Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-01-28
INAUGURATION TO Be
MADE GRAND AFFAIR
Plans of Faculty Committee Call for
Participation of Students and
Alumni

scheduled for March 23 and "a, in
dicate that the affair is to be made
the largest and most suspicious held
at the college in recent years. Ar
rangements to be made will insure
the participation of students, faculty,
alumni, representatives from COM
mercial and industrial bodies, dele
gates from many colleges, state Of
ficials and prominent educators
from the east, and the program out
lined will call for receptions, tours
of the campus, addresses, a torch
light procession, an academic process
sion and, at the close of the affair,
the inaugural ball.
Torchlight Procession First
While the faculty committee in
charge, headed by Professor Francis
A. Thomson, has not completed def
nitely the plans to be followed, the
arrangements as outlined call for a
torchlight procession by the students
and alumni Thursday eevning,
March %, and it is possible that a
fireworks display will be staged by
the alumni following the procession,
the evening demonstration being de-
signed to usher in with all due pomp
and ceremony the exercises that are
to follow.
Following the torchlight process
sion and possible fireworks display
Thursday evening a banquet will be
served in the armory for the dele
gates and official guests.
Academic Procession Friday
Friday morning will see the open
ing of ceremonies with the formation
OF the academic procession 1t is in
tended that all classes of m embers of
the college will participate. Meet
Ing places for the classes will be
announced and it is expected that
the procession will be thoroughly
representative of the college. Fol-
lowing the procession the inaugural
exercises proper will be held in the
auditorium, e. A. Bryan hall
Prominent Speakers Here
The addresses to be delivered at
the inauguration ceremonies will
perhaps cap the climax for excel
lence, the program calling for APP
pearances by many prominent speak
ers of the country. The principal
addresses will be those of DR.. Mich
olas Murray Butler, president of Co
lumbia university, where DR.. Hol-
land was graduated; DR.. William
Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana
university, where DR.. Holland was
member of the faculty; DR.. e. A.
Bryan, the retiring president of the
State College of Washington, and
DR.. e. o. Holland, the president
elect. The comforting OF degrees will
be featured on the program.
Entertain for Guests
The inauguration ceremonies will
De followed by luncheon rendered
III the armory for the guests and
delegates by the regents and faculty
IN the afternoon tour of the cam
pus and of the college farm will be
MADE by the visitors and it will be
followed by reception by President
holland in the presidents house
The ceremonies will be closed in the
evening by the inaugural ball. to be
held in the armory.
All Urged to Participate
With view to convincing the
students that the Inauguration of the
president is a vital matter to them
the faculty committee will make spe-
cal plans to insure the participation
OF the students in the ceremonies
arrangements will be made to have
all of the classes take places in the
academic procession, which should
be notable event, all the dignity
possible will be added to the exer.
cises. Believing that the inaugura.
tion of the president is of greater
Importance to the students than tc
any other class of people in the state
the faculty and board Of regents viii
take steps to arouse the maximum oil
interest among the undergraduates
All students will be urged especi
ally to attend the reception in the
presidents house and the Inaugural
paii, which, according to the com.
mittee. are given especially for them
Evergreen.