New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
FOR LOW ELL INDUCTION
HarUdrd Plans Elaborate Ceremonies
for HI flair on October 6.

cambridge. Mass. Sept 25.-Forms and cere-
monies that are interviewer with the traditions of
harvard for nearly three hundred years will be
tOho"ed at the coming Inauguration OF President
n Lawrence Lowell. on October g. The complete
exercises of the induction will cover a period of
three days, but the most solemn ceremonies will
take place in the forenoon Of the eth Nearly
iOrty years have elapsed since these were enacted
or when Charles W. Eliot assumed the presiden-
ual mantle at Harvard. The programme to be
Followed on October 6 will be Identical with that
or twoscore years ago
The university having hall large enough to
mouse the army OF people who will attend the in
auguraton. it WAS after much deliberation de-
clded that DR.. Lowell should receive the keys of
the university the lawn in front of the college
olhces. With this end in view workmen will start
lhe latter part Of next week to construct a ros-
uuH' extending the length of University Hall
ana about forty feet wide. sufficient to accommo-
cate eight hundred persons. The platform will be
decorated in keeping with the surrounding natural
scenery Of the yard. Seated around President
Lowell when he reads his inaugural address will
be the governing boards of the college. the
oeIs OF the various faculties and other Offices OF
instruction and government, well delegates
from other universities of learning and many dis
unguished guests from various walks of life.
stretching from the front portion of the plat
form and extending up and down the yard in both
directions will be the for the alumni and the
students. Five thousand persons be seated
without inconvenience but in spite of the large
accommodations provided it is expected that many
VIII be forced to stand If they would view the
ceremonies.
More than two hundred delegates representing
universities colleges and societies of learning, not
only In this country but other parts Of the world,
Will be present, and among them will be included
12 presidents of colleges and universities. Nearly
every seat of learning in the United States has
cepted the invitation TO be represented, and the
principal universities in Great Britain Germany.
France and other European countries have already
started their representatives on the way. Each
delegate will wear academic attire. These repre-
sentatves. with three hundred officers of the uni
versty an alumni chorus OF one hundred and fifty
members, Governor Eben s. Draper and his staI
OF lancers in full uniform. the mayors of Boston
and Cambridge, together with many other notable
guests. will occupy the platform
On the day of the induction the yard will be
closed to all who without tickets, and every
is expected to be seated at 10 a. m Half hour
before this DR.. Lowell, the fellows. overseers MEM
bers Of the faculty delegates and guests will
gather at the Phillips Brooks house. whence they
will proceed in procession to the yard led by
band When all have been seated Sheriff John F.
Fairbarn of Middlesex County. wearing his official
uniform, will call the assembly order the alumni
choir will sing "Laudate Dominum' and noted
clergyman whose name is withheld from publice
ton. will offer prayer. senior will then mount
the rostrun and deliver address Of a laudatory
character in Latin. President Lowell will then be
inducted into Office by John D. Long. president OF
the board of overseers.
Among the ceremonies will be included the
presentation to DR.. Lowell Of the sacred and n
cient keys of the university the original charter Of
1910 and the official seal of Harvard. The chorus
will then render Domino Salvum Fac Prasidem
Nostrum," which sung when President Emer-
titus Charles W. Eliot inaugurated President
Lowell will then read his inaugural address. which
is expected to contain many suggestions beneficial
10 the Harvard of the future.
At the close of his address the alumni choir will
sing Great Is jehovah; then will come the con-
ferring Of honorary degrees. The ceremonies will
close with prayer, offered by prominent clergy
In the afternoon the attending the
ercises will be entertained in Memorial Hall and
the women in Bertram Hall. a Radcliffe building.
The symphony Orchestra will give a concert in
the evening from until in Sanders Theatre, and
from there the guests will go 10 a student cele
bration which will be held in the Stadium at $50
The nature Of this celebration IS being kept quiet
by the undergraduate committee which has it in