Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

Dartmouth, N. H., Oct. III lie ipr-
NAL inauguration services for the H.
staling of Ernest Fox Nichols, ID. Sc.
IL. D., as the 10th president OF Dart
mouth College, occurred at oclock
this morning. Previous to that came
the simple but impressive morning
prayers at Rollins chapel, which 1rarh
every college day at Hanover Quletl!
AMI unostentatiously the students ant
notahles filed into the stone chape
until it could hold no more and az
many were left outside. The service
was under the direction of Professor
John King Lord, LII. D.. Daniel web
Sler professor of Latin in the cOlleSc
the grandson of one of Dartmouth:
greatest presidents. ana himself a
years a teacher in the college.
The service lasted less than quar-
ter OF ar hour and then all filed out t.
prepare for the chief exercises of the
lay
1t was the work of more than al
hour to so marshal the forces that the
varying degrees of precedence an(
rank should be properly observed, al
the same time giving correct places il
line "a those who We're to be on the
program at the exercises or recipients
of the hOnors of the institution.
Shortly before 3 o'clock the line was
formed, 1000 strong and, led by the in.
spring strains of a band, the process
sion moved out from the college yarG
N front of old Dartmouth and the Ole
Row on the green carpet of the cam
pus. The line embraced the four sides
Of the campus and doubled and cross
I'd again moved slowly and impressive
ly. At O'Clock the first group entered
Dartmouth's new and massive Webster
hall, containing what is considered
in the country.
The Webster hall exercises occu,
pied more than two hours. the greater
part being taken up by President
Nichols in his inaugural address.
The distinguished guests were group
ed on the right of the stage, while tt
the left sat the faculty, members o
the Senior class, and alumni officials
IN the rear an orchestra and a chorus
opened the program with Gloria II
EXcelsis." followed by the invocation
by Rev. Francis Brown, president o
Union Theological Seminary.
Two men of Dartmouth. Genera
Frank S. Streeter of Concord, ~ II.
president of the board of trustees, an(
Ernest Fox Nichols, the new head, theI
stood before the great assembly, tn,
me to give and the other to receiv,
The principal honors of the day. In re-
ply to Gen. Straetar's words Presiden
Nichols said
by your declaration l realize a very
sacred trust comes into my hands an(
| pray God to give me courage, trutf
md strength to discharge my dutie:
nOnorably and WELL
But the new president was not We
tuliy invested with the traditional au
thority of his office and it remained fol
the retiring chief, William ]. Tucker
to fulfill that tradition by handing L
MIN the silver punch bowl. emblematl,
Of the welcome of the Wheelock sue
cession.
This ceremony of such historic inter
est gave particularly pleasing toucl
@ the exercises, with the old and the
new leaders standing together.
long list of delegates and guests
was read by Prof. T. w. D. Worther
Governor Henry r. Quinby, VIII
brought the greetings of the state
spoke. President Nicholas Murray But
Ter of Columbia presented the congra,
'llatlons of the delegates; Prof. Charlie
d. Adams those of the faculty, Horace
Russell of New York presented thos
Of the alumni. while the undergrad
lateS We're represented by Charles w
TObin of Boston.
President Nichols then delivered hi
inaugural address.
AT the conclusion of his address
President Nichols conferred honorar
degrees on many of the visitors.
Doctor of Science-Richard Cockbur
MacLaurin. president of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
Doctors of Divinity-Ozora Stearn
Davis. president of Chicago Theologi
cal Seminary: John Martin Thoma!
president of Middlebury College.
Doctors of Laws-Jacob Goul
Schurman, president Of Cornell Univer
sity: Charles Richard Van Hise. pres
ldent of the University of Wisconsin
John Huston Finley, president of tn
College of TIE City of New York; Wi
nam Dewitt Hyde, president of Bow
dom College; Matthew Henry Buck
nam, president of the University c
vermont; William Herbert PER-
Fannce. president of Brown Univer
sity; Nicholas Murray Butler. pres
dent of Columbia University, Wood
row Wilson. president of Princeto
University: Arthur Twining Hadle,
PRESIDENT of Vale University; Abbot
Lawrence Lowell, president of Han
ward University: Charles William Elio
presldent-emeritus of Harvard Univel
sity; James Burrill Angel. ex-presider
OF the University of Michigan; Henri
Brewer Quinbv, governor of Ne
Hampshire; William Jewett Tucker
eX-prcsident of Dartmouth College.
With the announcement OF the bene
diction by Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbo
bishop of Bethlehem, Pa. the assenbl
broke up and in groups of twos an
threes strolled over to College hall fo
the luncheon.
This ceremony of such historic inter
est gave a particularly pleasing touc