Title:
Letter from Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr. to John Muir, 1911 May 13.
Creator:
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1911 May 13
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
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Identifier:
muir20_0299-md-1
Source:
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Language:
eng
Coverage:
New Haven, Conn.
Rights:
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Transcription:
YALE UNIVERSITY, SECRETARY'S OFFICE, New Haven, Conn., Hey 13, 1911. John Muir, LL.D., Martinez, Cal. Dear Sir:-
I was exceedingly glad to get your letter, accepting the invitation of the Yale Corporation to be present Commencement Day,
to receive an honorary degree from the University. I write to inform you that you are invited to be the guest during your
stay in New Haven of Professor William L. Phelps, whose address is 110 Whitney ave. I am sure that your host will be glad
to be informed as to the date and hour of your arrival. I am enclosing a Commencement program. You are asked to be at Woodbridge
Hall in Academic costume without hood Wednesday morning, June 21st, at 9.45 o'clock. If you do not happen to have a cap and
gown and do not care to borrow them from friends, they may be secured from Nessrs. Cotrell Leonard, State street, Albany,
IT. Y. The hood will be presented to you by the University. Should you wish ladies tickets for any of the Conned cement exercises,
we shall do our best to supply them if informed before June 13th. Your part in the Commencement Exercises consists merely
of rising when your name is mentioned by the Public Orator, stepping forward a few paces and remaining facing the orator until
he has finished his introduction; you then walk to the center of the platform, face the President and receive from him the
diploma while at the same time a hood is being placed over your shoulders. You then return to your seat. It may be a relief
to your mind to know that no speech or address will be required of you either at the Commencement Exercises or at the dinner
following. Please let me know if I can be of service to you in connection with your visit to New Haven. Very truly yours,
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