The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its founding as Queens College, 1766-1916 . istant Professor Harry , the College Chorister, was of rare quality andeffectiveness. There was no dialogue. No words werespoken save those in song and in the reading of theDeclaration and brief addresses. Preparations for thePageant had been begun in the spring and were carriedon during the summer, but only a few rehearsals, andthey in the last few days, were possible. The interestand zest of those participating, however, made the prep-arations effectual and the production a rem
The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its founding as Queens College, 1766-1916 . istant Professor Harry , the College Chorister, was of rare quality andeffectiveness. There was no dialogue. No words werespoken save those in song and in the reading of theDeclaration and brief addresses. Preparations for thePageant had been begun in the spring and were carriedon during the summer, but only a few rehearsals, andthey in the last few days, were possible. The interestand zest of those participating, however, made the prep-arations effectual and the production a remarkable suc-cess. An element of great interest was the fact thatso many, among the several hundred participating, weredescendants or connections of early presidents, trustees,professors, and graduates, that so many of the names ofdistinction in the early College history appeared in thelist—the names of Hardenbergh, Neilson, Schureman,Kirkpatrick, and others. The cloudiness of the afternoondeprived the scene of some of the beauty wliich had beenespecially marked in the sunshine of the dress rehearsal. FRIDAY, OCTOBER THIRTEENTH 67 on the Wednesday afternoon preceding. Moving pic-tures, as well as ordinary photographs, were taken ofall the scenes. The full Pageant program follows. The Anniversary Pageant A Symbolical and Historical Pageant given by Citizensof New Brunswick and the Faculty, Alumni, and Under-graduates of Rutgers College in connection with the cele-bration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary ofthe Granting of a Royal Charter to Queens College, nowRutgers College. Pageant byProfessor Clarence Ward Music arranged and Musical Notes compiled byMr. Howard D. McKinney Historical Notes compiled byMr. William H. Benedict Foreword In presenting this pageant there is no claim to abso-lute historical accuracy either in action or is it the purpose of pageantry to produce scenesas imagination pictures them. It is hoped that the spec-tators will judge th
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