The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-11
H|BBEN PRESIDENT
OF PRINCETON NOW
Was Sworn Into Office To-
day Before Great Con- :.
course of People.
National News Association)

PRINCETON, n. j., May IL The
President of the United States, the
chief justice of the supreme court and
a host Of other distinguished public
men, scholars, scientists and theolo-
gians today paid tribute to John Grier
Hibben as he pledged himself before
great concourse Of people that filled
the campus in front of historic Mas
seau hall of Princeton university to be
president of Americas fourth oldest
educational institution. The new pres
ident, who has been a member of the
Princeton faculty for more than TWEEN
ty years, succeeds Woodrow Wilson,
who resigned the presidency of the
university in October, 1910, after his
nomination as the Democratic candi-
date for governor of New Jersey.
The Inauguration ceremony this
morning was held out of doors, with
the principal actors on a temporary
platform built on the steps OF Mas
sau hall, the oldest and most famous
of the college buildings. Over the
platform waved the yellow and black
manners of the university, while the
great seal resplendant in colors was
also in evidence. The colors and
seals of the oldest American colleges,
Harvard, William and Mary, Yale,
Pennsylvania, Washington and Lee,
Columbia, Brown and Dartmouth also
were used in the decorations.
inaugural Parade.
The preliminary interest in the
days ceremonies centered wholly in
the inaugural procession. The chief
marshal of the day headed the line,
followed by the president of the alum
nj association and the president of
the university, the fellows Of the cor
poration, the official representative
of the state of New Jersey, and the
dignitaries, civil, educational and mil
itary. Conspicuous in the line were
the delegates and guests from hun
dred institutions of learning, CARRIED
in the academic gowns of their col
leges, and their degrees indicated by
their gorgeous hoods. While the pro-
cession wendell it's way through the
college grounds the spectators were
taking their places in the great rows
of seats that spread out over the cam
pus in front Of Nassau hall.
The following was the order of the
principal exercises of the day:
Choral-Veni Greater Spiritus pal
estrina), the alumni chorus.
Prayer-Dr. Henry Van Dyke, profess
sor of English Literature.
Oath of office administered by JUS
tice Pitney of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Charter and keys delivered by John
Aiken Stewart, senior trustee.
inaugural address of the new Presi-
dent. IL
One Hundredth Psalm by the al
umni chorus.
Benediction-Rt. Revff Edwin S.
Lines, bishop of Newark.
At the conclusion of the Inaugural
ton exercises the principal partici-
pants and guests attended luncheon
in the university gymnasium. Presi-
dent Taft, Chief Justice White, Pres
ident Lowell of Harvard. President
Hadley of Yale, President Butler of
Columbia, and DR.. Francis l.. Pat
ton, president of the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, delivered addresses
at the luncheon.
Princeton's new president was born
fifty-one years ago in Peoria, ILL.,, and
was graduated in 1872 from the insti-
tuition of which he has now become
the head. He went into the ministry,
but in 1891 entered the faculty of
Princeton as instructor in logic. The
versatility of his scholarship was ear
ly demonstrated on his return to his
alma mater, for in addition to his
work in logic and psychology he con-
Quoted classes in mathematics, Bib
lical literature and ethics. He was
advanced to an assistant professor
ship of logic in 1894, and in 1897 to
the Stuart professorship of logic,
which he held until his election to the
presidency. He is widely known as
an author, having published numerous
volumes on logic, philosophy and
bellies lettres. In 1896 he published
his obstructive Logic" which is ex
schools and colleges.
Princeton university dates from
1746, in which year royal charter
was granted for the founding of the
institution. In it's earlier career it
was was known as the College of
New Jersey. Many men of wide fame
have served as president of the insti-
tuition. Among the most distinguish
ed of them were Rev. Aaron Burr,
father of the famous Aaron Burr; JON
athan Edwards, the famous Connec-
ticut Calvanist, and John Witherspoou
who was one of the 9signers of the