New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-22
From Our Special Correspondent
NEw.HAvES, Wednesday, June O.,

an outsider comfortably provided for, to hear the P'e
Gus appeals made just for one more reserved seat ioI
"a lady friend"
! Long before the appointed time a crowd collected
and when the doors opened rush ensued which
was u reminder Of the grand crush at Cooper Union
when Gen. Grant welcomed. In the present case.
however the crno!ne present in the crowd decidedly
complicated matters but all at length effected an on
trance, with many ruf1ed dresses and a few rufied
temples. Music Hail, whics seats abont twenty
five hundred, densely packed and with an
audience such a. is rarely seen. Imagine three
hundred sisters six hundred pretty cousins aud several
Young Ladies SeminaTes. rs furnishing the feminine
ingredient and you can imagine the scene much PEI
ter than our poor pen car describe IT, Oh course the
weather hot; II always rs. at Spoon exhibition, Du
our recollection doesn't supply any parallel 70 lhe
present case. Still most OF the audience remained
during the whole performance which continued
until II. O'Clock. Helmsnillers I'D Regiment Band
gave the music in their usual fine style The Express
Train Galop' especially was loudly encored. William
w Farnam of Chicago delivered the Latin Salutatory
which. with Its comical peryersons of Latinized Eng
lsh and Augliczed Latin caused the usual amount oil
amusement; and by the way II Is inos curious 10 see
how Jokes work their way through the audience.
First the students catch them and testify TO their
satisfaction by laughter and applause. Their lady
eend- look nquirngly and their minds have 10 be en-
ightened after which distinct feminine litter runs
over the house like secondary wave. The " High
Grafton" Oh The Advantages OF Classical Ldncn,
ton took decidedly. 1t represented party OF
students engaged in playing ards others IN oO1
ing fencing or attired IL boating shirts ready for
pull. one studying We think this hardly repre-
sents the true proportion
The Cooauy. Junior Exhibition" a capital
bur.esque Oh that respectable institution.
The usual subjects on such occasion ns Hannibal,
the PuIians. Homer, &C. were treated IN manner a
little less ponderouS and decidedly more amusing than
usual while each speaker announced IN The usual
form by the President which We remember. II took US
four years in college to comprehend, "Oratlonem
audiamus Smith Philosophical Grafton, followed
on The phosphorescence Of purescent ire sublimated
IN the correlation and conservation OF invisible luni
Mostly" We fear Of our uneducated readers viii
be compelled have TO the dictionary IN order
10 comprehend this.
new subject but was ably brought out and caused the
q a9rns r., e ss sa
those "lorrid Sophomores." Lewis Lampman OF
Coxsackie n Y. delivered the presentation address
and Charles i. Brown New6uTgh. \. y, was IN, tne
appearances we should say that the audience were
more than Satisfied with the exhibition
This morning the sky was overcast ana We, ia,
shower. At noon the sky cleared and The weather "as
delightful -, A., -.
dictory Grafton by Allen Mclean OF New Haven. and
/ the no. IN by Henry A Brown Of Philadelphia. After
the Grafton upon the theme, The Scholar hoa me
Age" the usual addresses 10 the Faculty and students
toloWed ......
The remarks to the class always the most interest,"
ing since here are the few words OF public iafe"eh
with brief mention Of those who have died curing ne
of them in the army. One the son OF the Rev d.
Thompson of the Broadway Tabernacle, ana is quite
widely known as the subject OF the oetgean .
allow ed here 10 copy from the class poem part oil the
verses referring 10 him:
In the nigh. dark wing fu,tered
Ger the tent Ia which he lay,
At his ear loft voice uttered
Soldier. and come away
Rousng at the solemn warning.
Low he bowed himself and said
Lord, come, and when the morning
Woke lis comrades, he was dead
Another AIing fell in the fatal charge at Frcder-
icksburg and rests in an unknown soldiers grave
"Lonr We seachsd and waited for MIN,
Vainly-for he lett no trace
Only God who waicbeih Der him,
Knoweth OF his resting place"
Aftcr the singing Of the parting ode 10 the air Of
Aud Lang Syne,' the prizes for Maihemaucs
Sophomore, Composition, &C.. were announced D! the
President. ~, 49,
| benn awarded To W c. Wood. The second place was
Gained by II. r. Wright aud the third by f. A. Law.
renee The prize for Poetical Composition was gwen
to j. f. Bishop.
In English Composition. First Division. first prize
Wallace Bruce; Second Division. j. W: Harishorn and
| j. i. Merriam; Third Division. Il, Nj woodward
! The usual dinner TO the graduates was given IN
Alumni, Hall and il was surprising to how many
were present presentation does MOI usually piihg
toret6er many of the older Alumni popular as II is
win those of two three years standing The class
of q had "a representatives present OF the lo VINO
| graduated , ..,,.. =. .o.h.x
We were too busy occupied AZ inc tapicn W Bn'nci
any further statistics
nov the dinner the Alumni met in Brothers Hall TO
tEe some action in regard those OF Yales sons who
have been connected with the army Inc non. Jnugs
DutOn LID. oX Governor OF Conhecticui, was calcu
"a the chair and Simeon 4. Baldwin, esq.,, appointed
prof thatcher then stated the object of the meeting
the un is not vet matured but the main features are
these the details being left TO the commuters up
pointed: o. oI Tr,, OF
when the regular Alumni meeting occurs all are men
graduates and undergraduates VINO nave ser'cu 'nci
country In the army or navy are 10 meet ~ "o. VI
Alumni Hall and 10 be escorted thence 10 INC Io ;u
da,,ver an address Aferward there is 10 be grand
honouet in Alumni Hall. with toasts and speeches rom
.h persons present. Here IL is designed
10 make some Arrangement ior pe'n'a"e"' "'"''A
| 10 those who have died IN the war. .u
Tbe Co,pmittees appointed were as folows;
| cnmmittee Of Invitation, President J. ID; Woosey
p,esident Day Governor William a. buchmana'pp 49,
lvs,nor Roger T. Avein Professor Thatcher, IIo,s.,
- Porter and the SecretsIes OF all Glasses ssaua'ea
within the past twenty Year,, H.. tI.cx~ Dsmfnp
ton'' Professor A. d. White Professor b. siliiman'
Psofe..or r. C. Salisbury and Professor u Unmsh IL
General cG%%i,ss1H %m f N T9.r. LIB Prot
non. W. M.iosGep W. H. Russell IL w LeavenwoH ~
ain1 Irss b. Vnrnum Charles stiiie Ph:aePnns In a.
s Feowe' Rev Leonard n fs snr1 Harrison Hon X.
Fo.,. y BALDWIN H. T. Psrdse, T. Kimberly, hsn
b. White Hon Chsunoey NJ DsPew iran. RoDsIt Brown
pw'sht pi to.terj p yo;n Csru. Sorhup
Tbe time intervening before commencement Is very
short but the Committees will enter upon men
once and is hoped that the Ere ssonUH advisable
10 bsye meetings of the Yale graduates ia new
and oher aTee oes 10 take this matter into consioer
alton.