The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its founding as Queens College, 1766-1916 . : The speeches of the evening areover. I simply want to add that the delegates are tounite in procession to the Kirkpatrick Chapel will meet in the Library at half past nine and theexercises will begin at the Chapel at ten. CLASS EEUNION DINNERS On Friday evening also the class reunion dinners ofthe alumni were held. Certain anniversary classes hadreunions by themselves. In most instances because oflimited rooms available, the classes met in groups. Ar-rangements in general
The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its founding as Queens College, 1766-1916 . : The speeches of the evening areover. I simply want to add that the delegates are tounite in procession to the Kirkpatrick Chapel will meet in the Library at half past nine and theexercises will begin at the Chapel at ten. CLASS EEUNION DINNERS On Friday evening also the class reunion dinners ofthe alumni were held. Certain anniversary classes hadreunions by themselves. In most instances because oflimited rooms available, the classes met in groups. Ar-rangements in general were made by the alumni chair-man and secretaries in New Brunswick, and the classesassembled as shown in the program given in full in theAppendix. Probably six hundred alumni in all attended thesedinners. TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION AND SINGING Also on Friday evening the undergraduates formedon the Queens Campus, paraded in torchlight processionthrough the city, and on their return gave a program ofcollege singing on the campus at the old Queens Build-ing, where the alumni in large number joined with SATURDAYOCTOBER FOURTEENTH RECOGNITION OF DELEGATES AND CONFER-RING OF DEGREES The Kirkpatrick Chapel, 10:00 A. M. The second formal academic session, the reception ofdelegates and the conferring of honorary degrees, cameon Saturday morning. The day was bright and fine,perfect weather following on the unpleasant weather ofthe afternoon before. The Trustees, candidates for hon-orary degrees, and delegates assembled at the Libraryat half past nine. The Faculty assembled at the Engi-neering Building. The academic procession moved fromthe Library, led by the President of the College withNicholas Murray Butler, , , , Presidentof Columbia University; the Rev. William Bancroft Hill,, Trustee, followed with Alexander Meiklejohn,, President of Amherst College. The candidatesfor honorary degrees with Trustees as escorts were next;Chevalier W. L. F. C. van Rappard, a
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