Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-10
yALE's BICENTENARY.
Elaborate Preparations For En-.
tertaining Her Friends.

pertaining Her Friends.
MANY INTERESTING FEATURES,
Yale Women Will Participate In the
Torchlisht Procession-Amphit
ter For the Dramatic Performance
to Be Brilliantly Illuminated-A
Striking Feature In Decorations.
There will be 1000 flags on the col
lege 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 have special decorations, and at
night Professor John G. Schwab, Sec
rotary 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 cele-
bration. They will be Of special de-
sign, all in blue, the Yale color The
design comes from Grosvenor After
bury of New York, Yale man, 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 part in the torch
light procession which is to be one 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, will
not be admitted That is the student
dramatic performance which is to take
place on the old campus at s o'clock on
Tuesday night, Oct. o. There is so
large demand for seats from the
student body and from old grads
that there will be no room for women
visitors. This announcement is made
by Professor Schwab
The amphitheater in which the stu
dents will act on the campus will be
right in the center and will inclose one
of the elm trees. The electric lights
which will illuminate this amphithea-
ter will radiate from this elm all over
the Enclosure. The stage will be so
by 80, and the amphitheater will
accommodate about 5000 persons. The
parts that go to make up the amphi-
rheater have been constructed, and all
that is needed is to put them together.
1t is expected that from two-fifths
to one-half of the $1,000 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 to 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 Schwab said that $50
college presidents had signified 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 on hand to help Yale celebrate.
Among others Governor Mclean Of
Connecticut and his staff will be the
guests of Yale.
The bicentennial committee has re-
ceiyed from Paris 6,OOO orange colored
paper lanterns. About 1000 more will
be needed, and Secretary Schwab has.
cabled to Paris for them. These Ian
terms are two feet in 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 Battell
chapel. Between the lights will be
garlands Of green and festoons of blue
bunting. The front of Osborn hall
and Vanderbilt hall will be colored
with orange colored lights and gar
lands. An immense flag will be placed
over Phelps gateway to designate that
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 the
celebration in the line of decoration
will be the succession of beacons or
torches outlining the interior of the
campus. They will be twelve or fif-
teen feet high surmounted by a spe-
cially designed fiat vessel Of terra Gotta
or metal, the designing and making of
which are in the hands of Pierre Jay
and the architect, Charles A. Platt Of
New York. In this shallow dish will
stand wire basket containing cotton
waste soaked in a combustible mate