desired to attend, a special tent was erected
near the Gymnasium for the Commemoration Exercises. The Hon. Lawrence
Maxwell, '74, of Cincinnati delivered the principal address, a review of
the University's history. The special guests and numerous
representatives from other universities were tendered a reception and
dinner in the University Library, at which President Andrew D. White, of
Cornell, held the place of honor upon the program as a representative of
the University's earlier days. The whole celebration was in no small
part a tribute to the two elder statesmen, Dr. Angell and Dr. White, who
had played so great a part in the drama of American education which the
occasion symbolized.

Dr. Angell's own share in the history of the University was also marked
by the celebration on June 24, 1896, of his twenty-fifth year of service
as President. As was inevitable the exercises were a series of personal
tributes to Dr. Angell, in which the congratulations and felicitations
of Regents, Faculties, and teachers of the State were fittingly
expressed. A particularly graceful tribute was the "Commemoration Ode"
by Charles M. Gayley, '78, of the University of California.

Of an entirely different character was the great "National Dinner,"
designed to celebrate the University's services to the Nation, held in
the ballroom of the Hotel Astor in New York, February 4, 1911. This was
one of the greatest alumni dinners ever held by any university, as
there were nearly eight hundred alumni present, including a large
delegation from the University, and from Detroit and Chicago, Mr.
Justice William L. Day; '70, of the United States Supreme Court, and
some twenty-eight members of both houses of Congress. Earl D. Babst,
'93, the general chairman of the committee in charge, acted as
toastmaster of this gathering, the spectacular character of which was
emphasized, not only in the speeches, songs, and college yells, but also
by a huge painting of the University Campus filling a good part of the
wall above the speaker's table.

On December 29, 1919, it was announced that Marion LeRoy Burton,
President of the University of Minnesota, was to become the fifth
President of the University on July 1, 1920. This announcement was a
great surprise, as his name was only one of many which had been
discussed as a possibility by those interested, but the decision was
most favorably received by the University body and the alumni. The new
President is a