New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-21
CLOSING WEEK AT YALE.
WooLsey auditorium Formally Ded'-
cdted-The Great Organ.

New-Haven, Conn, June 20 (SpeciaD.-With the
formal dedication of the new Woolsey Auditorium
at Yale and the opening of the great NeWberry
organ. the Yale commencement Of 1903 began this
evening. The amphitheatre of the new Yale audi
ence hall illed to the doors tonight when
ex-President Timothy Dwight began the dedication
exercises with prayer. Judge Simeon E Baldwin
Of the Connecticut Supreme Court, then followed
with an historical address the life and work or
the late President Theodore s. Woosey. of Yale In
whose honor the auditorium named. sol
lowing the dedication of the building came the
formal opening of the university organ, 10Y
which had gathered a large attendance Of must
clans. besides Yale alumni, from all parts of the
country. The programme Of the organ opening
was follows:
Acceptance Of keys by President Hadley.
Transmission of keys to university organist,
Recital by Professor Harry 3. Jepson. Yale
Recital by CASTOR Dethier, st. Francis Xavier,
Rectal by Wallace Goodrich, Boston. Mass.
The dedication of Woolsey Auditorium and its
great organ this evening made event of
Importance in the commencement programme be-
cause 1t signalized the completion of the oi-cen-
tenniaI group Of university buildings begun more
than two years ago. This group Of buildings is
regarded as the most magnificent at Yale, and as
beautiful in architecture and effect any univer-
sity structures in the country. Built or lndlana
limestone and massive in construction the bi-cen-
tenniaI group Yale is most imposing The group
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sts and consists of three buildings. On Grove
st. is the university dining hail. which seats over
a thousand students, and which IS go feet long,
turning the corner is the Memorial Vestfbule, It's
roof surmounted by an imposing dome. supported by
massive pillars and on the College-st size Is the
new Woolsey Auditorium, entrance to which IS
through the corner vestibule With its great
space its main galleries and upper gallery, 1t
will seat 1900 people
The Memorial VestibuIe will be used as general
and biiId O dining
and auditorium, and in it will in time be placed
memorials to noted Yale graduates. among them
Jonathan Edwards Chancellor Kent, s. +. B.
Morse, the inventor, John c. Calhoun, Chief JUS
tice Waite, Horace Bushnell and Nathan Hale
In this building is the collection OF antique
pianos given to Yale by Morris Steinert At the
south end of Woolsey Auditorium is the great New
berry organ built at a cost OF soo,vN oy MIS-
John s. Newberry, Of Detroit Mich. as me-
mortal to her husband and son. This organ Is said
by organ builders to be the finest in this country
and to rank with the one or two great concert
organs of Europe The group or bl-centennai
buildings cost in the aggregate $4,000 the WOOL
sey Auditorium being the gift of the graduates to
the university.
Tomorrow morning the usual commencement
week programme will begin with the baecalaureate
address of President Arthur T. Hadley in Batten
Chapel At s o'clock tomorrow afternoon Pro-
fessor Jepson, the university organist, will give
public recital on the Newberry organ. .,, ,..o,
with the usual class day exercises of the Sheffield
Scientific School. the Hillhouse-ave lawn OF the
school. In the morning also the senior class WIZ
listen to the class poem and Grafton in Batten
Chapel, and in the afternoon will assemble on me
campus for class day histories. At noon on Mon
day the Law School alumni will meet in Hendrle
Hall and later give the annual dinner, with speeches
by graduates and guests, marching afterWaro 20
College Street Hall, where the speaking Ior fne
Townsend prize will take place, the speakers TINS
year being Philip Troup, of NeW-dayen; Morgan
3. Brainerd, of Hartford Frederick G Adams: OF
Utica and George Crawford, of Birming ham. Ala
4mrnediate!E after the sPsabng Whi'S dver the
annual Law School commencement address, ms
topic being Changing Aspects OF some ga folilt9
in Public Policy and International Law
AT 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon the COVER
board and senior class of the Scentlhc ecno9 w, W"
give q reception in Byers Han, the Young men $
Christian Association headquarters OF tne depart
ment. In the evening the Glee Club and Ban 20
Woolsev Hall. and afterward will come the dance
OF the graduating class. held TINS year IN lhe
gymnasium. 49,, .i~ III,
reunion classes will send representatives TO Ine
annual alumni meeting in Alumni Hail. and al
noon ballots will be taken Tor the eecu0 Ties, i
member OF the Yale Corporation AT noon on Iues
day the Yale Medical School will hold rs annual I
meeting in College Street Hall the aadress VI VII
be by Professor Henry Mills Hurd OF johns 49P-
kins University, The Duty and Responsl
of the University in Medical Educauon; AZ .
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon VII come tIe . Goa,
uencement baseball game on fale fleiu between
Wednesday will be given to the formal com
oficiaIs faculties alumni guests and graou5 tlrlg
classes will form the college campus a. ~
o'clock and march through the NeWHa. ave. ~ ~
Seaded bv q band and the High Sherln OF me
ccnnty 70 the campus again, thence throI gn LHe
coIIeee middle and university campus TO WGolsey
Hall, where the commencement eAe cl4 ~ s-puaI
alumni dinner will be given in the dlnlng nait a.
which the usual announcements py Lne PreSi Ms
Hadley's reception in the Art Schooi VIII coip'e'0
the commencement programme