Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-26

meeting of the great federation Of
Technology clubs and at seven in the
evening there will be the grand ban.
quet in Symphony Hall and banquets
at fifty other Technology centres In
the country. When the addresses be-
gin 1t is the Intention to link all the
clubs together by telephone, and when
President Maclaurfn speaks, he will be
addressing every NJ. /. T. man In the
country. It Is hoped to bring into
the circuit Bell, Watson, Carly and
Edison and make of the occasion the
most extraordinary event IN the Ms
tory of American science. This ban.
quet WI be the fitting fnale to a
week well hNed with celebrations.
Masqus and Pageant.
On Tuesday evening, June 10, there
will be given the nasque and page
ant. the GROWING attraction In Che
alumni celebration. The Court OF
Honor of the New Technology wiz
furnish the scenery. setting that is
unique In the country within the lin
fits Of great metropolis. Here ten
thousand spectators can view at their
ease the marvellous scene. Out
through the court will be the waters
of the great river park, the Charles
River Basin. trimmed in the distance
with the twinkling lights Of Boston.
and bearing on its bosom hundreds of
fitting launches or anchored yachts,
with gaily colored illuminations and
lanterns.
In the middle of the court will be
a great ring fitted with steam curtain
and all the lighting devices Of the
modern stage. In this arena there
will be delineated step by step mans
progress in conquering the forces of
nature. indeed, the conquest Of chaos
by Technology The huge ring will
be filed with thousands Of jsstling.
ungoverned elements, a world, FORM
Tess and void The student body Of
Tech will furnish these elements. Pri-
mordial man-some of the huskiest
of the students-will see the chaos
and seek to subdue 1t, only to be
thrown out again and again. Growing
more intelligent and summontng VIII
and Reason to his aid man at last
conquers.
Great giants of earth, air, FIRE, wa
ter, lightning and other forces will be
hurled from their thrones and fe-
male figures representing the applied
sciences will take their places. Then
there will be the pageant. an epitome
OF the worlds progress In knowledge.
This stirring masque originated in
the fertile Imagination of Professor
Ralph A. Cram, senior professor OF
Architecture at Tech. and the setting
forth as arranged will be the most
striking presentation ever seen on
the continent There will be new
forms of fireworks invented for the
Occasion, the lighting VIII be by
Ryan, the expert who made such Q
success at San Francisco, the dan
cling of the masque will be led by
Miss Virginia Tanner, whose skill
needs no encomiums, the music will
be written for the occasion and the
singing societies of Boston will unite
in chanting appropriate music.
Water Festival OF Monday.
For the water festival there will
be assembled every variety Of water
craft that can be taken up into the
basin. Assistant Secretary Of this
Navy Roosevelt will be a guest and
in his honor the u. S. Naval showing
will be the maximum. The New Bed
ford mariners will put their whale
here for safe-keeping, the New Eng
land yacht clubs will - send thei
fleets. The motor boat organizations
will be In force and the scout squad
ron will be assembled. These will
perform ev0lutions and there will be
races for SOULS. naval crews, canoes
yachts and motor boats. There will be
exhibitions with hydroplanes- and wa
ter sleds. and Ovington, who is
Tech man. may have an aeroplane
or two. Du Pont will bring his Tech
III, and the fastest craft of the Allan.
tic waters will be in attendance
Some of the submarines will be In
the Basin and the torpedo boats II
they can get through the locks.
Prizes are to be given for the most
gaily bedecked vessel and the great
water park of Boston will have an air
of life and gaiety that has hitherto
been lacking.
Italian Ceremony for a Pattern.
Another Of the ideas of Professor
r. A. Cram Ii for striking spectacle
Of formal transfer OF the archives
Of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology from the Rogers Building
on Boylston street, their home for
fifty years, to the new buildings.
little procession including members
Of the Faculty and Corporation is to
escort the memorials to the river.
side. short distance away. and here
there is to be a barge OF honor on
which they will embark and be rowed
to the farther shore where the New
Technology has been erected.
This transfer Is to be q picturesque
and noble ceremony and special
boat has been built by Tech men who
are famous yacht builders. 1t is on
the lines Of the Bucentoro, the famous