New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
president LOwell's fnaugu-
ration Address This Week
May Reveal Them.
b, }. Harold Braddock

,-r.tf Lawrence Lowell will be iuducted
- aze as the twenty fourth president OF Har-
H. r-r,,.ersity on October and :. with cere-
toe handed down from generation 10 genera
I, Harvard men since the founding OF the
pvn .a 9-s wears ago The official chair used since
60 ss,s Of Henry Dunster. the first president Is
t' o,rfed upon a dais on the inaugural plat
- farlnr the historic ward and the new presi-
-. escorted 10 il before army of delegates
,sorting che foremost educauona bodies OF
- every state in the Union ana many torelsh
u.r,es The keys Of the corporation. venerable
- H. traditions which surround them, are to be
s.r,,erea 70 President Lowell by Dr. John DAVIS
- represeutng the beard Of overseers-
-Tro,,qb settled by custom. the ceremony has not
=. ,,s,d al Harvard since the induction into Office
:, PRESIDENT Eliot. nearly twOscore years ago. ihe
.sert ceremony. however, is almost icentcal win
40, IL 1863 although greater number OF dele
Is and students win assemble 70 greet Lr
S.,eu than have ever before gathered for such an
.,sio, seats have been provided for seven thou
- and Il is expected that this capacity viii he
,-sp4cent. Standing room for several thousand
4. n he rrovi5e6. Nearly ore hundred and twenty
sra coleees and universities win be represented
Nv their presidents. and when these officials, with
sve hundred other members of governing boards
ava faculties delegates OF universities. colleges
end learned societies, Governor Ehen S Draper
and his s-sT and distinguished guests from all
stations Of life, march in academic dress TO the
;rausurai platform next "Wednesday morning the
scene viii be On Of much imQressiveness-
The scarlet of Edinburgh and the hrilliancy OF
,r4 military and civil uniforms win heighten the
more so-nb-c background Of academical robes in
sicating American degrees. and their var1-coloreo
dress VIII Immediately attract attention TO the
conservatives Of learned German societies. This
r-ooession is 10 be escorted by the Governors
+-oon ~ laroers and led by hard in its march 10
the patfor1n facing the seated alumni and guests
once The Platform, decorated in keering with the
surrounding ward, Is occupied. the gathering Will
be called 70 order by Sheriff John F. Fairbarn Of
,rss'esex County. wearing his fun uniform OF
,e-e one hundred and sixty alumni, = larger
char7ls than has ever sung al any academic ses-
sion vii then under the leadership OF Warren
4 Locke sing Gourod's Domino Salvam Fac in
This instance The 6rst stanza beginning Domino
salvara lac prazsIderl nostruu' The rest Of the
choral rrocranlrne which Is 10 have proper &C
co--paniraent includes Franz Schubert's TGreat
Is Jehovah" and Frederick s. Converse's "Lau-
dare Dorru-a." which was composed for and sung
al the dedication Of the Harvard Medical School.
TIE rhythm and arrangement Of these choral num-
bers are especially suited for the present occa-
sion
The effect Of this remarkable open air gathering.
the swelling Of the solemn choruses through the
historic tree-shaded yard: the easy flow Of the
Latin address by a member Of the senior class,
whom stood in the same places years ago on class
days Of the past. and the solennity Of the occa-
SONS portent. are expected 10 produce g scene
never 10 be erased from tho spectators memory.
The contrast with lantern bri.liancy OF class day
evening win strike the alumnus II once-the yard
VII be common in name only with its gayly be-
dscked self in June.