The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-29
COLUMBIA OPENS WIIHARUSH
TWO RCSHES. ~ FlCT. FRESH
HEN -. >OPHO WORES.
IN Academic Parade. Win Dean Burgess
ieading o.. Ia the Absence sf Pred
dent Butler Prof. Prrk Not len the
Procession. Although on the CampsIS.

campus ht bllmbl1 nlNerSliN Nt--ter-
day after IN" long summer drought.
ami with all the pinoplv 81 academic
dignity IN" university was OPENED for
IN" fall term III" registration cards
which were flooding the registrars o'Iice
"a blue shower all day have not yet been
sorted. The preliminary registration will
be- about t.O1. Il - figured
10" days events. summed mp ia order
1t Importance from IN" undergraduate
viewpoint. were. First. the rush. next.
th" second rush. then the registration.
and finally the academic procession and
th" speeches IN the gymnasium
DAYS ago IN" janitors had all the build
irG- brushed up and the last II the for
lprn crew condemned To- take eXamina-
uou~ for the removal II conditions had
cast IN the waste basket his dogeared
pony Bright and early came the un-
tuior"d crop IT fre=hies yesterday morn
lng and began their aimless wanderings
from hall To- hall. all in the snarl Of regis
terlrg. deposlting fees and fulfilling all
the whatnot IT rel tape incidental tn
entering
The superior sophs were hiding their
tim" with insolence The time was not
long delayed. Under the guidance 81
Jim Moore. who rowed No. , in the varsity
four at Poughkeep-ie last June; II. y
Sn"vily, another oarsman ~ renown.
and James r. Kemp. all juniors. the
green youth 81 the class ~ ~ We're hrrded
on south Field and prepared To meet
their fate. II was called by courtesy
tug II war. that struggle between the
Sophs and the Rreenies. There was
rope there, To he sure. and some pulled
on opposite ends ~ u. hut nearly every
body preferred simpie hushw hn cking.
with a fist IN another fellows face or
firm grip on the neck ~ = shirt to indi-
cate the utmost good feeling and un-
swervinR loyalty to the traditions II
college life.
They did say aftarwari that the fresh
men wallopai the aprhs In the first on
-laught. but that the second class men
rallied after half oi the newcomers had /
left m" field and pullei stern fragment
Of tho freshmen away 20 the steps ~
Hamilton Hall Then there were ono
or two hapt isms In the fountains just 10 /
top m a glorious morning
While tho combatar's scattered to
various retreats there 10 make them F..
selves preseniabla for the graver cere- I
monv II the opening of the university /
m IN" afternoon, IN" members II the I
teaching stan assembled in the library .
building m mortar board, gown and .
hood Prof John " Burgess senior .
dean and representing President Nicholas .
Murray Butler IN the latter'- abS'uCe In /
Germany. had a SIAN ~ gowned marShals .
90 collect the scattered -egmsnts ~ the .
procession and Lead the way uu' - tn"
great library doors
The Right Pew John Wordsworth.
Bishop Il Salisbury. who had been asked
To- be present AZ the opening ceremonies
and - pronounce the invocation. took /
his place AZ the head 81 the PROCESSION
by the side - Dean Burgess and few
minutes before = clock the long line of
huttering black gowns, splaShed with
he vivid colors 81 doctors hoods. moved
out 81 the library and down 10 the gym
nazium The students followed and
every -@at IN The big building WIS filed
" hen IN. senior dean ,allai upon Bishop
" uri-wor'h - otter PRAYER
IN" Bishop & salisbury. VIII" wore an
academic gown over ms Cl"rICal- 90 He'd
down the dressings Il Providence" upon
H. work e the university II-f h.sg mining !
10 a strong vuic" that T~a'h- every
corner e the gymnasium Whom h" had
nm shed an IA the auditorium rrss. and
n" hymn rpu.s - stand. Columbia,
h" cpllrg" ant hem. sounded ln full chorus
tn" -nrrauu e b" song almost drowned
'h- ba-- fur q Will" hluvN II karuari
ui.E" girls 49, down iu front by the
- age and ,,Iru Il them sang hI-tly .
with numbers -"rihhl-i IA 'h.'n piuusi
&c. The front e their waists q could
net -. i~,','r'lIi,.i from q W"r. tual.
- ui-.ut wh..' her hl- hsTg" u'fD" rn'' hud
4 enumeration indicated ne. Stigma IT 4
freshmen 81 wh'.' her th" V"sr"rs e M"
.ag- were. members uf q r'.r"nt com
mites les grated - keep NdtrhfIl eve
"a the incoming students ut Barnard
Dean Burgess ~ his up"ntng address
raIl,.d tho. aft..nt .Df uf the. students 90 tho.
honor which was Ioumbia'- ~ having
.-r President al present ~ Berlin. ihhr"
20 r,-pr.-..ur Columbia "a ~" forthcoming
...bratiun Df ~" gsth anniversary ~
.. University - Berhu ~. outlined the
" h. influence. WhIra tHat Uld institution
.N"rt'.i among ~" scholars 81 Europe
and h"id Il ~ a. q model q real AGA iemlC
M. and piIlturp
Prot Henry Fairfield Osborn. Ia
'osia. professor 81 spology then delivered
he opening address Hi~ subject was
Huxley Dn FdtIcatIuu His plea was f,F
."usi r'~tiv- thinking In cluglng he raid
Remember aS regards the somewhat
,yerwOrk"d word service every addition
o every conceivable d"parT ment ut
human Ac'ivuy which - UunEi 7Iotive -
,arvice: that the spirit ~ science IL 20
rau-f"T -"me' hing - value from the un-
,nown into the realm At the Anown ami -.
therefore. identical with III. spirit -
literature, that the moral test ~ every
lhvancs - wha'h her or not u ~ Con-t rue
i've: whatever - Cons' r,Ictive j. moral.
The serond address was made 10y Ernst
Dasnell professor 81 modern history
n IN" University 81 KEEL His subject
Sas The CourSs' - the Worlds Trade
from the Sixteenth t"ths Twentieth Ten ,
ury
Prof Harry TAurSton Peck. Anthem
PROFESSOR - Latin and Greek who vas
lIsI-nd-d a. head II IN" classical !
ihilologv departmeu' following The bring
ng ~ a suit for breach pf promise against
nm. was not ia the academic parade
Ia was IN his once In East Hall par ~
he morning On the bulletin board IN
he offics' ~ the registrar Prof Ed~aTd
)-layan Perry and Prof Nelron Glenn ,
.iCt rea, uIamis.r- of the stan ia Prof
Ieck'- depa ~ ment are named as con Z
lIlTInR un'~rz Tor students 10 til the
,p-iiiDn normally held by tho head ~ the
i.part menf
Prof PeCk'z name s'ill appear a, the
lsad - in. last IN the university bulletin
4 informal ion on the division ~ ancient
md Oriental languages. III" only in
oTmatiou concerning Prof. PeCks status
yhich was given Uut yesterday was that
Until the board - trustees - tho uni
..rSity meets On Monday To review the
,ati0n II the COMMITTEES. On "dlcaiipn
pIaiIye 10 Prof Peck nothing can lie raid