The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-10
HAY CHAPEL DEDICATED.
Erected by Secretary and Mrs. Hay at
Simsbury in Memory of Their Son.

ERECTED by Secretary and Mrs. Hay at
Simsbury in Memory of Their Son.
Simsbury. Nov. John Hay, secre-
tary of state, and Mrs. Hay to-day at
tended a service in dedication of the
Hay Memorial chapel, given by them to
Westminster school, of this place, in
memory of their son, Adelbert Stone
Hay, formerly United States consul at
Pretoria, South Africa, whose death was
caused by a fall from a hotel window In
New Haven in June, 1901. The exercis-
es were simple, and were attended only
by members of the school, invited
guests and a.few Of the townspeople.
Adelbert Stone Hay was graduated
from Westminster school in 1894 and
from Yale in 1898. The dedication of
this memorial was on the twenty sixth
anniversary of his birth.
The chapel, which is handsome
structure of succeed brick, with a
ted on an elevation of several hundred
feet, overlookin the town of Simsbury
and wooded chain of irregular noun
tains stretching to the westward.
Before the exercises began the boys
of Westminster school. about forty in
number, marched to the chapel, mar
shalled by the school instructors. They
had seats in body In the little audito-
RUM, which will accommodate about
two hundred persons. Accompanying.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay were their
daughter, Mrs. Wadsworth, and her
husband President Arthur T. Hadley
of Yale and Mrs. Hadley, e. A. Philbin.
former district attorney of New York
and others. Also among those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney of
New York city, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Wadsworth of Oswego, N. Y, the re-
naming son of Secretary and Mrs. Hay,
Clarence Hay, were present at the GER
emonies, arriving in the town Friday
evening. Messrs. Whitney and Wads-
worth were classmates of thesdeceased
son in Yale.
Governor George P. Mclean Presi-
dent Hadley of Yade university and
Mrs. Hadley, the Rev. Joseph H.
Twichell, who is a member of the Yale
corporation, with his family, Professor
A. r. Merriam of the Harverd Theolog-
ical seminary, who was a classmate at
Yale with Headmaster w. L. Cushing
of the school, with his family, Charles
H. Clark, of this city, with his son,
Horace Clark, who was a classmate of
Mr. Hay at Yale in 1898, Professor John
B. Mclean, who holds the chair of Eng
lish literature and history in the school,
effrey o. Phelps, Jr., and Represent "a
tive W. H. Hall of Simcbury, with their
families, were in the assembly during
| the dedicatory ceremonies.
w. l.. Gushing, principal of West
| minister school, presided at the dtdica-
| tory services. After a hymn sung by
i the students prayer was offered by the
Rev. DR.. Teunis S. Hamlin of Wash
| ington, the pastor of the Hay family al
the national capital. Scripture reading
| by the Rev. 0. II. Bronson of Simsbury
was followed by another hymn, Christ
is made the sure foundation" after
i which the principal address of the oc-
casion was delivered by the Rev. DR.
Hiram C. Hayden, the Hay familys
pastor at Cleveland. Another hymn
Come, Jesus, from the sapphire
throne" was sung by the students, and
the formal ceremony of dedication was
performed by Bishop Chauncey B
Brewster, of the Protestant Episcopa
Diocese of Connecticut. The exercises
closed with the benediction by the Rev
Jesse E. Head, of Tariffville, Conn.,