New-York tribune., 1909-06-26
NEW, HAVEN FILLING UP
usNY TO GREET Mr.. TAFT.
Yale ALumni WW O1Un the City of
EIms Merit Week.

49, IJaxen Tune * (SpeciaD.-Guests have be
-, >. arrive for the celebration incident TO Yales
e--,s,oeu1ent week. which closes the Hsth year
- the college Quarters in every hotel. lodging
,orse and club in the city have been secured for
.hs nert fortnight and the arrival Of the advance
.,ers somewhat earlier than usual makes It clear
+bs. the coming commencement will be one OF the
Ie-rest and most elaborate ever held
II fs certain from figures received by Yale ofh-
.;aIs that there will be between 1910 and 1900
alumni in line in the commencement march ms
,s far and away the largest number TO come mere
f- anv fesrivity except the inauguration Of Presi
cent F4adlev just years ago. and the hicenten-
-5s1 ceremonies, years later.
The assurance that President Taft viii be here
for the entire week is very gratifying 10 all Yale
mon hllt the general success Of commencement will
te IN the steadily swelling size of the returning
classes and the feeling which is becoming general
among the alumni that they must make every
effort TO be hand. il possible
Many classes have tried TO raise funds 20 bring
bsck members whose success in business has been
adverse and in some cases graduates will be
brought here from the Pacific Coast Their entire
expenses will be paid and they will hoonob with
their wealthy and successful classmates during the
week on the same -errns of democratic equality on
which they met them on the campus and in the
classrcoms decades ago.
The celebration OF the week by the alumni classes
who are here for reunions is always the central
attraction Of the Yale commencement It Is be-
coming custom for each Of the classes TO hire q
large and make 1t its home while its mem
bsrs are here Already the club homes of the alumni
are taking on the appearance Of festival week and
are practically ready for occupancy.
An innovation be made this year in the com
rencement exercises is the giving Of play on the
campus by the Yale Dramatic Association The
Merry Wives Of Windsor is expected 10 draw e
large audience. The production Will be the most
elaborate of its kind attempted in New Haven,
and will the first of the week.
The baCcalaureate sermon by President Hadley
viii be delivered in woolsey Hall on Sunday morn
inE An organ recital viii be given in the after
noon by Professor Harry Jepson. the university
orrsnisI.
exercises Of the Scientific Law and Medical schools
The Sheffield viii begin al 70 o'clock when the
histories VII be read and the class will pay its
parting visits the homes of prominent professors
and call for speeches. The class day programme
Ct the academic seniors begins at O'Clock. when
TIE histories poem and oration will he delivered.
The orator is Maxwell Parry. of Indianapolis. and
rhe poet Leonard Bacon Of Peacedale. R L Har-
old H Bundv. Of Grand Rapids. Mich. is chairman
OF the class cay committee.
The Law School commencement exercises will he
held in Hendrick Hall at 1880 O'Clock The Town
send prize speaking will be followed by address
Il the graduating class by Senator Spooner, of
Wisconsin The address ~ the Medical School will
be delivered by Dean Howell Of Johns Hopkins
University Senator Spooner last year received the
IS runnored that Dean Howell viii be honored with
the same degree The annual meeting Of the as
sociaticn Of class secretaries the reception of the
Sheffield Scientific School in Byers Hall and the
Senior promenade viii also take place on Monday.
The general alumni meeting will be held at u
O'clock on Tuesday morning. and President Hadley
viii speak on salient features Of his annual report
There VIII also be addresses by other prominent
alumni. The baseball game with Harvard will be
the event Of the dav. and VIII ne followed in the
afternoon by the class banquets Of the alumni
The degrees viii he given to about seven hundred
members of the different departments Wednes-
day morning Gossip has been busy discussing the
probable recipients Of honorary degrees. well
sefned run1or is that Professor Henry p Wright.
who retires this year dean Of the academic de-
pertmenr after q service which runs into the
decades. Will receive an Ii. D Dean Wright has
been pointed out many occasions as the most
popular Yale man alive, and those who have men
toned that term in connection with him have
given heated denial times when they were
asked II they did not wish 10 except the President
Of the United States.
The alumni banquet on Wednesday afternoon will
rs the last event Of the college year. with the ex-
cepticn OF the boat race with Harvard Thursday.