New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-01
YALE COLLEGE.
MEETING or THE CLASS OF 1851.


According to the good old cas.om Of Yale, e,ch
class reasfembes three year sfer graduation, 70 re-
por TIE success which has far been achieved in the
battle Of life and cheer Themselves with pleasing
rem irsceIces Of bygone days Til. year the cas- Of
1854 held their tr;eurial gathering About fifty mem
bers were present, and the number would probably
have been areerhad not the growing feeling OF aver
sion to the College the part Of Southern members
kept some away. The class eat down az 10 o'clock 10
an elegant entertainment provided by the proprietor
Of the New Haven Houte, 10 which full justice h,ving
been DONE the night wss passed speeches and songs
Mr.. X. F. Taylor presided. According to ancient
ussge, silver cup wac presented TO the hrstoorn son
of the class Master Horton who received the git In
person, but could only reply by proxy; appropriate
presentation (which was made by Mr. c. Backman
of New. Haven. Mr.. James w. Hustled replied to the
toast, "The Glass Of 1854" The best performance Of
the occasion a response TO the tosst, Inc wives
pre.ent and future Of the class' by Jscnes Z. Rice
Of New.York. An extract from Ibis speech, giving
humorous portrayal Of the Diseries Of bachelor me-
may be of interest:
wta more o ,, tse bond. Of inqaty and the
sal Of bitterness" than the life Of sefs.ihcng pessver
and suernss the various conditions and fortunes OF NE
tel how the soldier leaves bis happy home ana aes un
thered hundred storms finds ws,ery grave how
the y traveller sinks exhausted on OF IN
snows good fstes who preside over the OF
mep Cotho and Atropos ye beautiful Saces
Aes Enphrosyne and Thals and ye also, bfish
Venus and Minerva have mercy upon Us ana Us
Fl, the life the death and the expectations OF eseaeo
Of fellow csssmates 10 leave the so,, io
bshrG You behold beIe tasty garden with ch vses,ed
sew,ys no love clad it'll woodbne aid ivy 10 mean
dernr walks nged with hedges no wife 70 YOU
With the Kind words of welcome children to climb up and
prsttc your knee and bird. to punctus'e the TOO lively
AN with song bot rather all aides the wetcLtdess OF
",n.le bessedneu" Go with me 20 he ROM On, "conn,
upon Ossss of uraIanted BOOK, mssszlnes ana
lott ike the unoupd books Of Ltvy in the dust o. sf.s ot
on The ana s,e o b.r .a.
r. too weak to stand up By or Tor themssves et OF us
bed from which each morning he rses mapped al over me
BY the Impressions OF the c3rd thosh Tue
pre Go with TO his bureau here are
twelve shirts which look they would like to get free
shift Tor themselves there is not bosom among them
hut that opens 10 you roubes-not wrsbsDd well enough
ever the world with its broken
collier but that ssn, e1T1 by
self his perforated stockings holding up his heels TO rd
culehs slippers dnhsrins and turning out OF door n.
their rents and to be of before detection.
Why Sir you may tell me Of termsssnt wives more teui
than III. Xanppe Of socrsesof curtain ectuns and candle
izins when weary the lord and to hi. bedof
yiGs children who wake al the Of night with the
ache oo,hache whoopng cough canter rash or the
Of unuy and abominabe eooksof exorbtant bills o.
the groceYes and drugesese these endurabs but oh
We good and soddesses whom have heetobefos
Invoked have mercy upon o. ana aenver "Hon he are Tie
An eloquent address was made by L. Weld, lie reply
TO the toast The dead Of the class of 1884, and each
member then briefly narrated his personal history
during the past three years. At daylight the festivi
ties closed and having sung together the Old college
song, "Gaudeamus the class adjourned for seven
wears.