New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-01
coTITGE COMMANDMENTS.
YALE.
uuv WOODEN SPOON EXHIBITION
THE ~, sppCrlI, CORRESPONDENT
TpROM OUR SPBUIAI VU"I'l'7' ~. oerors

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i, lime 30-NO college oilers such
NEW - % her students as does Yale Inc n'lu
NSii0u ho,ar receives his reward III '"o 90 - +ha
~OiA lr,on "a satisfied II he can gam stId nav
S",-,,y crew; he who makes hIcI"'U0 - roon the
r.oried with the Deforrest lnoo"l him whose
,nors Of Glass Day as Orator OF toe'' nor cramped
nonO'9 ,,ter worn ont with mathemaVcS n0. ,1- 90
pra,u - tne wooden spoon becomes pr,L0 49, bos
WIN vs. ,ri.ion strange history tniS ~ $500
Todition tells us that in the oluon -. 80 rror
80, ,onertv OF the "uglest" man % rs c,ven NOT
a. e., days Of the Commons ~ - and at last
IN ~ honor 10 the "bggest eStoi' a I d,,S.
as MARI VI 0H tells not IL IuI llsIes an uOnor
when or now even Competition and its presentation
worthy OF the 9S5 an audience in which nearly every
draw represented which over 'i ~. S
State n mi Tor rho time, renders the town scene OF
lg gsy Wooden spoon exhibition gotten mp b. the
JunU 10 constitute the Spoon Committee, or cocht-
eh they are genepo9 aties and e ~ tb are Se
choose the popular, who receives the spoon.
sy nroduced last evening. q want to have the reputa
Ho1 OF a fellow who never toadied to a class
sboye or cut friend In class beneath him. want TO
be fair oar and an average ball tosser Besides this,
want TO treat every man IN my class in such manner
that when claSsday comes crocodile tears shall fall
Harry Merryweather"
Cieyel9pd NJ . FSaSngF Johnston J. G. X Nc
aud h Terry. OF these Mr. Cleveland was the Spoon.
man. and the class fortunate in the choice. Cleveland
was bOw-Oar OF his class last year, is fair ball
player, and has proved himself whose friendship
Is stronger than his ambition The exercises com
menced last evening with the overture to "Poet and
Peasant" performed by Theodore Thomass orchestra.
The curtain then rose disclosing the Opening load"
brick, which, on being struck by their spoons,
opened, disclosing the spOonman, then, pro
N Latin-Engsh salutatory by McCutchen and
the singing of the spoon song the Spoon was presented
is Of black walnut about feet length and elegantly
college drama, written by George L. H9ntress of the
Junior Class, entitled, His Little Game and How It
came involved in college politics and pictured many
in college life much more faithfully than the
McCutchen Miss Pussy Buffer and of Faulkner as
aeT7Yieahe was calculated to inspire hope that the
long and Short of H. disclosed seiden and McCueben
the giant and the dwarf of the Committee.
The next scene which has become established fea-
ture these exhibitions pictured the colleges with that
Summer evening resort the fence on which crowd of
students were smoking and singing, every evening
finds them doing now interrupted by the cries of chim
neysweep who goes by singing his Sweep, sweep :"
now tossing pennies TO an artist OF the banjo who
thrNS the strings Tor their amusement The entertain
ment closed with lecture on philosophy in which the
wonderful effects OF the electric current and other pho
sophie paythngs were laughably illustrated As whole
Inc exhibition was good one, and although II dd not
epcores nm the last The ee eneTainment closes to-
day with the Class Day exercises.
PRESENTATION DAY-THE CLASS GRAFTON AND
POEM-THE HISTORIEs-FAREWELL;
NEwHAvEN, June 30.-TwO thousand per
sons looked out Of their windows this m9rI T rSa
g. @ -, ii ciT I2Sv whether because Jupiter Plu
ius possesses statue the college GROUNDS or De
cause sad parngs always best said in the shade
not quite evident spite Of the threatening SKY how
ever chapel was by 10 o'clock hed Win pap"s ana
IDammas sisters and cousins assemDlea 70 ls'Gn 10 1g
Glass Poem and Grafton. Inc former was 9ehNeteu
Without possessing any very striking Deaues OF conce
ton, il very carefully prepared, ana Wouu |
tame delivery. The Grafton delivered by /
Mr. Henry A Beers OF Hartford. His subject |
showed In very clear the real practically which
underes all studies which develop ourpowers OF thought
raffpr hp p4rfiu
Nv the class and 6s left their seats chapel forever
The President announced the Following prizes az the
close OF the mornings exercises Prizes for English com
position 10 members OF the sophomore 70 Burt
Mansfield, and Sperry; second 10 Banding CuddeDack,
and Hamln third to Bliss, Dudley, and Mason. The |
scholarship for the Freshman Class founded m l4S was
20 Hncks and Wilcox the Berkey prize for excellence
in Latin composition, 10 Whites the Clark prize Tor ex
cal prizes McNaughtOn and COnkn the Clark classical
prizes Tyler and Learned AT noon the Alumni ana
Invited guests partook OF dinner given pa Alumni nan
by the Faculty After rainy m0Thlng tne clo US
arranged tiers in the form OF triangle the senior class
TortI and lighted ana the reading Of the histories
began. The historians were j. H. Bagg Edward Heaton,
an Of the former members Of the class their
dougs since leaving college aud their prospects hauy
how Bro,yn rushed Puckel how % Bis" failed 10 be.
come member Of the college choir, how Denton
studied Dixon's digest, and how Keade was
are more interesting 10 the students themselves the most
of the audience is obliged 70 be content with being
pleased others laugh for the Jokes 20 them are n-
Comprehensive. When the last History flushed the
class by the Orator and Poet marched 70 the library
here Ivy planted, each man casting handful
OF dirt upon IL he passed. The class then marched
an procession through the different halls, accom-
panied by the band, stopping 70 cheer each |
one IN order. After giving three times three LOT |
the under classes they marched 10 the resi- /
deuce OF President WOOlsey and the various Professors
giving each one short serenade, and receiving from
Them q few parting words Then returning 70 Auhln
Hall they said their farewes 70 one another ana
the Glass Of 1869 separated 20 meet no more Inc parting
scene has former years taken place on the green III
egh Of All the spectators and the real feeling there as
played has often been looked upon as auecatlOn TOT
ms reason the Committee Of Arrangements TINS year 1
cded 10 have farewes spoken in the presence OF me
Class alone and they wise in their decision IHus
CLOSED the festivities and the sadness OF another
ure,eutation week. The Senior Class low has
vacation OF three weeks until commencement ana
tbe other classes begin their preparations for the annual
eXamuatiOns The number Of visitors was THIS year
than before and the hotels again proved their
5ucapacy TO provide for the guests. 10 seems strange
sbat New-H provide no better accommodations
weeks furnish her such plain examples OF her require
fneuts There fewer alumni among tne Nlsltot'
this year than usual 6s being the class best represented
Vie coming boat the event 10 DO IOOked TOT
ward TO- Yale shows confidence than IN former
years and has a crew Of which she may wei be PROUD;
but past defeat has taught her 20 be cautious ana sac
will make few boasts until the contest IS decided