President's Engagements

President Hopkins has, among his other engagements, participated in two centennial celebrations recently, being a speaker at the 100th anniversary ceremonies at Wabash College October 28-31 and delivering the centennial address at the commemorative services marking the 100th year of service of the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Symphony Hall, Boston, November 10.

President Hopkins' brother, Louis B. Hopkins, president of Wabash, planned the centennial celebration at Crawfordsville, Indiana, so that through the principal speakers the three institutions which contributed so largely to the founding of Wabash would be represented. The relation of Dartmouth was established through Edmund O. Hovey 1828 and John M. Ellis 1822, who were among the founders of Wabash; Charles White 1821, the second president; and Caleb Mills 1828, the first teacher. Graduates of Yale University and Miami University played prominent parts in the early history of the Indiana institution, and the presidents of these two universities were speakers at the celebration, President Angell of Yale delivering the centennial oration.

The Perkins Institution for the Blind, of which Gabriel Farrell '11 is head, held its centennial celebration in Symphony Hall, Boston, November 10. Governor Joseph B. Ely, of Massachusetts, presided, and Mayor James M. Curley of Boston presented official greetings and felicitations of the city. In the introduction to the centennial address, President Hopkins paid tribute to the founders and early supporters of the institution. His address treated both the work of Perkins Institution and general problems of education.

President Hopkins went directly from the Perkins celebration to Amherst for the inauguration of President Stanley King of Amherst College, November 11. Mr. Hopkins was a speaker at the luncheon which followed the inauguration ceremonies in Old College Hall. Other speakers on the luncheon program included Walter Lippmann and Governor Ely.

Other engagements of President Hopkins during the month included a meeting of the board of trustees of the Newton Theological Institution, of which he is a member, November 16, and a meeting of the New England Council in Boston the following day.