PILGRIMS WELCOMED IN APPLETON CHAPEL

Harvard played host to 1200 pilgrims of old England yesterday when the delegation of British Congregational clergymen and laymen was welcomed by Professor E. C. Moore, representing President Lowell, on behalf of the Corporation. The former president of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions met the delegation at commonwealth pier yesterday and conducted the pilgrimmage to Cambridge, where the official reception was held in Appleton Chapel.

Ceremony Was Informal

The ceremony at the Chapel was very informal. Professor Moore who for 23 years has been in charge of the services, first expressed President Lowell's regrets for not being able to welcome them in person. Professor Moore briefly reviewed the history of the University, and concluded by urging the group to wander about freely within the University. As soon as the first section of the delegation bad left the Chapel a second group of 600 filed the aisles and Professor Moore repeated the brief ceremony. Later he conducted various groups through the Yard, pointing out Wadsworth. House and the room where George Washington interviewed his aides during the Revolutionary War, and various other objects of interest in the history of the University en route.

The purpose of the delegation, coming from churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, is to reaffirm the principles of individual liberty and democracy which brought the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620. From Cambridge; the Pilgrims continued to Concord and Lexington where they were the guests of the Congregational churches of both towns.