Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-06
With DUE POMP,
Dr.. A, |. Lowell Will Be
|naugurated Today
As President Of Harvard Uni
versity to Succeed Or. Eliot.
Ceremony Of 40 Years Ago Will Be
Repeated at Cambridge.

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 5.-The
scenic effect for the Inauguration to-
morrow OF Abbott Lawrence Lowell.
A. ~, LII b., LII d., as president of
| Harvard University was set today in
beneath the old elms of the college
yard and in front of the ivy covered
walls OF University hall. Tomorrow
the representatives of the world;
greatest educational institutions with
hundreds OF the greatest of the uni
VerSity, will see formal transfer of the
mantel Of Charles William Eliot to his
scholarly successor with all the tradi-
tional ceremony and inspiring pomp.
AS far as possible the ceremony used
in the inauguration of President Eliot
40 years ago will be carried out to-
morrow although the size OF the crowd,
which is expected to number several
thousand. co!npclS the holding of the
affair out of doors rather than in a
hall as was the case at that time. But
fair Indian summer weather is proms-
ed for tomorrow, so that the spectacle
can be carried out With all the dignity
and grandeur in keeping with such an
historic event.
TIL" delegates from the 200 univcr-
stiles and colleges streamed into Cam
bridge today for enrolment at the col
lege office and where they were scv-
orally taken in charge by committee
members of the faculty assigned to
look after their personal wants. Many
of these delegates reached the univcr
Sity several days ago, so that they
had leisure today to visit the schools
and other buildings of interest in and
about the college yard.
During the afternoon there was IN
informal rehearsal by the marshal and
aides of the great procession which
will wcnd its way through the yard to-
morrow to the stage, and which will
furnish a moving picture such as is
seldom held in this country.
Thomas Nelson Perkins, member
of The board of overseers of the uni
varsity will be the chief marshal of
the procession. which will be divided
into four divisions, the officers Of the
board of government of the university.
delegates from other institutions, Off
cial guests, and the little party which
will he the chief actors Of the cay,
with the presidcnt-elect bringing up
the rear. With execution of the first
hymn. which was written by c. G.
Converse two years ago. the music
will he the same rs that used 40 years
ago. The university will also celebrate
the occasion by the comforting of
number of degrees.
In the afternoon the Harvard Alum
nj Association will greet the new pres
iGcnt with d meeting in Memorial hall.
similar to those held Commencement
day. While in the evening the under
graduate body will round out the day
with fireworks and jollification in the
Stadium across the river
Among the distinguished delegates
who will be present at the Inaugural
ton tomorrow of President Lowell are:
James Bryce, the British ambassador
representing the Universities of OK
ford and Manchester: William \.
Shaw. a fellow Of Emmanuel College
representing the University Of Cam
bridge: John q. Willis. director Of the
Royal Botanical Gardens in Ceilon,
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