New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-19
COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS.
YALE
YALE
0NE HUNDRED AND-sxrY-sE ANNIyER-
SARY.
Prlu oar Special Correspordert

Friu oar Special Correspondent
NEw-HAvEN, July IS. 1897.
On nexhaustiblc strength of youth Swift
turbulent Drumming river fed by thousand tributaries
arched over by cl0udless md unfadmg heaven shaded
by trees that never and viii never die we forget
IN watching thee, that and care, and death exist
We are 80 inspired and exalted by thy Ordly beauty that
sn1st we ourselves become young" This rhapsody
OF sound sleep at O'Clock this morning by the steady
tramp o feet marching 20 the noble chords OF the eau
out We saw procession of students walking under the
slms m couples arnIn-arIn, and chanting with fun
II the world aud an II contains were theirs
Sire mao 5y IUr Pe3f Tor III people for old
any % te pTim arrangement, and set hours OF the sober
That they are properly clothed and fed -Four o'clock
The whole town was asleep as indeed 10 well might be-
NI'h uDoi,lIeI' SS WIZ music anu IttlEl ana mace
for everything but orthodox going-tObed and sleeping
midnight. and was not the student lord Of
tho hours, and his domSs and whereabouts the
Hanc over acres of scopinc men and women and mat
lJokn mp street and down street and the spread
ing College green. this hd of singing students should
Certainly New-IIayen seemed pleasant place last
night and IL easy fancy College life with such
surroundings. pleasant experience to look back upon
Never the grass crceucr the beautiful
e,ms more beautiful, never did a meuower moon flood
was tu OF students. old and Young; those long SINCE
gratua,cd, ola men, bent and gray those OF
few years past; others whose term JUS
over, aud callow hedgline' IN whose
lurking eagerness OF anticipation upon the first cigar.
For yesterday Alumni Day and Examination Day %
boot and every rtudent knows that these meetings OF
old classmates prjoug the of College happiness rs
nothing else can de- and Of an the days IN Commence
store To the general public is not of course so
interesting, ana caudor Copes rs 10 admit that for Us
the exercises trie dun. Not much hyelier were
tae public of the Phi Beta Kappa, which were
IN have consisted of am Grafton hy the Hon Ferry.
and a poem by a Mr. Morris but the poet prevented
from doing his part, ana MI. Perry grafton va, W.
