lege audience can be, will face a stage
placed in the centre of the semi-eircle
on which a series of historical panto-
mines, suggestive of the university's
history will be presented under the au-
spices of the Yale Dramatic Associa-
tion. which intends to give this the
form of an English mask. band win
relieve whatever inevitable delays may
be occasioned. a trained chorus of stu
dents viii give a resurrection and rem
dering of the familiar Yale songs. The
scenes portrayed will embrace the en-
tire range from the tragic to the comic,
from the pathetic story of Nathan Hale
tC the humorous representation of
biennial examination or of the burial
of Euclid.
A farewell reception, given by the
President of the university and Mrs.
Hadley. Wednesday afternoon after the
concert of the Boston Symphony Or
chestra, will close the celebration. 1t is
expected that President Roosevelt will
be one of the receiving line at this re-
ception. The late President Mckinley,
who held the honorary degree of L. l.
d. from Yale. had promised to attend
the bicentennial, and his untimely
death has caused no more sincere sor-
row than in the college which so hon
ored his character and his career.
President Roosevelt has promised to
spend one or two days at the celebra-
ton and while there will receive the
honorary degree of L. L. d.
Those who have returned to New
Haven at the opening of the term have
been greatly surprised at the extent of
the changes made at the university
during the past summer The quadran-
gle composing the old campus has been
cleared of all the buildings of the old
brick row except historic South Middle,
which, built in 1853, will be left stand
ing as a reminder of the early days of
the college, as a connecting link be-
tween the old and the new. The old
graduate to whom Yale and the old
brick row. have been but synonymous,
must needs rub his eyes and wonder if
it is the old Yale which he is visiting;
but whatever may be the material
changes, the old college is still there,
the old Yale spirit and traditions still
play an important part in the life of
even the youngest freshman; it is in
the atmosphere and its all pervading
spirit cannot be escaped If indeed one
could wish to avoid it. The opening of
the new campus, the changed aspect of
the old campus. the completion of the
massive dining hall, the gift of the
alumni. and the beautiful administra-
ton building presented by the Misses
Stokes-all these show Enthusiastically
the revolution in and the enormous de-
velopment of the material side of Yale.
There were seven of the old brick
row'-South Atheanaeum, South Mid
die, Lyceum, North Middle, Old Chapel.
and North-stern brick buildings, Pur-
itan in their simplicity, quite like the