Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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CENTENNIAL WEEK THE year of 1919-1920 has been one of preparation for Indiana University. In a quiet, general way has gone on the preparation for a Greater Indiana among alumni, officers and friends. And in a more visible manner, the arrange- ments for the actual Centennial Celebration have been proceeding. Although the activities of the whole year have been tinged with the Centen- nial spirit, the actual Celebration does not commence on the Campus until May 30. In the evening of May 30, the Rev. Allan B. Philputt, an alumnus of the 1880 class, will give the baccalaureate address to the senior class. All University Day, a fitting custom which was started last year, will be held on Monday. On this day, also, the seniors will find time for the class day exer- cises; the swing-out in caps and gowns, the peace pipe smoke, the planting of the ivy and of the class tree, and the senior play.

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' 1 ' llllllgyimillMMlllliiiim.iiiiiiiim i.iii :. -t 0 i l Nllllliiiiillllliiliii, Illlllllllill INDIANA ' S BIRTHDAY PARTY Indiana University had passed ninety-nine birthdays and the Ceremonial Birthday Party on the twentieth of January 1920, marked the hundredth anni- versary of her founding. The eve of the twentieth was celebrated by an informal dinner at which the students, faculty, alumni and friends of the University became acquainted and renewed old acquaintances. Tuesday dawned with a spirit of holiday prevailing; all classes were dismissed to do honor to the Centennial. As the hour of the ceremony approached, the Chimes played the Hymn to Indiana. The academic procession led by Presi- dent Bryan, the Governor of the State, the Speaker of the Day, the Board of Visitors, the Board of Trustees, and the faculty filed into Assembly Hall in time to the University March. While the chorus sang the Hymn to Indiana, a tableau formed on the rear stage; America, Indiana and the University being the central figures. As a part of the invocation, the chorus sang The Prayer of John Chapman . This was followed by the President ' s address in which he introduced President Schuman of Cornell University who had as his subject, The American Univer- sity: Today and Tomorrow . At the close of the benediction, the academic procession passed out in regular order. The afternoon was devoted to the Bryan Prize Contest speeches based on the subject of A Solution of The American Railway Problem . The closing feature of the Birthday Party was a University dance given in the Men ' s Gymnasium, where the students danced until the Chimes rang out the passing of the hundredth birthday of Indiana University. All Indiana University helped in some way to celebrate the day which actual- ly marked the Centennial. Up to this year. Foundation Day had meant to many people merely one day less of classes. This year it meant one day more of the Centennial Celebration, which, after all, is but a recognition of what Indiana has done and a tribute to those who helped her in her accomplishment. Forty

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A Campu3 Path The Centennial Pageant, on which Mr. W. C. Langdon, pageant master, has been working all winter, will be presented for the first time on Tuesday. There will be, also, alumni meetings and a baseball game. In the evening, President and Mrs. Bryan and the faculty will entertain the seniors, the alumni and their friends at a reception. On Wednesday the Pageant will be repeated, and after this the day will be given over to class reunions and the annual alumni dinner. The R. O. T. C. units, headed by the band, will stage a formal battalion parade on Thursday-. In the afternoon the Pageant will be enacted for the last time. Commencement will be held at ten o ' clock on Friday. General Leonard A. Wood will give the Commencement address. Three former presidents of the University will also be present to speak: David Starr Jordan, John M. Coulter, and Joseph Swain. And thus end the mere plans for Indiana University ' s greatest week. For recording the fulfillment of these plans we leave to the next Arbutus editor. Forty-}