Evening star., 1902-02-21
University Celebrates It's
Twenty-ffth Anniversary.
NOTED MEN TO SPEAK
THE CEREMONIES WILL LAST TO-
DAY AND TOMORROW.
Procession 500 Strong Of Visiting
Alumni and Heads Of Other
Institutions.

BALTIMORE. February M.-Eminent ed
ucators from every section of the United
States and Canada are arriving in Balti-
more this morning for the opening exercises
this afternoon of the two days celebration
Of the quarter centennial of Johns Hopkins
University. Nearly 5000 invitations were
sent out and 1000 Of them were accepted.
The exercises will commence this afternoon
at 8 o'clock In Music Hail. the largest audi
torium in Baltimore. The chief feature Of
the program will be commemorative ad-
dress by DR.. Daniel C. Gilman. the presi-
dent of the Carnegie Institution, who is
president emeritus OF the university. Prest-
dent Gilman came to Baltimore from the
University of California twenty-six years
ago to organize the new university project
which has since developed into the Johns
Hopkins. His address this afternoon will
be q retrospect OF the quarter century
which has seen the development Of the uni
versity method In this country under the
Johns Hopkins lead. At the conclusion of
DR.. Gilman's address DR.. Woodrow Wilson,
the professor Of Jurisprudence In Princeton
University. will present to him an appre-
ciatfve address on behalf Of the whole body
Of the university's alumni.
Other Educators to Speak.
He will be followed by the heads OF four
great institutions representative Of the four
sections Of America. They will present
the greetings Of their several schools and
sections In this order:
Principal Peterson Of Macgill University,
Montreal: President Hadley of Yale Uni
versity President Dabney Of the Univer-
stty of Tennessee and President Harper OF
the University of Chicago. The exercises
will close with the singing Of America"
The Johns Hopkins trustees and faculty,
The presidents and delegates Of other in
stitutions. the officials of the state. city
and nation. the alumni Of the university
and all the students will enter the hall in
an academic procession. The order of the
van for this afternoon Is as follows: The
chief marshal. the president of the univer-
sity and the president emeritus, His Emil
nence Cardinal Gibbons, and Prof. Basil
L. Gildersleeve. the senior member Of the
faculty: the chaplain Of the exercises, Rev.
DR.. ]. Houston Eccleston, and dean. Ed
ward H. Griffin Of the philosophical facul-
ty. followed by the general body Of trus-
tees and faculty.
Two hundred of the principal institutions
in the country will be represented in the
second division of this procession. The del
egates will be arranged according to the
seniority Of their respective colleges and
universities. The venerable age of Harvard
University will entitle President Charles
Norton Eliot to the first place.
Procession 500 Strong.
The alumni will form the grand division
Of the procession. 500 strong. They will
contribute themselves a great deal Of dis
tinction to the exercises.
Among the leading administrators In the
city are Presidents Eliot Of Harvard, Had
ley OF Yale, Patton Of Princeton, Butler Of
Columbia, Angel Of Michigan. Hazard of
Wellesley, Peterson Of MacGill. Loudon Of
Toronto, Venable Of North Carolina, Dab
ney Of Tennessee, Alderman Of Tulane,
Wheeler Of California, Jordan of Leland
Stanford. Conaty Of the Catholic Univer-
sity, Daugherty Of Georgetown.