On April 20, from Connecticut to China, from Australia to Alaska, alumni of Yale University will sit down to a "round the world" dinner celebration, which will be the first event of its kind to be held. Invitations are now being sent to more tan 30000 graduates and former students residing in 66 foreign countries and dependencies of the United States.

The diners will gather in more than 200 large centers where the banquet programs, sindlar in each case, will include speeches by prominent graduates.

Seven thousand will attend the sections of the dinner to be held in New York City, while other large gatherings will assemble in New Haven, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis. St. Paul, Denver, New Oricans, Sag Francisco, Tokio, Honolulu, London and Paris.

In nearly 400 communities, 1500 Yale men have accepted the responsibility of serving as chairmen and associates, and it is expected that by the end of the month over 3000 alumni will be working on committees for the celebration.