University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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tions of sympathy. At the request of the President, all classes Were continued, but work was only desultory. All social engagements were immediately broken, and a thirty-day period of mourning was later established, during Which badges of mourning were worn by faculty members and students. The Monthly Maroon issued a memorial number, and the Daily Maroon appeared with reversed rules for some days. The press of the country added to the eulogies which were made. Upon the vote of the University Senate, President Harper's chair and desk, the latter with a wreath upon it, were left undisturbed. At half past ten on Saturday the body of Doctor Harper was transferred from the family residence to Haskell Hall. The procession moved along the driveway in front of Walker Museum west to Cobb Hall, turning east and then south to the east door ofI-Iaskell Hall, where the casket was placed in the assembly hall. A double rank of students, with bared heads, lined the route. The line was headed by the University band, of which Dr. Harper was an honorary member, each musician with a band of crape around his left arm, playing over and over again the funeral march. The University senate followed, two by two, led by Head Marshall Joseph E. Raycroft. Behind them was the casket, carried by University officials. There were two sets of these pallbearers, and occasional halts were made so that each might take its turn. The sixteen men who performed this last service for Dr. Harper were: Eri B. Hulbert, james P. Hall, Albion W. Small, Thomas W. Goodspeed, Harry Pratt Judson, j. Laurence Laughlin, Ernest Freund, Starr W. Cutting, Rollin Salisbury, Edward Capps, Francis W. Shepardson, George E. Vincent, Ernest D. Burton, James H. Tufts, A. A. Michelson, E. H. Moore. Preston Keys acted as Marshal for the bearers of the coffin, which was decorated only with a strip of lavender- hued orchids, laid on a long palm leaf. Twenty-five members of the University council brought up the rear of the procession. The Haskell Assembly Hall, where Doctor Harper had so often presided at faculty meetings, was banked to the ceiling with foliage. The only flowers in the room were the orchids on the coffin, and the beautiful wreath of orchids and lilies of the valley, the testimonial of the Emperor William of Germany. At the head of the casket stood a small table, on which were placed the decorations of honor which had been bestowed on Dr. Harper in recognition of his educational achievements. Among them were the Cross of the Legion of Hemor, commanders rank; the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, given by Emperor William and an emblem from the Emperor of China. From eleven olclock to nine otclock F. M. on Saturday, and from eight olclock A. M. to twelve dclock on Sunday. the body lay in state, guarded by a student guard of honor, serving in relays. This guard included: Benjamin C. Allin, Charles Frederic Axelson, Harold L. Axtell, Earl B. Babcock, Arthur Hill Badenoch, Frederick R. Baird, Norman Barker, Hugo F. Bezdek, William R. Blair, Abraham Bowers, Arthur M. Boyer, Frede- rick D. Bramhall, Carey H. Brown, Charles A. Bruce, Stephen R. Capps, Harley C. Darlington, Karl H. Dixon, Peter F. Dunn, Roscoe S. Fairchild, Edward G. Felsenthal, Luther D. Fernald, Frederick A. Fischel, Hugo M. Friend, Burton Pi Gale, Cyrus L. Garnett, Frederick L. Gates, Robert M. Gibboney, Emil Goettsch, Thomas H. Goodspeed, 10

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Walter L. Gregory, jesse Harper. William H. Hatfield, Jr., Coe Hayne, James V. Hickey, David E Hirsch, Albert L. Hopkins, Charles E. Home, Earl D. Hostetter, Felix T. Hughes, Clark S. Jennison, Nathan L. Krueger, James D. Ltghtbody, Robert M. Linsley, Sanford A. Lyon, Wayland W. Magee, Robert E. Matthews. William G. Matthews, Merrill C. Meigs, Roy W. Merri- field. Frederick G. Maloney, Robert J. McKnight, Rowland H. Mode, Edwin E. Parry, Arthur Paul, Irving Perrill, Virgil V. Phelps, John j. Radford. Edgar F. Riley, Max Rohde, James F. Royster. Thomas H. Sanderson, George R. Schaeffer, A. W. Scherer, Charles H. Swift, Harold H. Swift, Frank H. Templeton, Charles J . Webb and Russell Wilder. Floral tributes were received from many individuals and organizations, among the latter being the German government, the students of the University, the Semitic Department, the Correspondence Department, the Trustees of the Alliance Francaise, the eighth grade of the Elementary School, the Eastern Alumni Association, the Board of Education. Kalamazoo College, the Field Museum, the Quadrangle Club, Chicago Baptist Ministers, the faculty of Rush Medical College, the Union League Club, the Chicago Tumgemeinde, the Ashlar Lodge, the Womenys Halls, the University Council, the Hyde Park Baptist Church, Lewis Institute and the faculty and students of the Academy. Besides members of the University faculties and other officers and friends of the University, prominent people from other cities sent flowers, among them the President of the United States and Mr. Richard Mansfield. Doctor Lyman Abbott, editor of The Outlook and University Preacher delivered a sermon in Kent Theatre at l 1 A. M., on Sunday, paying a wonderful tribute to Dr. Harper. At 10 A.M. a memorial programme wasconducted in Hyde Park Baptist Church, with which Dr, Harper was closely associated, having been superintendent of the Sunday school for nine years. Rev. J. L. Jackson, Dr. Ernest D. Burton and Dr. Albion W. Small, spoke on Dr. Harper's personal religion. At half past twelve on Sunday the casket was taken from Haskell Hall to Mandel Hall, where the final service was held. Thousands of people filled the campus, and vainly sought admission to the Hall, which was only large enough to admit a few students after the invited guests and the members of the faculty were admitted. To the strains of the Beethoven Funeral March, played by Mr. Wilhelm Middelschulte, the procession, headed by the Marshal of the University Congregation. entered the hall. The order was: The Faculties of the University. the official guests, the honorary pallbearers, the trustees of the University of Chicago and officers of the Board. the trustees of the Baptist Theological Union and the officers of the Board, the trustees of Rush Medical College. the members of the University Senate, the members of the University Council, 12