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PREFATORY NOTE
The two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary
of the Hopkins
Grammar School of ]^ew Haven was celebrated on June 17 and
IS, 1910.
The exercises of the first day were opened in Lampson Hall,
on the Xew College Campus, at half past two in the afternoon.
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The order of proceeding was as follows
:
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Prayer by the Reverend Robert C. Denison.
Songf, '•God Speed the Right," by the School.
Salutatory Address by William Theodore Ladd
of
^Yoodbridge,
Connecti-
cut, President of the Senior Class.
Song, ''We Meet Again To-night," by the School Glee Club.
Address to the Graduating Class, by Professor Henry Parks Wright, Ph.D.,
LL.D.
Song, "The South," by the Glee Club.
Valedictory Address, by Alfred Howe Terry Bacon of New Haven.
Song, "Onward, Christian Soldiers," by the School.
Presentation of Diplomas, by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, LL.D., President of
the Trustees.
Announcement of Prizes, by the Rector.
Song, "Star Spangled Banner," by the School.
Benediction.
At
five o'clock a reception and
laA\Ti party was given by the
Hector and Mrs. Woodford at their residence. Oak Hill, which
was largely attended.
In the evening the annual Senior assembly and dance took
place
at Hopkins Hall.
The exercises on the second day began
at Lampson Hall
at
half past two, and consisted of prayer by the Reverend Dryden
W.
Phelps,
Litt.I)., D.D.
(H.
G.
S.
1872), and an
historical
discourse by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, M.A., LL.D, (H. G.
S.
1857).
At
five
o'clock
there was
a
reception
at Hopkins
House.
The
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the ladies of their families were received by
Professor and Mrs. Henry W. Faniam (H. G.
S. 1870), Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick M. Adler (H. G.
S.
1888), and Dr. and
Mrs. Woodford.
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