The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-07-07
On Tuesday morning the Alumni

On Tuesday morning the Alumni
adjourned to Nantasket. an ocean
resort at Boston, where the ingenuity
OF the brightest scientific minds IN
the country was devoted for a Few
hours to the amusing side OF HE
The stunts" OF the Tech classes are
famous throughout the country and
the wish to see these brought many
OF the former students back TO bos-
ton for the celebration. Tuesday
evening was devoted 10 the Masque
and Pageant, the most remarkable
presentation OF its kind that the East
has ever seen. The lightlngs have
not been exceeded in any demonstra'
tion In the country. while the two
thousand students furnished dra'
mats personae that was striking In
It's magnitude and mass effects.
Wednesday morning was devoted
to the graduation exercises which AT
Technology are always simple. In the
afternoon at 2.30 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 10
the cause OF education. The orator
Of the occasion was Henry Capot
Lodge. senior senator from Massa
chusetts, a man with intimate kno"f
edge OF the problems OF education
and always an enthusiastic supporter
OF the Institute and It's methods. In
the evening, for the final event. there
was the banquet Of the M. !. T. Alum
nj Association with 1,500 at table anu
as many more In the balconies. IhiS
was telephone banquet and wneh
President Maclaurin and the notapie
men who were with him, Edison. Bell
Vail. Carly, Pupin and others, SPOKE
they spoke into telephones ana 10 an
audience OF thousands which inciud'
ed every Tech man In the country,
many governors, mayors ana ioca'
dignitaries, each with his individuai
receiver and seated at banquet tables
in 35 important cities.
This Is simply the skeleton or
well-hlled 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 was constantly on view.
The cadets OF the Institute, for this
is n school which with It's hundreds
OF men skilled in military practice
evolutions and formed their dress
parade in the great court. The same
young men In uniform served for
guides to the visitors. The women
graduates OF the Institute had their
own celebration, their own dinners,
their own reunions and their own
exhibit in the museum. Joining with
the alumnieand 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
swapped experiences with others in
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 dignltaries at number
OF receptions at the New Technology
The buildings which have Just been
dedicated form the most important
group OF structures devoted to tech
nical education in the world. The
holdings OF the Institute on the Es-
planade in Cambridge include fifty
acres. The educational buildings as
now finished occupy plot OF
twelve acres with somewhat more
reserved for extensions to these
structures. There are reserved for
student uses somewhat more than
acres. The athletic field.
said by experts to be the best in the
country has been at the disposal OF
the students for year. The area
OF a single floor OF the New Techno-
logy Is from two to three acres and