The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Gilbert Charles Stuart,
Mark Hopkins and Maria
Mitchell Are Hon0red.
FIRST WOMAN ENSHRINED
Diplomats and Other NOtables
at Ceremony in Colonnade
of N. Y. University.

gar Allan Poe, erected in the colon
made of the Hall of Fame at New York
University, were unveiled yesterday.
Field Marshal Earl French of Ypres
+ fame pulled the cord which parted two
American flags covering the present
ment of Washington, and spoke of
him as great Englishman as well
as a great American" and a man
whom England as well as America
could revere Edwin Markham, who
unveiled the bust of Poe, defended the
! reputation of "one of our greatest
American geniuses."
There has been much misunder-
of Poe" Mr.. Markham said. "He has
even been called drunkard, when the
fact is that he was not a drunkard at
all in the ordinary and proper sense
Of the word. He was our greatest
writer of short stories or at least he
stands in that respect with Haw-
thorne"
The honoring OF Poe proved an es-
pecially interesting parf OF the cere-
monies, partly because of the criticism.
much of it unjust because untimely. of
the omission of his name from the Hall
of Fame in the early years of that in
stitution. Poe was actually elected in
1910. His bust is just now exposed be-
cause 1t was only recently presented TO
the Hall of Fame by j. Sanford Saltus
Washington was the first man to be
elected in the first ballot. which was
cast In 1900.
Donors All Are Present.
The givers ofall of the five busts were
(, present yesterday and made the formal
Presentations. The subjects Of the
: busts. in the order of their-unveiling.
are: Edgar Allan Poe. original by
Daniel Chester French, presented by J.
Sanford Saltus and unveiled by Edwin
Markham: Mark Hopkins. a replica. OF
the bust by Hans Hoebach. presented
by Arthur II. Masten on behalf of Will
Jams College. and unveiled by Dr.
Harry A. Garfield. president of Will
llams and of which DIR. Hopkins was
} president from 1886 TO 1872: Gilbert
Charles Stuart. portrait painter, an
original by Mrs. Laura Gardin Fraser.
presented on behalf of a number of
persons byi Robert W. Macbeth. and
unveiled by Miss Cecilia Beaux; Maria
Mitchell. astronomer. a replica of the
bust by Emma +. Brigham. presented
bv William Mitchell Kendall. nephew
OF Miss Mitchell. and unveiled by DR..
Henry Noble MacCracken, president OF
Vassar College this being the first
hust Of a woman in the Hall of Fame:
George Washington. a replica OF the
bust made from a full length figure by
Jean Antoine Houdon in the Capitol at
Richmond. Va. presented on oehaf OF
4he New York city Chapter OF the
Daunhters of the American Revolution
bv Mrs. Alfred w Cochran, regent of
+ba chapter. unveiled by Lord French,
whose response was followed by ad-
dresses from DR.. John II. Finley and
DIR. Elmer Ellsworth Brown. chancellor
of New York University.
The men and women participating In
the exercises. many OF them acaderni-
LII. rohad marched in a long process
60, from the library to the colonnade.
,,~nceded by DR.. Albert $. Bergman %
s-ard marshal and four trumpeters.
s,irls in white and gold Grecian gowns.
,iavine slow music Lord French walked
with Chancellor Brown. Mrs. tlnley y
shepard. who gave the money Tor the
raii of Fame. was one OF the company,
a., which were represented many pa
trio,ic literary an other societies. and.
+hrouph their Consuls-General. Great
pritain and France. DIR. Robert Under
wood johnson. director of the Hall OF
Fame was master OF ceremonies.
Poe seen as Young Man.
The Poe bronze represents the poet at
xha .ro Of 23<a handsome and cheerful
lookinr Young man. quite different from
the melancholy hollow eyed geninus OF
tbe later portraits. Mr.. Markham recited
before his bust an original poem. "1sra-
fel" two stanzas of which read:
"oh poet. life was bitter 20 your heart;
These stones have memories OF tho tears
rorrive Vu the ' serpent tongue. the flying dart
Forgive US from the dead.
"you sang your song; gave YOU scorn
For Ibesutiy's bread we gave stone. and
Because our eyes were holden on the way.
Remember TO forget
As the procession moved from bust TO
bust the trumpeters played appropriate
airs. For poe II was the University of
Virginia hymn set 10 the same music as
"Auld Lang Syne'' and then Dixie" 4"
pror Mark Hopkins Il was the Williams
College hymn, The Mountains and
..Oh. God. Our Help In Ages Past" Dr.
uopkInss favorite hymn. At the WASH
ington bust It was THE Star spansied
panner.r God Save the King and
DIR. Johnson. at the Washington bust,
said that washington was not only q
great American he also was a great
Englishman. illustrating as warrior.
statesman and citizen the nobest tradi-
tion OF his purely English blood In
Testimony OF the essential unity every
where of the ideas OF liberty through
constitutional government-ideas more
firmly established b.. the wisdom and
devotion OF Washlngton--a great British
soldier has come to-day to bring 10 our
--firpt President the homage OF his pres
Snce."
Lord French said IN part: I'VE kneel
Mt the shrine OF the man who was the
greatest American. probably. of whom it
has been so justly said that he was
First In war. first In peace and first
in the hearts OF his countrymen' As
Dr. Johnson has said, we claim that this
great American is aiso English and he
conferred equal benefits upon us which
have eliminated In that close unity
which row prevails between the Anglo
saxon speaking races on both sides oil
/, tne Atlantlc."