Mr. MorIiss Pudding missed, though We dare say II
would have proved quite as tough morse As the senator
tJthe digestion. The President too OF the society was alb
ssnt and altogetherthe Yale chapter OF the IN etap-
% made rather sim sho" lhls etg 1IesuiJtl u 'L
4, b., Just but treated u rather sOphomOuCal
,,y,,4S.ons Tn. only relief VIC found from
stuiyin out the construction of the odah crystal
Which by some miraculous Intervention Of good taste has
not been rem0deled ana made Mucous Win
\. nu IA out Of place diamond necklace over cameo
dressiug-cown. Willie was doing my duty an TINS ora
t9n III merso's silver tongue and wished that
ware ma ms shoes AS natural enough. there were
g Tpc concern Of the Alumni and after il
wewandeed about the grounds, strayed into the flne
kts Gallery for half hour and then took seat on the
.'rOos' giving hat raksh twist, and putting our
spsclecs into their case hoping TO pass muster among
10 Their songs without being suspected OF Intrusion.
fas ryOst Il tie name given TO portion Oh INC Iehct
about the College Green on WHen, III PlJasSn 6 1c
companies Of the students are ava! % oe io 1919
nd singing college s0ugs There are many me voices
T s,iii. and during TINS week, with It's deiclODs
svsnngs and beautiful moonlight they nave peep fun
SutiIre OF music both IN Yale and CaDh dge has grown
m Dcc our day when 10 was ~ 10 hear ANYTHING
the common student s9IGs ,nch were. many Of them
stu are VI NS4| ,Iid ana ulMeaAns character 9i
Singing as We heard last night was q tmng
u0kn0WD when We were students we can IancSS
by Willie we sitting the roos and listening TO
tas singing, grave ana sS .y n IN Tl' v bat Ge
surprised He real negro, no nuatto ana sang
on we're certainly of ms invention for they never
could been devised 10y white man Iheie was one
then Continued with outlaws Of negrolaugLter the an
eaTod through the pea! n ,he most 9sNS,t ,N1 SI
b hard To surp4ss And there was another. IN
which the words were lumDleG UP, anu MITE. itI
o. in such q burly-burly race horse style, Win
an accompaniment 10 Maicb, that ~ tOoA OlL
breath away to follow IT, H1 slnsls Vic t6sv I 6aS
Syb Inc stI,dents' song which whIled away the time
down the street 10 Smiths Hail. where we We WtIe
caoa, 10 see the ceremony OF the Cup presentation
The classes OF 6 and Ca held their 'Iuenuial' last
evening the class OF ~ celebrating theirs 10y supper
from which outsiders were excluded u believe il wa
thess Young gentlemen who disturbed my elderly Stun
bsr a. have described the class ~ "a adding 70 thelf
supper the addition 81 a. sPpSd r,gte Go
could produce hs wife and baby IN support o.
his professions. II tbs odd notion ls nos PecuIl.u
70 Yale, must be al least should THINK, peculiar
"a America. ~ GeI'alHE Hes ' M ,Sbieh 4. ~
the t0D OF very tall slim building on AMBITIOUS slice OF
pr0thed by very steep aud narrow stairs ana thele
lar ~ company kept waiting IN decided discomfort
subsf3nsi part of their dinner At length, however the
signal was given, and slowly pushed up INTO iAe sup
tables ranged along TWO sides and across the upper
snd OF the room, while the company iOunl seats IN
wall Then the gallery az the opposite end was filed
and then benches were brought ana laeed cIGs5 tle
been hard 10 mud any where brighter OF more cueeIlu
audience than this, made up almost entirely OF yOuhE
at once there wa capping Of hands ana Heht burst
OF laughter, and the audience rose 70 its rect as te YOUNG
husband and ms VIE with the nurse carrying me DDy
sea ~ M r n. @ ~ IN nan Inc husband ana
father the Rev Walter w. Batershal has reason 70 be
pretty 70 see the ladyS graceful unaffected way
OF taking her hOnoi-, ana pretty 10 watch the
little baby Of ten months acting before these Two OF
800 people as unconscOUly a. II be were IN his own
nursefJ To HIN tax. the cup which was almost az
biz as himself, INTO his Little hand and put u reht away
to ms mouth and then look and crow out the iaot
him ana then take another drink and then flourish IN
to an 20 tla extent tlt u looked every minute ar ~
were going TO throw d over h head and then 10 see the
DaDy anu Ie uiIee cAeeIs Iof Le father, ana ne to
cheers for the mother, and tho three cheers for the IAN
ts shape Of lusty crow a the end of each battery and
then getting ready for the next by taking long pun al
be understood the speaking. he must have
found II. as we did,, very good indeed. ne
nurses lap while Nj. Whitney poured Out with the
grdVes face IN tine world, bis excellent Jokes ana ps
aud when MT. Auketc, th admirable tact ana oeAcaCY
sent all Of us outsiders home, begging us To- escort ih
baby, who, the class thought, ought ~ lhl5 iH ~
then O'clock 10 be ia bed Master troderca suDntle1
10 be carried with the best grace ID tLe WOld anu
b4de Us all good night with another flourish OF the CAP
and the merfest succession OF crows JDaJ ever D"pJ
gave. o.. go, a. l...,,.,o
ment exercises and very dun day they make OF ~ g
old tradition Commencement ought 70 De y
hot buf that OF COURSE out 81 the question TINS unheI
and the ram which ~ pouring scady doNi ne D's
threafeuiur since early dawn The day seems 10 be c
sdet.d here the least important, as 10 certain! IN,
lea. interesting. in the whole week AccuatOiHeu 70
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