New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-21
pREsENrATIoNDAYAT YALE COLLEGE.
Correspondence Of The ". Y. Tribune.

Correspondence or The N. Y. Tribune.
NEw-lIAyEY, June ~, 1861.
Presentation Week began Monday, and this is
Presentation Day at Yale. II is peculiarly the sfudents
s,ason and whatever may be the nominal character Of
Commencement, i! is really Presentation which marks
oil the beginnings and endings of college periods it is
about this day TINT all the varieties Of Yale lite turn
annually and for it of course the student feels the
highes, interest. Commencement Ia become in part
the season Of the Alumni but Presentation continues
b be confined exclusively the undergraduates. To-
day the Freshman irst exhauss the wearness Of his
first ear and by consent Of the college world adopts
the respondent livery Of a Sophomore; the
Sophomore eteps into the beatitude of Juniors the
Junior the vacant seat Of the last Senior, and
the Senior having concluded his studies at Yale, takes
to-day recall the memories of his four year, 10 part
asctonatey from his friends and bis Alma Mater, and
with his Glars, quits tho shades of the College hoPess
that he viii meet fragments of his class
again. Thus 70 cannot but DO 70 the student the most
important day OF the year, with 1t his real bic at Yale
begins and ends, and few day. can ever be remarkable
for more beautiful display of those qualities which
are most honorable TO men Of culture and manly feeling
The weather has been most pro itious for the out.
door ex.rrifes; q more beautiful June day coald
scarcely be imagined than this has been and the feeling
and niercst manifested here is sufficient TO expe for
%,
and let remain silnpy the experience Of Teace and
ioy. Looking to-day at Yale in her festive array OF
fair lady vrtors and Of warm heart.oferngs OF her
Students suggests DO recollection of the serious war
whose greatest hope lies In the existence Of those gen
erous and enlightened ideas which Yale 10 prominent
degr. has assisted to foster in the American mind
But Yale is by no means always 70 unmartisl In ap-
pearunce. At other times there may be drilling
upon her grounds four companies Of soliersone from
esch Of her classeswhose sprit, IL IL not doubted,
will do honor 10 the memories Of the oden time when
Yale, u, ,he need Of country, ceased her scholar
ship and marched ber students do battle. Even
the Faculty are formed into Q company for drill,
though il is Whispered that of the most plethorc
members lose almost all their martial spirit along viii
I'll their wind, when their mi.chievous yourg dill.
master leads them IN "double-quck up certain bill
Of most uncomfortable ascent.
II is facility OF student life that it can adapt itself
with its whole strrsm Of enthusiasm TO almost incon-
sisten, pursuits. Thus while the martial spirit Is rag
ing there Ia stll spirit Of boating and racing
Ills spirit broke forth Ia challenged race on last SAT-
dsy, which nearly proved fatal TO one entire crew.
The Thulia, Junr ,hel has held the champion rag
for more than a year, aud was challenged by tile
Glyuns and the Varina. When the afternoon ap-
pointed had arrived, the bay 30 rough that the
Varuna refused pull but the Glyuna persisted. The
race wW cleso one uatil whea near the buoy the