New-York tribune., 1909-10-06
READY FOR INDUCTION
HarUard ReceiUing Guests for L0zo-
ell Inauguration Today.

Cambridge. Mass. Oct. 5.-The scenic effect for
! the inauguration tomorrow of DR. Abbott Law
renee Lowell president of Harvard University
was set to-day beneath the old elms Of the college
yard and in front of the UNCOVERED walls of Uni
versity Hail. Tomorrow the representatives OF the
worlds greatest educational institutions with hun
dreds of the guests Of the university will see the
formal transfer of the mantle of Charles William
Eliot to his successor with all the traditional
mony and inspiring pomp.
So far possible the ceremony used in the in
auguration Of President Eliot forty years ago will
be carried out tomorrow. although the size OF the
crowd, which is expected TO number several thou
sands compes the holding of the affair outdoors,
rather than in hall, as at that time; but fair
"eather is promised for tomorrow. so that the
spectacle should be carried out with all the dignity
hitting for such an affair
Inc delegates from two hundred universities and
colleges arrived in Cambridge to-day for enrolment
at the college Office. where they were taken in
charge by members Of the faculty assigned to look
after their personal wants Many Of these delegates
reached the university city several days ago. So
that they had leisure to-day to visit the buildings
In and about the college yard.
In the afternoon there was an Informal rehearsal
ny the marshal and aids OF the procession which
VIII pass through the yard tomorrow to the stage
Ihomas Nelson Perkins. member of the board Of
overseers of the university. will be the chief mar
shai OF the procession, which will be divided into
lour dlvisions-the officers of the board govern
ment Of the university delegates from other insti-
tutlons official guests and the little party which
comprise the chief actors of the day, with the
lresdent-eect bringing up the rear With the ex-
cepton Of the first hymn. which was written. by
/ q g. Converse two years ago the music will be
the same as that used forty years ago. The uni
Versty will also celebrate the occasion by confer
ring number of honorary degrees
In the afternoon the Harvard Alumni Association
VIII greet the president at a meeting in
I Memorial Hall. while in the evening the undergrad
uate body will round the day with pyro-
technic display and jollihcation in the stadium
across the Charles River
Among the DISTINGUISHED delegates who will be
present at the inauguration tomorrow are
James Bryce, the British Ambassador repre-
senting the University of Oxford and the Uni
versity Of Manchester; William NJ Shaw a
fellow Of Emmanuel College representing the
University Of Cambridge; John c. Willis director
OF the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ceylon. repre-
sentng the University of Cambridge; Otto Honeg-
schmidt, Of the University of Prague; John Har-
ward Bliss, professor of naval architecture OF the
University Of Glasgow; Professor F. H. Jungersan
OF the University OF Copenhagen; Professor Z.
Meyer of the University of Halle: Professor Otto
Friedrich. of the University of Berlin; Professor
Joseph Bence, OF the College de France; Professor
George A Gibson, of the University of St An
drew; Professor Aristides Mestre. of the University
of Havana Peter Groth, Of the University Of Chris
tiania; Professor Augustus d. Waller. director of
the psychological laboratory of the University of
London. and Professor Thomas Walker. of the Uni
! versity Of the Cape Of Good Hope. South Africa
The heads of nearly all the leading American uni
versities also expected attend
The first entertainment extended the visiting dele
gates from abroad occurred tonight in Harvard
Union, when many distinguished men were guests
at the annual dinner Of tie alumni of the Lawrence
Scientific School. Professor f. p. Pickering of the
department of astronomy, presided. and most con-
spicuous among the guests was Jacobus Cornelius
kapteyn, professor of astronomy of the University
Of Groningen. President Lowell was present and
lam Lawrence, of Massach achusetts; Professor W N
Davis, F. T. Rotch and Dean ". C Sabine