Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-10-24
YALE'S %BlCENTENARY.
Elaborate Preparations For En-
pertaining Her Friends.
MANY INTERESTING FEATURES.

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TorchIisht Observation-Disclosures
ter For the Dramatic Performance
to BE Brilliantly Illuminated A
Striking Feature In Decorations.
There will be 1900 flags on the col
elege building for the bicentennial cele-
bration of Yale university at New
Haven, beginning on Oct. 20 and last
ing four days, says the New York Sun.
Old South Middle, the last of the ia
nous brick row on the old campus, is
to nave special decorations, and at
night Professor John G. Schwab, sec
retary OF the executive committee of
the bicentennial celebration, says Old
South Middle will be a blaze of light.
The town will be covered with huge
posters, calling attention to the ceie-
bTation. They viii be of special de-
sign, all in blue, the Yale color. The
design comes from Grosvenor After
bury Of New York, a Yale a who
has already contributed much time
and money for the success of this Yale
festival.
1t has been announced that Yale
women are to have a part in the torch
light procession which is to be u Of
the features of the bicentennial week.
Those so favored are members Of the
Yale Art school and the musical depart
ment OF the university. They will
wear long gowns OF brown material
and hoods that will completely envelop
their heads. To one function of the
festivities, however, women except. the
women students Of the university II
not be admitted. That is the student
dramatic performance which is to take
place OF the old campus at 8 o'clock On
Tuesday night, Oct. p. There is SO
large a demand for seats from the
student body and from old grads"
hat there will be no room for women
visitors. This announcement is made
by Professor Schv-ab.
The amphitheater in which the stu
dents VIII act on the campus will be
right in the center n viii inclose one
of the elm trees. the electric lights
which will illuminate this amphithea-
ter will radiate from this elm all over
the inclosure. The stage will be so
by 80, and the amphitheater will
accommodate about G,o00 persons. The
parts that go to make up the amphi-
theater have been constructed, and all
that is needed is to put them together.
1t is expected that from two-ifths
to one-half Of the 12,0QD living gradu-
ates of the university will come to the
bicentennial. That means that from
5000 to 5000 Yale graduates will be in
New Haven. Hundreds of these will
bring their families, making the num-
Der of Yale people in attendance some
thing like 10000.
There is an army Of Yale admirers
who will want tc witness the celebra-
ton and this Will probably bring the
total number of visitors up to $4,000.
President Roosevelt has promised to
come. Professor ScAwab-said that $50
college presidents had signiied their
intention OF attending the bicentennial,
this not including the delegations Sc
lected by colleges throughout the world
who have already written that they
Will be OIL hand to help Yale celebrate.
Among others Governor Mclean of
Connecticut and his staff will be the
guests of Yale.
The bicentenniaI committee. has re-
ceived from Paris 6.)00 Il colored
paper K 4terA.. AD1-t ECO more will
be needed, and Secretary SchwaD has
cabled 10 Paris for them. These Ian
terms are two feet il diameter and
about two feet high The committee
would have preferred blue colored Ian
terms, but the effect was not satisfac-
tory. These orange colored lights will
be strung along College street on both
sides, from Osborn hall to Battel
chapel. Between the lights will be
%garlands Of green and f~estoons Of blue
bunting. The front of Osborn hal
and Vanderbilt hall will be colored
with orange colored lights and gar
lands. An immense flag will be placed
over Phelps gateway to designate thai
spot as the main entrance to the cam
pus. The plan Of private home decora
tons will be much similar to the gen
.eral plan Of decoration for the college
buildings, but each house will have
some striking feature in color and eff
feet.
One Of the striking features of thu
celebration in the line of decoration
will be b succession Of beacons o
torches outlining the interior Of tn,
campus. They will be twelve or fit
teen feet high, surmounted by a spe
~cially designed fat vessel of terra cott'
OF metal, the designing and making o
which are in the hands of Pierre ia,
land the architect, Charles A. Plat o
New York. In this shallow dish vii
stand a wire basket containing cottol
waste soaked in a combustible mate
rial that will be lighted on the ever
ings Of the celebration, giving out
beautiful mellow light.
The chemists of the university hav
been long experimenting with the nee
essary ingredients for these combust
bles in order to insure an effective ligE
and at the same time avoid disagrees
BILE odors and too large an amount G
smoke. It is thought that they hav
-SI1cnaadad in Snc11rino the daSirnd CON