Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-22

NEW HAVEN, Conn, October I'll
Yale University exter4ed formal well
rome to-day to her returning sons and
10 the hundreds of distinguished guests
from other institutions of learning in
this country and across the seas who
are here TO attend the celebration of
her bi-centennial. The welcome was
voiced officially in Battell chapel this
afternoon by President Arthur Twining
Hadley, of the University, and re-
sponses to the greeting were given in
behalf of the city. State and nation and
OF the universities of Great Britain and
continental Europe. Delegates from
thirty foreign universities and societies
and from 125 American institutions
were represented in tie audience, which
filled every part of = the gray stone
chapel. Nearly all the delegates were
gowned in the academic costumes dis
tinetive of their degree or of their uni
versity. Scarlet trimmed gowns and
hoods of doctors of divinity were min
gled with the purple of the learned
representatives of the law, the blue of
the doctors Of philosophy, the green of
the medical departments, the white of
the masters of arts and letters, the
orange of science and the brown of
fine arts. Everywhere was variety of
versal blue of the Yale decorations.
gave a picturesque air of festivity to
the dignifed ceremonial.
Aside from the exercises Of welcome
the days programme included adj
dresses descriptive Of the advance Of
the past two centuries in various de-
partments of learning. The first of
these addresses was by Thomas
Thacher, NJ. A, of the New York bar,
who discussed yale in it's Relation to
Law
Mr.. Thatcher spoke in Battel chapel at
1920, after he had been presented for
mally to the delegates by the Hon.
Simeon E. Baldwin, LII. d., associate
justice of the Connecticut Supreme
Court, and Professor OF Constitutional
law at Yale. The hymn composed by
the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, former
fellow of Yale, and entitled 20, God,
Beneath Thy Guiding Hand was rend
cred with fine effect by large chorus
William II. WEIGH, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Professor of Pathology in John Hop
kins University, was the second speak
er at the forenoon exercises in the
chapel. A college song, entitled Gather
Ye Smiles from the Ocean Isles COM
posed by Francis NJ. Finch. LII. d. OF
the Yale class of 1S49 and sung on the
occasion of the 150th anniversary Of the
college, preceded the address. DR..
Welch was introduced by Prof. Chitten
den. director of the Sheffield Scientific
school. Yale in its Relation to Med
icine" was the subject OF his paper,
which was a careful and thoughtful his
terry of the work of the university n
the medical department and summing
up of the progress of the science
through the study and research OF Yale
graduates, who have won distinction in
this path of learning.
Until three o'clock in the Afternoon.
forma. exercises were suspended fol-
lowing the address Of DR.. Weleh>iu Bat
tel Chapel, but at that hour the chief
Of 10
was entered upon. when President Had
ley began his address of welcome.
In response congratulations to the
university were extended by various
speakers for the graduates. ex-senator
Higgins, of Delaware, class of 1861; for
the city Of New Haven, Mayor John P.
studley; for the State of Connecticut,
Gov Geo. p. Mclean, and for the ma
ton, Senator o. H. Plat.
Foreign and American universities
were represented in the responses as
follows:
Che Universities of Great Britain,
James Williams, D. c. L., Fellow OF
Lincoln College, Oxford; the Universe
ties OF continental Europe, Fedor Fec
dorovic Martens, LII. D., University OF
ST Petersburg; Universities OF the
South, Charles William Dabney, Phi. D.,
LII. D., president of the University OF
Tennessee; Universities of the West,
Dr. VIM. Rainey Harper, president OF
the University of Chicago; universities
Of the East, Chas. VIM. Elliott, LII. D.,
president of Harvard University.
The exercises closed with the reading