)WIGHT HALL ANNIVERSARY.
Ceremonies Commemorating
Tenth Wear of its Existence,
—
The memorial exercises in commem-
oration of the tenth anniversary of the
erection of Dwight Hall will be held
next Sunday, October 18. All the ex-
ercises of the day are in charge of the
Graduate Advisory Committee of the
Young Men’s Christian Association,
consisting of Richard C. Morse, ’62,
Chairman; D. Stuart Dodge, ’57,
James B. Reynolds, ’84,
Secretary; William S. Murray, ’80; J.
G. Phelps Stokes, °92S., and William
Sloane, *95, and the programme of the
day has been arranged by them.
In the morning the Rev. Joseph An-
derson, D. D., of Waterbury, Conn.,
will occupy the pulpit in Battell Chap-
el. It is a singular coincidence that
besides being the decennial celebra-
tion in commemoration of the erection
of Dwight Hall, it is also the decen-
nial celebration of the inauguration of
Timothy Dwight, D. D., as President
of Yale University. Mr. Anderson will
probably make some mention of this
fact in his sermon.
The class prayer meetings will be
held as usual immediately after the
morning service in the several class
rooms in Dwight Hall. The Senior
class meeting will be conducted by
William Sloane, °95; the Junior class
by W. D. Murray, ’80; the Freshman
class by J. B. Reynolds, ’84. At the
Sophomore class meeting, which will
be held for the instruction of the new
deacons, the other members of the
Graduate Committee will be present.
The general topic of these meetings
will be “The Equipments of the
Christian Worker.”
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon a con-
ference of the Graduate committee
with the deacons and leaders of the
Scientific School Department will be
held at their rooms at 1384 College
Street.
the
Treasurer;
RELIGIOUS MEETINGS.
The general religious meetings of
the University will be held at 6:40
o’clock in Dwight Hall, Mr. Richard C.
Morse of the Graduate committee pre-
siding. ‘Christian Life and Work at
Yale’ will be the topic of the meet-
ing and addresses will be given by Mr.
D. Stuart Dodge on “The Early Pe-
riod;’ by Mr. J. B. Reynolds on ‘‘Re-
ligious Life up to the Erection of
Dwight Hall,” and by Mr. William
Sloane on “In Dwight Hall.’’ After
the meeting an informal reception will
be given to the Graduate committee
and members of the Young Men’s
Christian Association.
The great success of the Yale Y. M.
Cc. A. has been in a large degree de-
pendent upon the existence of Dwight
Hall, which has served as an import-
ant center of all the religious work of
the University. The first steps to-
wards the present organization of the
religious forees at Yale were made in’
the fall of 1879, mainly by efforts of
members of the class of ’80, which
were heartily supported by Dr. Bar-
bour and Prof. Northrop. Previous to
this time, the class prayer meetings
had been the most distinct and per-
manent centres of Christian activity.
The University prayer meetings, how-
ever useful, were assemblages with-
out responsibility or authority. The
class committees assembling weekly in
Dr. Barbour’s room composed a sort
of executive board and most of the .
gatherings for conference, mutual en-
couragement, and arrangements of
plans of compaign were held in pri-
vate rooms, at short notice, attended
by less than half the men who would
have been useful, and usually by men
from one or two classes only.
Gradually a feeling arose, however,
that something better was needed
than this irregular and imperfect sys-
tem. and as a result an organization
was formed which was called the
Yale Christian Social Union, but was
changed soon after to the Young
Men’s Christian Association of Yale
University.
THE BUILDING PROPOSED.
The idea of a building on the Cam-
pus for the religious uses of the stu-
dents, was first proposed in the Spring
of 1882 by E. &. Aiken of the class of
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’81. He consulted with Charles BF,
Loughbridge, °83, and James B. Rey-
nolds, ’84, both officers of the Univer-
sity Y. M. C. A., and received their
promises of cordial cooperation. The
idea met with general favor among
the students, and they determined at
once to raise the necessary funds by
subscription. Mr. Richard C. Morse,
62, conceiv2d the idea that Mr. Fred-
erick Marquand, a generous friend
and benefactor, both of the Univer-
sity and of the Y. M. C. A., might be
willing to contribute towards the pro-
posed building and in due time pre-
sented his request. Mr. Marquand
manifested much interest in the move-
ment of the students but before he
could take any action on the matter
he met with a rather sudden death.
The students then resorted to their
original plan and in the autumn of
1882 C. E. Loughbridge, °83, J. B. Rey
nolds, *84, and L. O. Baird, ’85, were
appointed a committee to bring the
subject to the attention of the alumni
and to secure $25,000 for the erection
of the building. The earnestness and
energy displayed by the students in
the prosecution. of this work excited
the interest of several of the alumni,
by whose efforts chiefly the fund was
raised to within a few thousand dol-
lars of the sum at first proposed.
During the following year, however,
the graduate committee learned that
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert B. Monroe, who
had just then returned from a tour
abroad, were disposed to erect the pro-
posed building on the Yale Campus in
fulfillment of the wishes of their uncle,
the late Frederick Marquand. Their
offer was gladly accepted, and after
some delay the site between the Li-
brary and Alumni Hall was chosen.
Ground was broken in July, 1885. The
name of Dwight Hall was given to
the building in memory of Timothy
Dwight, President of Yale College
from 1795 to 1817, and the dedication
ceremonies took place on October 17,
1886.
DESCRIPTION OF DWIGHT HABL.
The Hall is of brown sandstone, in
the French Romanesque style of ar-
chitecture.
four handsomely furnished rooms for
the class prayer meetings, and a cen-
tral reading and social room. The
room is supplied with a complete list
of religious papers and periodicals,
and with several of the New York and
New Haven dailies.
A. broad oak staircase leads to the
second story, the greater part of which
is occupied by the main auditorium,
an appropriately decorated hall with
a seating capacity for five hundred
persons. Here is placed a pipe or-
gan which adds greatly to the beauty
and completeness of the services held
in this room. In an adjoining room
is the library of 1,000 volumes, com-
posed chiefly of works of Biblical ref-
erence, aids to Bible study, Christian
evidence, missionary literature,
Christian biography and history. The
library has proved very valuable to
those engaged in Bible study. On the
same floor are also the Secretary’s
apartments and a small room for Bi-
ble classes and committee meetings,
and on the third floor is the room of
the Librarians.
During the past summer._a number
of changes have been made, which
have improved the building consid-
erably. Previous to this time no im-
provements of any importance had
been made except the occasional nec-
essary repairs. The building now has
been entirely overhauled from top to
bottom and thoroughly renovated. All
the woodwork has been varnished and
new wall paper put on. The old dark
paper, that gave a very gloomy. and
Sombre aspect has been replaced by
one of much lighter color that gives
a far more cheerful appearance in all
the surroundings. Through the kind-
ness of Judge Lyman of Chicago, a
new motor will soon be put into the
organ, in place of the old one, and a
long felt déficiency will be remedied.
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