Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-07
GARFIELD SWORN IN.
Son of Assassinated President q
 Head of Williams College.

Head of Williams College.
 Williamstown. Mass. Oct Tn
 the presence of probably the largest
 most representative and most notable group of American educators ever
 assembled, Harry Augustus Garfield
 of the class of 'S5. former professor of politics at Princeton university | was inducted to-day into the office of president of Williams college. In
 addition to the group of educators 75 college presidents having accept
 ed invitat pns to be present, the cere- | mony of induction was witnessed by
 men prominent in civil and profes- sioal life. The state was represent ed by Governor Curtis Guild, .Jr, and
 a portion of his stan. James Bryce, ambassador of Great Britain, was also present, as well as United
 States Senator w. Murray Crane and
 President Garfield's three brothers,
 Secretary of the Interior James Ru- dolph Garfield, Irwin McDowell Gar field and Abram Garfield, all Wil- Hams men. The only living former
 president of Williams college, Rev Dr Franklin Carter, was one of the most deeply interested spectators.
 Among the great host of alumni who had come back to Williamstown purposely to attend the induction ex- ercises, the general comment was that in the choice of Professor Gar field as president of Williams col lege, man had been selected who, in every respect, embodied the Will Hams spirit and the Williams tradi- tions.
 It was to Williams that James Abram Garfield, one of the martyred presidents of the United States, came from an Ohio towpath in 1852, graduating four years later, and it was at Williams that every male member of the Garfield family re- ceived his education.
 Delightful autumn weather fla vored the occasion. The air was crisp but not cold, and the sun shone brightly on the beautiful Berkshire hills. bringing out in all their glory the brilliant colors of the changing leaves. Williamstown practically ob- served the day as holiday and the streets of the town were crowded with alumni, representative Ameri. can educators and other invited guests.
 Among the college presidents at- tending the exercises were:
 Charles w.. Eliot of Harvard. Ar thur T. Hadley of Yale, Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia, Wood row Wilson of Princeton, Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell, E. A. Alderman of the university of Vir- ginia, George Alexander of Union, Francis Brown of Union Theolog- ical school, D. N. Beach of Bangor Theological seminary, M. H. Buck ham of the University of Vermont, Acting President w. w. CrawshaW of Colgate, M. H. s. Demarest of Rutgers, William H. P. Faunce of Brown, G. iE. Fellows of University of Maine, John H. Finley, College of the City of, New York, F. w. Hamil- ton of Tufts, A. w. Harris. North western university, George Harris of Amherst, A. G. Lancaster of Olivet, Acting President John K. Lord of Dartmouth, c. E. Mclean of Iowa State university, Cyrus Northrop of University of Minnesota, Acting President A. c. Moves of Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, G. B. L. Penrose of Whitman college, Wall la Walla, Washington Ca classmate of President Garf1eld);' P. c. Rick etts of Renssalaer Polytechnic insti- tute, L. Clark Seelye of Smith, Isaac Sharpless of Haverford, c. B. Stew art of Auburn Theological seminary, James M. Taylor of Vassar, J. M. Thomas of Middlebury. c. F. Thwing