The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-29
NEW HAVEN. July %.

JORDAN i a road travel, believe,
would gladly accept the chair in which the modest
merry, musical uiecnaDical and n etiphysica Doctor
Fitch sal and waxed fat. The hospi able old Doctor
lives in the house be has occupid for many years
on College street. He Is ole OF the very best
preachers in the country; and it be ever Is entced
to New York city TO preach, hope he will announce
the fact IN the HsRALD, and iwil gladly go to hear
him.
Since was in college, gas and an organ have been
added 10 the fixtures Of the chapel. ! conclude
il to be a joint partnership, TO: we had
some touches OF organic music at the
i Baec aaareate service Yesterday afternoon
tIllng the air Of long meter doxology. What do
voc tank OF lengthy as,hmat'c inerildes, in the
polkaic style. dying away III ~heezing trpets. I'M
Ill the last squeak is so foe that You can hear the
swing OF the good Presidents ian asay up IN the
pulpit, What do you think OF q voluntary that calls
up that rolcking college song, stolen from Longfe
low with chorus
Lives OF great men all remind "a
We may make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind
Foot prints on the sands " time
Ch0rus-Cocacheiunk chclunk. chelay,
CocachelJnk cheunk chela,
Cocacheluns. chelGns chelay,
Hi % cniSacnelunk cnela.
Give me rather the old fiddle aud the bow that
was played here by an inglorious genius, now Mas
sau street attorney the bars viJ the flutes aud the
volinceo Of the class OF $50, ana That old Beetho-
ven orchestra, in which Ludden -ang bass aud Lo;k
ings that every fair maiden in town ailured to
listen TO the melody.
The graduating class. before which the Baccalau-
reate was preached, numbers ninety-seyen men. or
these, l comes from the state OF Maine from Ne v
Hampshire, from Vermont Ia from Massachusetts,.
I from Rhode Island "A from Come .ticut, % from
New York, FROM New jersey, ron Pennsylys-
mia, from Maryland, from Ohio from Illinois,
from Kentucky, l from Tennessee. l from Virgil
mia, from Georgia, from u Mississippi from Mis-
sour, from Louisiana, and from the West In
dies. They viii receive their degrees after the Com
mencement exercises on Thursday, on which occa.
sion the salutstory oration will be delivered by I'd
ward c. Town, OF Batavia, ILL.,, and the valedictory
Grafton by Timothy X. Wilcox, OF New Haven, Conn.
The course Of study in Yale College Is arduous.
and the discipline rigorous out no more 50 than II
ought TO lie. one Of the climaxes OF the course is
the biennial examination. The seniors wee put
through this scorching process fes weeks since to
test their qualifications TOR A. BIS vi course there
was not little anxiety among them a. W the re
suit and every method was devised, usual to get
20 windgard OF the examiners.
The class assemblies Ia divisions. at eight O'Clock
In the morning OF biennial diy, and each man Is
presented with a printed schedule OF questions, la
the particular department OF study assigned 10 that
time and place. Two and half ho1rs are allowed
to each man TO answer these questions. No books
are permitted Ia the room, nor any intercomnuni.
cations. The answers must be written down on
paper, and the paper handed TO the presiding exa.
miner who sits In the room, watching bis perPiexed
subjects with sharp eye, but, dpubtless, feeling
that TO himself, this bleeching operation 10 de-
cided bore.
The students, fearing fzzle or !" funk"
would be very glad 10 know, In advance. what the
examining questions are 10 be-eo that they may
" cram on them before they 20 in. But the faculty
takes every preoauton TO prevent their learning
this. The schedule scheme IL written on. by the
examiner in his private room Al o'clock. on
examination morning, q tutor takes the schemes
and rushes down 70 the college printer, VIII i'm.
mediatety sets up the type and prints the required
impressions under the tutoriai eye. TIE faithful
tutor having the type distributed, PUSHES back
20 college with the copy and impressions o. the
schemes and delivers them 70 the officers in waiting
But the seniors this year we're too sharp for this
tutorial Achates. They got hold OF the mathemati.
cal and natural philosophy schemes N advance,
Notwithstanding the precautions Of the faculty.
The printers boy had a sore arm. After he had set
ZIP the mathematical form and mixed u, be
wraps q clean white handkerchief closely
about bis arm, and leaning carelessly upon
out for moment, and gives the printed handker.
chief 20 q senior Ia waiting who carries II away and
copies Oh the formulas for the use Of his fellows.
This, certainly, was sharp dodge, aud probably
But they "gobbedr the natural philosophy
scheme in Q very different way. Professor Olmsted
IL the examiner in this department well az In As
fronomy. A board was taken out Of the floor in the
room over the professors private bureau, No. 10l
North College, and at spot directly over his tall
standing desk. The plasterinT beneath the floor
was scrsped away 70 thin sheet, and a number Of
fessor Olmsed entered bis room, the eye Of sharp
sighted senior Immediately covered these holes, aud
kept close watch upon bis movements. At last the
moment came. The professor enters bic room.
locks the door behind him, looks into the
closets peeps out through the keyboe, goes 70 hi
cesk standing directly under that argus eye In the
ceiling spreads out sheet Of paper takes down his
text book TO make up the scheme, and In his large
hold hand writes what are the four laws
nzionY"
/" What are the four laws Of motion = whispers
Che motonless senior lying out sprawed at the hole
in the floor overhead-and a friend, sitting near
writes down. F" What are the four laws OF motion =
So these rogues followed the professors pen,
franscribing every line written upon the scheme
Then, you may imagine there was q general
a examining through the class, followed by go.
rious rush on the examination, and the bold fell
lows earned their degrees
Now you will allow that college boys are some
pumpkins. But Professor Oimsted does not yet know
what have been telling you, and will not until he
reads Il in the HERALD. II was good Joke. But il
cant be got of again; for next year, when the pro-
fessor looks into the closets and out through the key
hole he will not forget 70 cast one cautious and in
auisitve glance at the hole IN the wall Perhaps the
rest place for him 20 write out the next biennial
arheme in security will be the Astronomical Obser-
vatorv But even there, should he look through the
telescope. he might discover neoulous senior on
The disc. 49,. 80, -
The city II filing up, to day, with vinters, drawn
hither tx the attractions of the College anniversary.
There are many families here from the southern
stats Alabama Georgia and Mississippi are M
rnerouslv reprpsented among the guests Of the New
Haven Hotel. the Tuntine and the Pavilion. Many