The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21
THE YALE CELEBRATION.
The Bi-Ccntenniai Exercises Now
in Full Swing.

An Invitation Reception for Presi-
dent Roosevelt AnuOUHced-IOnI-
memOrntiNe Addresses Hndc-N
Great TorchIiEht Parade Tonight.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, oct. 1.-THE
Yale Bi-CentcnniaI celebration is well uu-
der way today with good share OF the
formal addresses on the work Of the col
lege during the past two centuries In va
rious departments Of learning. the wei
come of guests and their responses. and
the torchlight procession scheduled for
this evening. Fully 5000 visitors were in
the city at daybreak, and indications
made it probable that twice that number
viii De here before night TO remain
through the bi-centennial and that near
" 5000 would come during the day from
different parts or the state and from New
York to witness the torchlight precision
this evening.
An addition 20 the programme for the
entertainment OF President Roosevelt was
made today by William W. Farnam. for
merry treasurer Of Yale University. who
viii Dee the host of the Presidential party.
This morning 5ir, Faruam sent out iuvi-
tatious to Distinguished guests of the hi
centennial and to prominent New Haven
residents TO meet tha President at a re-
Ception At his residence at $40 o'clock
Wednesday evening. This will be the last
function which President Roosevelt Will
attend here. He will leave Tor Washing
ton on a special car just before midnight
or Wednesday night
The exercises scheduled for today be
gan at 1890 O'Clock. when the address ON
Yale i'm It's Relation TO Medicine" by
Prof William WEIGH. of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore. and by Thomas
Thatcher. Of New York. on yale i'm It's
Relation to Law" were delivered i'm Bat
tell Chapel
This afternoon the formal addresses Of
welcome are being given in Battell
Chapel. the address of welcome on behalf
OF IN, university by President Hadley.
and the responses by Representatives of
the leading American and foreign uuiver-
sites and learned societies. several OF the
addresses being IN foreign tongues. The
list of responses TO be delivered is as fol-
lows.
For the Yale alumni. ex-United States
Senator Anthony Higgins. of Delaware;
AbA Ailf NlLh fil new llthtLs hAdllI Jh4ll
j. Studley. for the State of Connecticut.
Gov. George p. Mclean; for the nation,
United States Senator Platt. of Meriden;
for the universities Of Great Britain
James Williams. d. c.. l., Fellow of Lin
coin College. Oxford; for the universities
of continental Europe, F. F. Edorovic
Martens IL D. Professor Of Interna-
tional Law. Emeritus. IN the University
OF St. Petersburg. for the universities OF
the South. Charles William Dabney, PHI
D. Ii D., President c. the University Of
Tennessee; Tor the universities of the
West, William r Harper. President of
the Chicago University; for the universe
ties Of the East Charles William Eliot.
IL. D.. President Of Harvard University.
The reading Of the official list for Univer-
stiles, colleges, and learned societies
sending delegates viii close the meeting.
The formal reception Of guests and dele
gates viii begin at o'clock this after
noon.
At o'clock this evening the students
and graduates will meet on the campus
70 form for the tOrchlight parade. A gor-
Ecous Illumination OF the campus termed
a blazing sun viii take place a few
minutes before the parade starts at g
o'clock. The thousands Of OranEe-cOlored
japanese lanterns, the incandescent
lights, the chemical urns placed at vari-
Gus stations on the campus and the uu-
merous electrical devices Cor Illuminating
the central part Of the city were made
ready this morning.
The line Of march over which the pro-
cession viii pass is about two miles long
II begins on the campus and extends
down College. Chapel. and Church Streets
where il is 20 be reviewed by the Cover
nor Mayor President Hadley, members
Of the State Legislature. and city gov
eminent 1t next proceeds up Elm and
York and down Crown Street. II turns
and goes up Orange to TrumbuI. TO White
Avenue. to Sachem Street. down Hill
house Avenue to Grove and
College Streets and back
through the Phelps memorial
gateway to the centre Of the campus
Nearly 1900 persons will be in line. in
Guiding 200 undergraduates. and as many
alumni the Second Regiment. Connecticut
National Guard. thirty bands, and many
Of the invited guests.
The procession viii start at Q o'clock and
IL is estimated that its first ranks will
have reached the campus on the return
march before the last lines viii have left
the college grounds. Applications for spe-
cial trains in an directions make fl almost
certain that the number here for the IL
Elimination Of the city green and campus
tonight viii bring 10 New Haven the
largest crowd which ever gathered here.
THE NEW HAVEN DECORATIONS.