Word: 200th
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That was two days before war. Lightning, chained or free, strikes quick. This is sixty days after war. The thunder of our prowess is still echoing, although no lightning has demolished Germany. Let us hope, for the sake of humor, that before the chronicle runs into the 200th day, it may be recorded that "American arms have met the German arms in honorable combat, and driven them victoriously back...
Last Saturday Yale University celebrated the 200th anniversary of the removal of that institution from Saybrook to New Haven. On October 17, 1716, the corporations voted to remove the college permanently, owing to the business and scholastic superiority of the larger town. On October 21, 1916, 8,000 persons participated in the largest pageant in the world--the "Pageant of the Town and Gown," symbolizing the bond of friendship between one of America's foremost educational institutions and its "home town...
...celebration of the 200th anniversary of the removal of Yale University from Saybrook to New Haven has been carried out by an elaborate program of exercises for the last three days. The initial event was the production of the masque, "Cupid and Psyche," in the art school Friday evening. A formal historical meeting commemorating the moving of the university was held in Battell Chapel on Saturday. The meeting consisted of a sermon by President Hadley, an historical address by Professor Willison Walker and an exchange of greetings between the city and the university...
Final preparations have been completed for the Yale pageant which starts tomorrow. This affair celebrates the 200th anniversary of the removal of Yale College to New Haven an elaborate program has been arranged, and efforts have been made to accommodate the thousands of people who are expected in New Haven over the week-end. For weeks all hotel accommodations have been reserved, and restaurant keepers stocking up for the event. The New Haven is to run special trains from various points, and there will be parking space at the Bowl for over 6,000 automobiles...
Yale is planning an elaborate celebration for the 200th anniversary of the removal of Yale College from Saybrook, Conn., to New Haven, and of the 50th anniversary of the Yale School of Fine Arts next fall. A feature of the anniversary on Oct. 21 will be a pageant in the Yale Bowl in which 4000 persons will participate. The spectacle will be in charge of F. H. Markoe, of London, a graduate of Yale, who helped plan the last coronation pageant in London and who organized the recent South African pageant...