Evening star., 1901-10-23
DEGREES FROM YALE
Famous University Confers Distino-
ton on Many Today.
new HAVEN IN GALA DRESS
Judge Brewer Delivers an Address
on Education.
THE PRESIDENT PRESENT

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, October 23.-Rep-
resentatives of many peoples and creeds, of
| the learned professions and of the indus
| tries and literature were honored by Yale
University today, and in turn paid homage
| to the great institution of learning, which
is celebrating the completion of the second
century of its existence, as they marched
behind Yales colors, delegates to the great
festival, and participated in the closing
| functions of the celebration. New Haven
| was fairly bristling with pride in it's pos
session of Yale. The city was literally
Yale mad. Schools, factories and stores
| were closed, while the townspeople
thronged the streets to do honor to the
President Of the United States the guest
! of the university.
A finer October day could not well be
| imagined, and all remarked the fact that
scarcely a cloud had hidden the sun by
| day and the moon by night during the four
days which have been given over to the
stupendous celebration.
Closing of the Exercises.
The closing exercises of the bi-centennial
were officially commemorative. They were
| held in the Hyperion Theater Classical
| music commemorative poem and Greek
festival hymn, both composed for the oc-
casion; commemorative address by Da-
| vid j. Brewer. associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court, and, finally,
the clothing with the hoods of the honor
ary degrees of great men, "a list of whom
anords roster of monumental fame-these
constituted the days exercises.
With the dedication of another hall and
a farewell reception by the president of the
university the bi-centennal of Yale closed.
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on time at $50 am, after an hours run
from Pennington, where a considerable
company of people had gathered to bid him
goodbye.
| Many people were at the stations along
| the way to New Haven, and good deal of
cheering was heard as the Presidents train
rushed through.
/ In addition to the regular party the Presi-
Mclean, Commander and Mrs. Cowles,
| Miss Alice Roosevelt, his daughter: Miss
Helen Roosevelt, his niece, and Mrs. w.
Bayard Cutting of New York.
Crowds Greet President.
Though the crowd at the station here was
a big one and demonstrative in its welcome
to the President, the police arrangements
| enabled the party to leave the train and
pass to the carriages In waiting without
difficulty.
President Hadley Of Yale and Mayor John
tinguished guest, and after an exchange of
81 eetings, briefly, the ride toward the uni
versity campus was begun by way Of State
and Chapel streets The escort included a
representation of the naval and military
forces OF the state. In the carriage with
Mr.. Roosevelt were the president of Yale
the governor of Connecticut and the mayor
Of New Haven. The next carriage con-
tanned Col. Theodore A. Bingham, U. s. A,
and Secretary Cortelyou, and in a third
carriage rode Commander Cowles and
party. The cortege passed through streets
decorated with blue bunting and under
arches of the same color, relieved by fes-
toons of evergreen. Along Chapel street
and past the historic green the procession
moved quickly, and turning into College
street, passed the front of the rectangle
of buildings which enclose the university
campus. The entrance to the campus was
through Phelps gateway, with its orange
hued decorations and special inscriptions Of
welcome to the President.
Upon arrival at the campus the President
was conducted to Battell Chapel and after
a brief rest there was escorted to his place
in the academic procession Of learned doc
tors, masters Of arts, distinguished guests
Of the university and graduates. There
were thousands in the line, all dressed in
academic gowns, many of which were faced
with colors indicative Of their wearers de-
grees. Way for the procession through the
crowds which filed the street near the
campus was made by the military.
Order of the Parade.
At 1890 the parade moved slowly toward
the Hyperion Theater, where the commem-
Grafton exercises were to be held. The or
der of procession was as follows:
Marshals. ..
Rev. Benjamin Wisner Bacon, Lift. D.,
D. D.
Henry Walcott Farnam, NJ. A., R. P. D.
Thomas Hooker, M. A.
Edward Vilette Reynolds, D. C. L.
Samuel Simons Sanford. NJ. A.
John Christopher Schwab, Phi. D.
Second Regiment Band, Connecticut Ma
tional Guard.
Color guard.
Chief marshal Col. Theodore A. Bingham.
M. A.. U. s. A.
The President of the United States and
the president of the university.
The governor of the state and the ex-
president of the university.
The secretary and treasurer of the uni
versity.
The fellows Of the corporation.
Former fellows and officers Of the cor
poration.
Representatives of the national govern
ment
The mayor and corporation council of the
city.
Marshals.
Candidates for honorary degrees and other
distinguished guests of the university.
--eiegates Of foreign universities and
learned societies.
delegates OF American universities and
colleges
Delegates of American learned societies.
Delegates of schools and academies
Deans and directors of departments.
The faculty Of the university.
Marshals.
Representatives of the city government
Representatives Of the clergy of the city.
The citizens reception committee
Graduates of the university.
Judge Brewers Speech.
In the course of his address Judge Brewer
said:
Our recent war with Spain for the de-
liverance of Cuba. with its resulting acqui-
sition of Porto Rico and the Philippines;
was but one act in the great drama, whose
far distant prelude was ignorance, oppres-
sion and hate. and whose final song shall
be the angel anthem first heard by Judea's
shepherds on Bethlehem's plains and yet to
rise from every human lip, earth's glad re-
ply to heavens prophetic message
add to this the other recent products of
inventive skill. the many and wondrous
machines for relieving the hand and by
which all work Is done with unexampled
exactness and rapidity as well as on a
scale of constantly increasing magnitude.
Add also the wonderful increase in our pcp-
ulation. the thronging multitudes coming