DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 3.5 



Friday morning opened bright and clear with every promise of fine 

 weather. The procession, consisting of delegates, alumni, faculty and 

 students, marched from the Library to the large tent. Delegates ex- 

 pecting to present congratulatory addresses were seated at the left of 

 the platform. 



After the opening exercises, consisting of music and prayer, the re- 

 ception of addresses was announced by Professor Clinton D. Smith, 

 Avho stood on the left end of the ])latform. As a delegate ascended the 

 steps to the platform, presented his card to Professor Smith, who 

 announced to the audience the name of the delegate, his position, and 

 the institution which he represented. The delegate would then walk 

 across the stage, present his parchment or letters to the president of 

 the college and be sho'^n to a seat on the platform. This exercise created 

 a great deal of interest, and many of the more distinguished delegates 

 called forth applause. 



The meeting was now placed in charge of the president of the State 

 Hoard, the Honorable C. J. Monroe. The programme was one of rare 

 merit. President James, who was unable to be present, was represented 

 by Dean Eugene Davenport, who read the address prepared by President 

 James. This was the only instance during the entire exercises of the 

 absence of a speaker. It is needless to say that the audience was large 

 and enthusiastic. 



Everybody looked forward to the Friday afternoon meeting as the 

 climax of the jubilee exercises. In anticipation of good weather and a 

 great crowd, a platform had been erected overlooking the open space 

 of ground southeast of the president's house. This platform was south 

 of the road and west of the large elm. It was fifteen by thirty feet, with 

 a projection on the front of ten by six feet. This projection was covered 

 with a canopy. The space in front of the platform was roped off and 

 contained seating capacity for thirty-five hundred. Admittance to this 

 enclosure was by ticket. 



President Roosevelt and his party arrived in Lansing at ten o'clock 

 by the Lake Shore. The reception committee had been arranged by the 

 president of the college, and consisted of the United States Senators, 

 the Governor, the Mayor of the city, a member of the Supreme Court, 

 two members of the State Senate, three members of the House, and the 

 vice-president of the State Board and the president of the College. 



The citizens of Lansing took great interest, not only in the visit of 

 the President, but in the entire jubilee exercises, and rendered very valua- 

 ble assistance. The city was prettily decorated. Carriages conveyed 

 the party from the station to the Capitol, the Governor and the Mayor 

 of the city riding with the President, and the state militia, with several 

 companies of cavalry, serving as an escort. 



Upon arriving at the Capitol the President held a brief reception in 

 the Governor's parlors for the state officials and members of the legis- 

 lature. He then spoke a few words from the balcony to the large crowd 

 on the front lawn, after which he was escorted to the assembly room, 

 where he spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes to an audience made up of 

 state officials, members of the legislature and their friends. 



The trip from Lansing to the college was made in automobiles. The 

 Reo Company furnished ten cnri^ to transport the president's party and 

 special guests to the college, and the Olds Company a like number for 



