University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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lil 'HW fQL.f7f l'WWll lllllli 7' t i if s- ill! s- 'ff 'ww-A nil ii,9!'1llill 1 ., l M pf if 1 sl Y li' 1 '!'F I '56 ' ,Q 423' W3 V r i.:u fflfiiiiiitlg iii li lr i if ill if - i..,i'iz'f4'liii'57'j llli mighty, loyal ettorts of the -Xll1lUI1l, the coinracleship evinced between the different colleges, the spirit of gracious and unqualitiecl welcome, which calletl it all forth-these were the manifestations of the spirit which charac- terized the inauguration of Presiclent Vincent. ln the size of the undertaking anal the mags niticence of its effect, it was perhaps the inost gorgeous event in the annals of an ,Xinerican college. There was about the whole thing'-clespite the uncler- eurrent of keen zest ancl laughing coniracleship, that swept it on to a triumphant conclusionfan effect so strongly unusual. so bizarre in its very beauty. that it borclererl upon the unreal. HE night was cloucly. liy the time the participants in the pararle hall gathered. it hacl becoine very clark. ,X cliin light. tlaring here and there. showed a gigantic throng' of eerie figures, capefl and hooded. moving turbulently in the clark. The breath of mystery was in the air. Now ancl again a torch Harecl up, showing a tliin ring of faces. that tliecl back into the shadows once inore, For the instant. no inan knew his neighbor. The talk was lowftonetl. Here ancl there a laugh sounclecl, keyecl to the pervatling' note of strangeness anal expectancy. Above the niyriacls of cliin, restless shoulclers. the darkness hung. tense with a burclen of subtluecl sound. ln the center of the crowcl a light Hareml up brightly, then another, anal another. ,X rising niurinur of sound greeted it. then torch touchecl torch so quickly that, above the crowd, lines of tire flashed up through the tlark. An instant only. it seeinecl, and every torch was enkinclletl. liar away from the campus.

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if g ? '. 'i i lll ip' . . . ,' ' Kg ' Till' Presldent V1HCCHt,S Inauguration W .1: Il P L ., PROGRAM TUESDAY, OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH 8:00 P. M. Torchlight Procession of Alumni and Students WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER EIGHTEENTH 10:00 A. M. Morning Session at the Armory PRESIDENT GEORGE EDGAR VINCENT4, Ph. D., LL. D., Presid- ing. INvoCATIoN : The Reverend Laurence Albert Johnston. SYMPOSIUM : The Leading Ideas of Higher Educationf' 'KTIIE IDEA OE CUl.TURE.ii President Albert Ross Hill, Ph. D., LL. D., of the University of Missouri. THE IDEA OF X!IOCATION.H President john I-Iuston Finley, A. M., LL. D., of the College of the City of New York. 'KTHE IDEA OF REsEARcH.' President I-Iarry Pratt Judson, A. M., LL. D., of the University of Chicago. UTHE IDEA OF SERVICEF President Charles Richard Van I-Iise, Ph. D.. LL. D., of the L'niversity of XVisconsin. BENEDICTION: The Reverend Harry Pinneo Dewey, D. D. 2:30 P. M. Inaugural Exercises at the Armory THE HONORABLE JOHN LIND, President of the Board of Regents, Presiding. INvoCATIoN: The Reverend Huniphrey IX'Ioynihan, D. D. GREETINGS IN TTVEIIALF OF THE STATE: The Honorable Adolph Olson Eberhart, Governor of the State of Minnesota. IN BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC ScHooLs: The Honorable Charles G. Schultz, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. IN BEHALF OF THE COLLEGES OF STATE: The Reverend 'Iohn N. Kildahl, A. B., President of Saint Olaf College. IN BEHALF OF THE STATE UNIvERsITIEs: President XVilliam Oxley Thompson, D. D., LL. D., of Ohio State Univer- sity. IN BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS: Mr. Stanley Gillain, of the Class of 1912, XVindom. IN BEHALF OF THE ALUMNI: The Reverend john XValker Powell, D. D., of the Class of 1893, Duluth. IN BEHALF OF THE FACULTIES: Professor Emeritus William Wfatts Folvvell, A. M., LL. D. PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT : President Emeritus Cyrus Northrop, LL. D. ADDRESS: President George Edgar Vincent, Ph. D., LL. D. BENEDICTION: Bishop John Heyl Vincent, D. D.

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