New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
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"A tinsel pageant this, a puppet- mo-
 tion,
 Save as the cleansing fires of self
 devotion
 Reconsecrate our lives to Light and
 Truth.''
 The prelude was from the ancient chronicles and told of the meeting of Margaret Apienkyn and Ellis Griffith on the occasion of their marriage in 1485, and the scene showed the pro- cession to the altar Margaret brought with her as a part of her dowry the reversion of the manor of Plas in Yale from which her grandson, John Yale, took the family name for the first time. John Yale was the ancestor of EiIihu Yale whose name the college took.
 This scene was put on by the col lege with the panoply of the age of chivalry, the bride and bridegroom have large retinues of men-at-arms, hanner-bearers, heralds, pages, maids and members of religious orders.
 The organizations aiding in the presentation were The School of Medi- cine, The College Choir and Glee club, Saint Mary's (Catholic) church, The United Church.; The Colonial Danes, with the individual assistance of many women and men.
 The opening episode was of the col onial period and the first scene showed the arrival of Governor Theo- phiIus Eaton an dhis party of set tiers who founded Quinnipia Colony, now New Haven. The Bowl was the rcw-wow place of the Quinnipiac, a tribe which held the land, and the place was supposed to be Fresh Mea- dows, now Morris Cove. The figures of Sachem Momauguin. Gov. Eaton, Rev. John Davenport and Thomas Stanton were portrayed by citizens of prominence. As the scene closed the colonists joined Thomas Stanton in a Puritan hymn and then followed the Indians into the Great Forest.
 Scene in Branford.
 The second scene was in the home of Rev. Samuel Russell in Branford, in September, 1701 where a company of ministers from others towns met to talk over the plan of a collegiate school for the colony. Six of the clergymen brought parcels of books. The idea for such a school was ac- ceptable, those present believing that Mother Harvard would give her good will and the General Court would present the matter to London with favor. The parcels of books were presented and so the school was be- gun.
 The third scene carried the time forward to 1718 and the school having been established at Saybrook had been removed two years before G716) In this revival the students appear in Saybrook to remove the books to New Haven. The sheriff and farm CTS resist this and obstruct moveme ent of the ox-carts brought to carry the books. A bridge across a stream on the road to New Haven is cut down by the farmers and the carts have to ford the stream.
 The first commencen nent at New Haven was the subject of the fourth scene. The setting was that of the home of Rev. MT. Moves, the rector, which was on Elm street near the present site of Osborn Hall In Col lege House erected on the site of the rectirs house the name of "Yale" was first proposed. The episode which covered the founding of the college closed with this scene.
 The bodies taking part in this cpl sode, besides individual actors and participants were: Class of 1917;  School of Forestry; First Church of Christ; Davenport church; Pilgrim church.; Taylor church; Trinity church; Improved Order of Red Men; Daughters of Pocahontas; St. Pauls s Girls Friendship league.
 The first interlude was undertaken by the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and the school children of New Haven. It was entitled Ihe Passing of the Arts and Sciences From the Old World to the New" and was allegorical. The school children gave many dances on the green turf' and there were special figures earned l out by the older participants | The second episode was or the 1 Revolutionary period of New Haven l colony It opened in the period after 1 the Battles of Concord and Lexington l of