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THE INAUGURATION OF Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc., LL.D., As President of Dartmouth College

October, 1909
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THE INAUGURATION OF Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc., LL.D., As President of Dartmouth College
October, 1909

ORDER OF THE EXERCISES

I Morning Prayers in Rollins Chapel

9.30 A. M. In charge of Professor John King Lord, Ph. D., LL. D. Daniel Webster Professor of the Latin Language and Literature ANTHEM—Sanctus in A Gounod The College Choir and College Orchestra SCRIPTURE LESSON—Selections from the Eighty-ninth Psalm HYMN— "Come O Creator, Spirit Blest" PRAYER—

II The Inauguration in Webster Hall

10.15 A. M.

ANTHEM—"GIoria in Excelsis" Gounod INVOCATION—The Reverend Francis Brown, D. D., Litt. D., (Oxon.), of the Board of Trustees, President of Union Theological Seminary THE INDUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF THE CHARTER—Frank Sherwin Streeter. ESQ., A. M., in behalf of the Trustees of Dartmouth College

THE ACCEPTANCE—The President of the College WELCOME TO "THE WHEELOCK SUCCESSION"—Ex-President William Jewett Tucker, D. D., LL. D.

RESPONSE—The President of the College RECITAL OF NAMES OF DELEGATES AND GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE—Professor Thomas Wilson Dorr Worthen, A. M., Cheney Professor of Mathematics

SINGING OF MILTON'S PARAPHRASE OF PSALM CXXXVI—Tune: "Nuremberg SPEECHES OF CONGRATULATION—

In behalf of the English Founders and Benefactors: His Excellency The Right Honorable James Bryce, D. C. L., LL. D., Ambassador to the United States from Great Britain

In behalf of the State of New Hampshire: His Excellency Henry Brewer Quinby, A. M., LL. D., Governor of New Hampshire

In behalf of the Delegates: President Nicholas Murray Butler, LL. D„ Litt. D. (Oxon.), of Columbia University

Tn behalf of the Faculty: Professor Charles Darwin Adams, Ph. D., Lawrence Professor of the Greek Language and Literature

In behalf of the Alumni: The Honorable Horace Russell, LL.D., of New York City

In behalf of the Undergraduates: Mr. Clark Walworth Tobin of the Class of 1910

THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS HYMN—"For the Strength of the Hills we Bless Thee"

Arranged from Mrs. Hemans: Music by Gerrit Smith

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES—The recipients of honorary degrees were presented by Professor Charles Francis Richardson, Ph. D., Winckley Professor of the English Language and Literature

Doctor of Divinity: Ozora Stearns Davis, President of Chicago Theological Seminary, (1854) ; John Martin Thomas, President of Middlebury College, (1800)

Doctor of Science: Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1864)

Doctor of Laws: Jacob Gould Schurman, President of Cornell University, (1868); Charles Richard Van Hise, President of the University of Wisconsin, (1848); John Huston Finley, President of the College of the City of New York, (1847); William DeWitt Hyde, President of Bowdoin College, (1794) ; Matthew Henry. Buckham, President of the University of Vermont, (1791); William Herbert Perry Faunce, President of Brown University, (1764) ; Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, (1754) ; Woodrow Wilson, President of Princeton University, (1746); Arthur Twining Hartley, President of Yale University, (1701); Abbott Lawrence Lowell, President of Harvard University, (1636) ; Charles William

Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard University; James Burrill Angell, Ex-President of Michigan University; His Excellency Henry Brewer Quinby, Governor of New Hampshire; William Jewfctt Tucker, Ex-President of Dartmouth College.

SINGING —"Men of Dartmouth"

Words, by Richard Hovey '85; Music by Harry R. Wellman '07 The College Choir, College Orchestra and Students

BENEDICTION — By the Right Reverend Ethelbert Talbot, D. D., LL.D., of Pennsylvania, Bishop of Bethlehem

III Informal Luncheon at College Hall 12.45 P. M.

IV Inspection of College Buildings 2.30 P. M.

V Exercises at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Gymnasium 4.00 P. M.

Singing by the student-body Introductory words by the presiding officer, Edward Kimball Hall, Esq., A. 8., LL. B.

Address by Professor Edwin Julius Bartlett, A.M., M. D., New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry.

Retrospect of the Gymnasium Movement, Professor John William Bowler, M. D., Professor of Hygiene and Director of the Gymnasium

Singing by the student-body Laying of the Corner-stone, by President Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc., LL.D. Singing by the student-body

VI Dinner to Distinguished Guests, Given at College Hall by the Trustees 7.30 P. M.

Presiding Officer, Charles Frederick Mathewson, Esq., A. M., LL.B., of the Board of Trustees

Speakers: His Excellency, The Governor of the State, His Excellency, The British' Ambassador, President Lowell of Harvard, Ex-President Angell of Michingan, President Schurman of Cornell, President Hyde of Bowdoin, President Wilson of Princeton, President-Emeritus Eliot of Harvard

Inauguration Committees

Trustee Committee to arrange for the Inaugural—Frank S. Streeter, Esq., Chairman, Charles F. Mathewson, Esq., Mr. Henry H. Hilton, President Francis Brown.—Mr. Ernest M. Hopkins, Secretary

Faculty Committee on Local Arrangements—Entertainment Committee: Professor Charles F. Emerson, Chairman, Professor Harry E. Burton, Professor John H. Gerould

Dinner Committee: Professor Frank H. Dixon, Chairman, Professor Frank A. Updyke, Professor Homer E. Keyes

Reception Committee: Professor William Patten, Chairman, Professor George D. Lord, Professor Charles E. Bolser

Marshal: Professor Craven Laycock Musical Director: Professor Charles Henry Morse