Oxford eagle., 1916-06-15

On Tneslay morning the Alunni
adiour - % Nluta kst. an ocean
re- or' az RoHon. where the ingenuity
ot me brieataf sianfIHc mlads IN
lne country was aatad sar 4 few
hours 70 fhe amusing side o. Hfa
me stunts % the Tech eTas=es are
famous throughout rhe country and
th~ wish 90 see fhaaa brought many
or ne former students back % Bos-
ton for the celebration Tuesday
evening was devoted 20 the Nasrrra
ami Paenant. the most remarkable
presentation % ifs kind that the East
mas ever seen The ughiings have
not been exceeded in anv tenioustra.
tion in the country. while the two
thousand students furnished dra-
matts persouae that was striking IN
It's magnitude and mass effects
"Wednesday morning was devoted
to the graduation exercises which a.
Technology are always simple In the
afternoon at 22a the academic pro-
cession was formed and in the court
OF honor Of the New Buildings. Presi-
dent Maclaurin and his fellow speak.
ers dedicated the great institution TO
the cause Of education. The orator
Of the occasion WIS Henry Cabot
Lodge senior senator from Nassa-
ehusetts. a man with intimate kuowt
edge OF the problems Of education
and always an enthusiastic supporter
Of the Institute and its methods In
the evening. for the final event. there
was the banquet Of the " l. T. Alum
nj Association with 1850 at table anf
as many more IN the balconies This
was a telephone banquet and when
President Naclaurin and the notable
men who were with him Ellison. Bell,
Vail. Carty. Pupin and others. spoke.
they spoke into telephones and to an
audience Of thousands which includ-
ed every Tech man in the country.
many governors. mayors and local
dignitaries. each with his individual
receiver and seated M banquet tables
in 25 important cities.
This is simply the skeleton OF a
wellhl week Of celebration. with
hundreds OF other events A great
museum with thousands OF exhibits
gathered By Tech men and showing
the relations OF Applied Science to
civilization vas constantly on view.
The cadets Of the Institute. for this
is a school which with its hundreds
OF men skilled in military practice
Is always prepared. performed their
eyOlutious and formed their dress
parade In the great court The same
young men in uniform served for
guides 20 the visitors. The women
graduates OF the Institute had their
own celebration. their own dinners.
their own reunions and Aeir own
/ exhibit in the museum Joining with
the alumni and students on the great
er occasions There were class din
| ners and reunions on every hand
There were dinners BY departments.
where electricians and chemists
L AtE|A EANe4As-Hlsts VIII HA4EEs II
their own profession. with all the
while the splendid background OF del
egates formally representing the most
important educational Institutions OF
this and other countries. And in the
midst Of It all the solid business men
OF Boston had an opportunity to meet
the visiting diznitaries at a number
OF receptions A. the New Technology.
The buildings which have Just been
dedicated form the most important
group OF structures devoted 70 tech
meal education in the world. The
holdings of the Institute on the Es-
planade In Cambridge include ffty
acres. The educational buildings as
now finished oeeHBy plot OF
twelve acres with somewhat more
| reserved for extensions 70 these
structures. There are reserved FOR
| student Uses somewhat more than
twenty i've acres The athletic feEd
said by experts u be the best in the
country has been At the disposal Of
Of a single hoor af he New Techno-