Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-19
HONORMEMORYOFP POE
Various Cities Have Anniver.
sary Exercises.
AT new YORK UNIVERSITY
Chancellor MacCracken Will Deliver
an Address.
POET BORN 100 YEARS AGO
Baltimore Will Celebrate in Mccoy
Hall-Boston Proceeds Under
Auspices of Association.
POET BORN 100 YEARS AGO
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, January 1a-The hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of Edgar
Allan Poe is to be observed today at a
number of separate meetings by different
bodies in New York. while other such
celebrations are to be held in Philadel-
phia. Baltimore, Providence. Richmond
and Boston, and at the University of vir-
will be those at the Poe cottage. under
the auspices of the Bronx Society of Arts
and Sciences, that at New York Univer-
sity and that at Columbia.
The memorial ceremonies at New York
University are to be the most consider
able. in spite Of the fact that it is New
York University that has kept Poe out
side its local hall of fame. Among those
taking part in the Poe celebration are to
he Prof George E. Woodberry. the Amer
lean biographer of Pennsylvania, and
Hamilton Wright Mabie, the essayist and
editor.
At New York University.
The exercises at New York University
are to start at $50 o'clock. Chancellor
MacCracken is to deliver the opening adj
dress. Other addresses are to be made by
Prof. George E. Woodbury., by Henry
Noble MacCracken. speaking on Poes
life of Fordham, and by Hamilton Wright
Mable.
Wilton Lackaye is to read Poe's lila
lume.' ITO Helen and THE City in The
Sea-; 'Annabe1 Lee is to be sung by W.
Postley Sinclair: THE Bells" by the New
York University Glee Club; THE Raven
by David Bispham.
The celebration at the Poe cottage is to
be held earlier, at O'Clock in the after
| noon. The cottage will be opened for
the use of the Bronx Society Of Arts and
| monument bearing a bust of Poe s'to be
dedicated in Poe Park, across the way
from the cottage.
Presentation to the City.
The monument is to be presented to the
city in an address by Arthur A. Stoughton,
chairman of the Poe memorial committee,
and accepted by Joseph 1. Berry, deputy
park commissioner for the Bronx. Wilton
Lackaye is to read poem at the Poe
cottage in Fordham by John Henry
Boner
The celebration at Columbia University
is scheduled for this evening at S:15
o'clock. The gathering will be in Earl
Hall. Thomas Nelson Page, the novelist,
and Prof. Brander Matthews of Columbia
will make speeches. Prof. John Erskine
of Amherst, graduate of the class of
1900 at Columbia. is to read a poem
written for the occasion.
An exhibition of Poe relics is to be
held in Earl Hall all today. There are on
view the mantelpiece of. the Brennan
house, in West S4th street, where Poe
once lived; a manuscript said to be the
original draft of "Annabel Lee" and a
number Of other exhibits.
Smaller Celebrations Arranged.
Among the smaller celebrations in this
city arranged for today were a morning
meeting in the New York Normal Col
lege. and In the evening a gathering at
the Art Students League. 215 West 57th
street, to listen to a Poe lecture by
Sadakichi Hartmann
In Richmond the Poe Memorial Asso-
citation has planned a ceremony in con-
nection with it's efforts to raise the funds
for a Poe monument. Former Lieut..
Gov. Joseph E. Willard is to preside. The
fund for the monument in Richmond has
already reached more than 5000.
At the University of Virginia. where
Poe attended for time, a several days
celebration was begun Saturday. A Poe
museum was formally opened that day.
The Raven Society, a Poe association at
the college. yesterday conducted eXer-
cises. and today, the final day, the uni
versity exercises were held.