The sun., 1901-08-25
YALES BICENTENNIAL SHOW.
Elaborate Schemes for Decorating the
buildings and Campuses.

NEW HAVEN. Aug 1.-An elaborate
.cherne of decorations h being arranged
for the Yale biccntennlal celebration which
comes In October. For several months
n committee has been engaged In making
plans One Of the first difficulties er-
countered by the committee was In getting
a sufficient quantity of bunting of a uniform
color. Finally Matthew c. ID, Borden,
the Fall River cotton manufacturer. who
Is a Yale graduate. secured several thou
sand yards OF blue bunting for the use Of
the committee.
Blue and green have been chosen a. the
colors for the decorations, blue to pre-
dominate and the shade to be used To he
a trihe lighter than Yale blue. which IL
too dark to show on TO the hest advantage.
The general scheme for the decoration Of
all the Yale buildings will be the same
The design was furnished TO the committee
bv two Yale men. Louis &. Tfany and
Grosvenor Atterbury of New York city.
II IL proposed TO have displayed from every
window or each Yale building a Yale blue
ras of the swallowtail type, all Ia br ot
uniform -izr This display will be very
effective and will b" enhanced by the rows
of clec, rio lights In orsnge-colored globes
which will bring out the lines OF the lead
ing buildings Ranks of evergrecns.
featoons Of blue bunting. large shields
of the bicentennisl style and very large
hammers Of the Union Jack interminsled
with a gorgeous display Of the stars and
Stripes. will also furnish part Of the deo-
orations.
The front OF the campus facing College
str~st will present. the gayo-t appearance
A cnntinuoIis line ~ Venetian rnasts, each
bearing n Yale stresm-r. will l.. erected
from Osborn Hall on the south 10 Hatt~ll
ChaIrl on the north The cros--pi-ccs
will te fesiooned with evergreen garlands
aud will tear many OranE"-Cnlored ian
terms Phelps Hall the main entrance" To
the campus. viii be the Ccntre point around
which the decorations will he especially
elaborate Herr the elect display will
H.. concentrated and about 10 "l-fric
bulb will h. u-ed To outline the building
Two lin-- of festoons OF Yale bunting will
extend from herr Ia Battell Chapel on the
nout h and Osborn Hall on the north. The
hattlements of thu gateway will display
a union lack with fort y-hve stars on "A blue
background. while across it, front will bs
stretched an emblematic shield s1i2 feet,
it's framework decorated with flags ami
s,r,,amer~ smaller -hislds Of the same
design will decorate other buildings on the
campus and many private residences ia
tho city.
Smaller gn,ewsys, such a. the Cheney-
Ives war memorial gateway on the south
and the Miller gateway on the north. will
IL. used as entrances during the festiu-
ti.s and they will all show the same gen
ernl scheme Of decoration Ne Ph~lTs gate
way. only on a smaller scale. The dcoora-
tions Of Vanderbilt Hall. which faces Chapel
street. will lie very elaborate. Extend
ing from the top Of the building To the
middle Of the yard In front will be two
hong rows OF electric bulbs enclosed In
fancy lanterns.
Among the buildings Of the sheffield
Scientific School the old Sheffield Hall
will receive the greatest amount of adorn.
Inent Blue fags from the windows and
electric hulhe, with hack Of evergr-ens,
will make an effective display. Al the
other buildings Of the Sheffield school,
as well az the gymnasium and Hendrie
Hall, the main low school building. thu
decorations will be Centereu about the
biccniennisl shield
The Interior OF both .campuses, the
Academic and the Scientific will lie ablsye
with yari-colorcd lights, strings of
electric lights will he stretched from tree
10 tree A series 81 heacons, IL feet Ia
height. will occupy ths interior of each
campus. on the top OF which will b" a
metal basket containing some combusti-
blc material. There will he placed at
various points whore they will make the
most Conspicuous features OF the Hum
nation,
oranges. such as wcro used last wear AZ tho
Paris Exposition. will decorate College
street The decorations which New
Haven IL to placs. on the green opposite this
street will closely correspond with those
put up on COLLEGE street hy the college
authorities
Each of tho dincren, depart rnenis OF tho
university l. making every cffort to iend"T
the hic~ntennia, celebration great sue
c,es aud many novel schemes OF decofa-
iion ~ ~ell a cn'crtaininsnt are brins
planned hy ~. students aside from this