Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-21


On Tuesday morning the Alumni
adjourned to N~antasket. an ocean
resort az Boston, where the ingenuity
Of the brightest scientific minds In
the country was devoted for q few
hours 10 the amusing side OF life.
The stunts" OF the Tech classes are
famous throughout the country and
the wish to see these brought many
or the former students back 10 bos-
ton for the celebration. Tuesday
evening was devoted to the Masque
and Pageant, the most remarkable
presentation of its kind that the East
has ever seen. The lightings have
not been exceeded in n demonstra-
ton in the country. while the two
thousand students furnished a dra-
mats personae that was striking In
its magnitude and mass effects.
Wednesday morning was devoted
70 the graduation exercises which at
Technology are always simple. In the
afternoon at go the academic pro-
cession was formed and in the court
or 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 was Henry Cabot
Lodge. senior senator from Massa-
chusetts, a man with intimate knowl-
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
vas the banquet Of the NJ. ]. 7. Alum
nj Association with 1890 at table and
as many more in the balconies. This
"a a telephone banquet and when
President Maclaurin and the notable
men who were with him. Edison. Bell,
Vail. Carly. PuDin 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 al banquet tables
in - important cities.
This Is simply the skeleton Of a
well filed 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 a school which with its hundreds
Of men skilled in military practice
II always prepared. performed their
evolutions and formed their dress
parade in the great court. The same
young men In uniform served for
guides 10 the visitors. The women
graduates Of the Institute had their
v celebration. their own dinners.
their own reunions and their own
exhibit in the museum, joining with
the alumni and students on the great
or occasions. There were class din
ners and reunions on every hand.
There were dinners by departments,
where electricians and chemists
snapped experiences with others in
their OWL profession. with all the
while the splendid background OF del
egates formally representing the most
important educational institutions or
this and other countries. And in the
midst Of il all the solid business men
OF Boston had an opportunity to meet
the visiting dignitlries AZ a number
OF receptions az 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 i'm Cambridge include fifty
acres. The educational buildings as
now finished occupy a plot OF
twelve acres with somewhat more
reserved for extensions To these
structures. There are reserved for
student uses somewhat more than
twenty five acres. The athletic field.
said by experts 10 be the best in the
country has been at the disposal OF
the students for "A year The area
~ a single floor OF the New Techno-
Iogy y from two 10 three acres and