The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-12

new fellows howi for jov The old men
started coming back as carly "a last
Monday. and sone of them wcrc from DIS
far back as the early jt~
Not only ,li, they love "Lnck- but they
took crest JOY IN tho hope that now all
those differences which have disturbed
the institution for revera years would
cease and everything hc lovely They
have had the Prince, on Inn filed IN to
tho hiim for tho week and all tho other
places whore they could get bed and board.
They we're clad to welcome the big men.
though When Chief Justice White mr.
rived yesterday there was II committee
to escort him 10 the home Of Mrs Cleve-
lard. whore hc ia Il Guest and when the
Presidents private car got in this morn
ing az GIj O'Clock there were other COM
nlittees down At the station TO see that
no overenthusiastic undcrgrads or grads
started demonstrating before the Presi-
dent had his sleep out
There We're other committees for other
big men The bones of the professors.
the homes of tho hospitable people Of
Princeton generally were thrown open
and the little old town buzzed with
brains" as one Young man put it,
E1erciees start on Time.
Tho exercises were to begin at 1O:45
o'clock and they started on time. The
President l,ft his car to 90 10 Prospect
President Hibbcn's home. In reality,
It. Is the Princeton White House. but DR..
Hibben has been living there for some time
now. since he was elected by tho trustees.
There was breakfast. after which the
Chief Justice came over from the Cleve-
land home and the word went out for the
div isions of the parade to begin to form.
The official party met at Prospect.
but tho other divisions were scattered
all over the campus. The trustees met
In their own rooms. the delegates gathered
at the faculty rooms. the guests of the
university went TO the registrars Office.
the faculty shifted to the Chancellor
Green Library. the graduate council
Of the university had Dodge Hall for their
hcadquar n srs the Inauguration committee
was at the same place, while the class Of
1852. which exalted itself because Presi-
dent Hibben was one of them. had a special
room in the same building. The others
gathered early iii front Of old Nassau
Hall and took the sun. while envying the
elect. who were TO sit in the shade of the
ivy walls on the platform.
Even Princeton gasped when that digni-
fed procession began forming itself out
on the winding walks of the university
The sober green of the grass and trees
suddenly lighted up with colors that made
the women look envious
A BIase OF Colors.
Any color one might fancy stood out
on the caps and gowns of the austere
degree men and learned doctors Reds
yellows. puppies. blacks. whites crimson.
cardinal, all the colors in combinations.
from the sober green of the hood of a
Trinity College. Dublin. man TO the very
classy effect of Dean West. who wore
the gown of an honorary degree man Of
Oxford The band appeared about the
time all were out on the campus and the
march began.
. Prof William Libby as grand marshal
led, OF course; but behind him walked
President Taft at the right of President
Hibben. President Taft wore the hood
Of a Yale doctor OF laws, and back Of
them walked the Chief Justice. who
looked remarkably stalwart and i'm
pressive in his gown as he strobe beside
John Aikman Stewart, senior trustee of
the university. and eS-president pro
tempore of the university.
Then came DR.. Francis Landey Patton.
once president himself. and by his side
walked Supreme Court Justice Mahlon
Pitney. who was to administer the oath
of Office by reason Of a special act Of the
Legislature, DR.. Henry van Dyke and
Bishop Lines of Newark were next in
order, followed by Moses Taylor Pyne,
chairman of the Inauguration committee,
and Charles d. Hilles. secretary To the
President who did not have any gown
70 wear.
Great Day for Dean West.
Then came Dean West and Charles W
McAlpin. secretary of the university
II was d great day. il may be remarked
for Dean Andrew Fleming West, beloved
Of all the students. His life for several
years back has not been without its
troubles.
Very slowly and with great dignity the
procession wound It's way through the
walks and turned at the front of the old
hall. once the seat Of the nited States
Government Only ono little thing hap
pened here which might have been
embarrassing if it had not been saved by
grins. The band was an earnest band and
it played patriotic medley for the march,
ers. The only trouble was that rs Presi-
dent Taft turned to climb into the stand
the band was playing vigorously Mary
land. My Maryland" The President s
lower lip drooped us he heard the inspir-
ing strains and it looked as though he
were smothering smile, hut 1t all passed
on soon
The trustees followed the first division,
and then came the distinguished dele
gates from the other institutions. who
had come to wish good fortune to the
new president They fairly gittcred with
the colors Of their gowns.
List Of Deleaates.
The colleges and delegates were
Harvard-President Lowell. Prof Josiah
Royce and Prof, George Herbert Palmer.
William and Mary-Prof James Southall
Wilson.
Yale Pre- sident Hadley
University OF Proves,
Smith, ey-Provost Harrison and Robert
urier lie Conte.
American Philosophical Society Held at
Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowl-
edge -EX-Ambassador CharlemaGne Tower.
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