The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-21
VALE HAS ITS.
2OOTH BIRTHDAY
Occasion Is Celebrated at New
Haven.
SERMONS WERE The FEATURE
RELIGIOUS oBsERvANcEs UP
PERNosT IN CEREMONIES.

New Haven. Conn. OCT. ee-Yalc uni
versity began today the celebration of
the twO-hUndredth anniversary of the
opening % Yale college. The celebra-
ton was usbered in with religious cere-
MONIES in -'attle chapel, performed in
accordance with the devout and rev
erent traditions Of the good old New
England Gays when the little handful
OF ciergymen gathered together and
with prayerful supplicatiOns asked d.
vine blessing upon the institution
which they had conceived and brought
forth The old hymns were sung and
powerful sermons were uttered
The city had decked itself in Yale's
colors, and presented = splendid spec
taclc. Blue draperies were intertwined
with new-cut evergreen, and this gen
cral scheme OF color was broken only
ny the graceful folds of the stars anu
stripes.
The principal streets had become
archways of blue, adorned al intervals
with pictures OF President Roosevelt,
who on Wednesday is to be Yales
guest.
ON the rosti1m sat President Arthur
Twining Hadiey. A. his right was
Rev. Joseph Twichell of Hartford, the
preacher OF the bicentennial sermon. To
his left was Thomas c. Bennett of the
Yale corporation. Next to Dr. Twich-
eli sat former President Timothy
Dwight. on one end was Henry How
land, New York; on the other. Rev.
Charles Ray Palmer both fellows of
the university corporation. All wore the
gowns of their offices. Below in the
choir stalls sat a picked choir OF stu
dents The body OF the chapel was
occupied in the center aisle by dis
tinguisned delegates and guests, who
wore academy gowns, with hoods of
many cOiOrs.
The seats Of the side aisles were filed
with Yale graduates, while the three
galleries were reserved for ladies.
The service began at 1890 a. IN. \
chant by the choir was followed by the
Lords prayer. President Hadley read
a lesson from the Scriptures, and after
the TIE peum the congregation sang
psalm iXv. Rev. Joseph Hopkins
Twichel Of Hartford, senior fellow of
The corporation, preached the sermon.
The closing hymn was. Il Love Thy
Kingdom. Lord written by Lev. Tim
Othy Dwight, president of ate college
from 1895 TO 1917. Then was sung the
doNology. Then the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. Timothy Dwight.
president of the university from 1866 t.
1876.
Meanwhile special bicentennial serv-
ices We're held IN other churches of the
city. ana special sermons were preached
by the Rev. Newman Smith in the
Center church, Rev Joseph Anderson
of Waterbury in the United church,
ana Rev. Walter Wesley Battershall
'of Albany in Trinity church. All of
these churches are located on the his
tCric green. adjacent to the college
property.
This afternoon at 5 o'clock Rev.
George Park Fisher. professor of &c
cfesiastical history and dean of the
Yale divinity school. delivered an ad-
dress on Yale University in It's Rela-
tions to Theology and Missions"
He said in part:
As to the theology within the pre-
cincts of the university in the last
=. I'll
recent to be viewed at length on the
pIesC1t occasion. 1t was a period in
all enlightened countries. OF concen-
tration of thought and inquiry upon
the historical foundations of Chris
tianity. including the life, the person
and work of Christ. 1t has introduced
a new epoch i'm biblical criticism. which
compels a reconsideration of the cru
Ciai question OF the seat o. authority
with particular reference TO the in
sDiration and authority of the Bible.
Moreover. the state of philosophy and
new teachings and theories Of the nat
ural science have called for a recon-
struCtiOn of the foundations Of theism.
They have necessitated new fOrtify-
ing OF the citadel of all religious faith.
1T may be said with prQpriety that
Yale has been neither Indifferent nor
silent on these cardinal questions of
world wide interest. Ii is proper to
me ntiOn that in the field OF apologetics,
the new problems in a spirit of candor,
with mingled fearlessness and discre-
tor As 20 the questions grouped un-
der the head of the higher criticism.
whatever may be judged of the wis
dom or want of wisdom in the Yale
teaching. this. at least, can be af-
firmed. that there has been no evasion
OF them and little inclination on the
part - Yale Instructors, ostrichlike, to
hide their heads IA the sand, and on
the whole ] venture 10 say the usual
Cndeavor has beer. as in all previous
periods of our academic history, 10
vuitc a genuine h0erality with a wise
and tenablc conservatism
Tonight tho hotels and boarding
houses are rapidly filling. and new ar
rivals are constant. The weather is
sCIcfh. and all day the streets Of the
city have been filed by sightseers.
Tomorrow will b. devoted principal
IS TO ceremonies OF official welcome.