The Washington herald., 1907-05-31

/ New York. May 30-Tablets 70 twelve
Americans, who. in the opinion of the
electors Of the Hall Of Fame. deserve
the Immortality OF bronze I'm marble
setting we're unveiled to-day out in the
Greek rotunda, which circles the library
Of the New York University. which IS
known I'm Baedeker's as the Hall Of Fame
Pomp and circumstance beftting the oc-
casion were not lacking either in the bril-
hancy OF re staffs Of two governors or
in the presence Of the governors Of New
York and Massachusetts themselves.
The chancellor Of the university con-
Quoted the ceremonies. but ne was
assisted by representatives, Of other facul-
ties. officers from the United States army,
dignitaries of the city government, citl-
zens, and representatives Of several pa
triotic societies.
II was at 3 o'clock that the faculty
members Of the university began TO gather
the notables and others in the rotunda
Of the library building. Some of the
deans were armed with marshars STATS.
decked with flowing ribbons. A dean with
small black staff and only purple nib
bOns. headed the procession with a dele
cation of high school girls in pretty
white dresses. After them came a dean
with a longer staff Of gold and wound
with four colors. His was the task to
escort Chancellor McCrackeu. Of the uni
versity; Gov. Hughes. of New York: Gov.
Curtis Guild, Of Massachusetts. and their
respective staffs.
With preliminary fanfare Of trumpets
and waving OF be-rbboned wands by the
marshals, the procession moved north
across the lawn to the foundation Of the
Pergola. which, when finished. is to be
the noted womens section OF the housed
galaxy of the famous Nothing but a
segment Of the foundation work. with the
three tablets TO the first women elected,
inset in the cement. was there.
Tablets To Three Women.
At the first tablet. that to Emma Viii
lard, the procession halted. Here Mrs.
Charles z Patterson. OF Troy, vice presl-
dent Of the Emma Willard Association
paid tribute To the pioneer In as great
a revolution as ever changed the history
of the world" Flowers were laid above
the tablet, and the procession moved on
TO the next. that in memory of Mary
Lyon, the founder OF Mount Holyoke Col
lege. Mrs J. w. Sylvester. represent
ing the New York Alumnae Association OF
the college, paid a tuibute to the educa-
ti0nal work which had its inception with
the woman so honored The tablet TO
the memory of Maria Mitchell was next
dedicated by Prof. Mary ". Whitney. of
Vassar College. who represented the Nan
tUcket Maria Mitchell Association.
Right to the south of the place where
the three tablets 10 women have been in
set there IS a block of cement work
which represents the logging Of foreign
born Americans who have been selected
as worthy Of bronze by the electors.
These are John Paul Jones, Alexander
Hamilton, and Louis Agassiz When the
procession halted in front of these tab
lets, representatives from the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, the Colonial
Danes Of America, and the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science stepped forward and burdened the
with heavy wreaths of fragrance !
Unveiled by Mrs. Donald Mclean.
Mrs. Donald Mclean, president OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution. |
swept the bunting from the face of the |
red geld tablet to the memory of the
Scotch sea fighter Miss Harriet Duer /
Robinson paid the tribute of the Colonial |
Danes to their chosen hero. Hamilton. /
Charles d. Walcott, Of the Smithsonian
was the one who dedicated /
the Agassiz memorial
The procession then moved down the
to the angle designated as the
corner. Here the Sons of the