, 1873-07-24
YALE'S TRIUMPH,
How the News Was Received
in the Elm City. :
EXu1tntiOns OF tho Stll(lcllts---A
Largo Popular Demon
strntiOn.
Correspondence Of Tho Chicago Tribune.

Iho cloudH eathcrod thtckly over tho Elm City
1ast oyoning,-rathor gloomy omon for tho IT.
tlo knot Of students who, unable to borrow
money enough to tako thom to Springfield, hung
about the telegrapll-oilco, gotting whit comfort
thoy could from tho yaguo md contradictory re-
ports Which for two hourH kept thom in suB-
ponso. Whom, at last, tho good news came, thoro
was rush for tho colloge-yard and tho Lyceum-
building, in vhio1, hangs tho boil. Tho janitor,
having boon found, and assured that no doyiltry
was intont1od, reluctantly yiol]od up tho koy, and
soon delrious hlumnus went clattoring IN into
tho towcr, locked husolf In, and forthwith tho
old bell
cLANaED AND RATIFIED
rs 1t had never been known to do ut church or
recitation time. Tho rrosidont, good man, l1vcd
too fur away to hear tho tumult, though doubt
less, II ho had, lie would havo known yvhat was
up, and approved Of It. Not 80 Prof. Thaohor,
who, noaror the sceno of action, felt 1t his duty
turbors OF tho public ponce. Iia sfhiskors
bristlod with rage ho olutchod his spoctacslo
and his cloak, and, uttoring horco
threats in mixed Gormnn md Latin,
hurried round to tho collogo-grountls. Flo
found thore, to his disappointment, not q
wrotchod Freshman who, doomed to pass tho
aolt, but an orderly, though. cxoitod, crowd of
old ind young "boys; y and, fully satisfied, tho
worthy Professor caught tnoir enthusiasm, and
agreed with venerable Judge who was ono Of
tho throng, that 1t mado him
FEEL TEN YEARS YOUNGER
Had there boon moro students In town. the
colloge-buildings wonld hayc boon Illuminated;
as 1t was, not ovon cand1o-ray shono in tho long
brick row,-not eyon a jot Of gas in tile nov
dormitorios. Tho shuttota Of Old South woro
tightly closed, and Durfee Hall. which, at tho
timo Of President Porter's Inauguration, aas
one blaze Of light, lookod grim aud choorlosB,
with its long rows Of wlito-shadod windows.
Tho trains from tho north this morning, wero
filled with resigned and haggard Columbia mon.
Tho ribbons 30 confidently displayed two days
boforo were nowhere to be soen. Curlod up in
their seats, the unhappy mou Blnmberod un-
easily, and, with their hats smashed down ovor
their eyes, thoy wero not Mt MI favorable epcci-
monB Of tho average New-Yorkor OF education
Ihoro were pretty girls thero, too, who would
havo looked bewitching had tho white and bluo
only won, but who now had tho dtBpiritod mir OF
having boon cheated. Erory train diachargeli its
crowd of
JUn1LANT YALE MEN,
stalwart follows, with modest bits of ribbons
IN their bntton-holos slolldor alriplinge, with
largo scarfs Oh tlloir tall hats; mid gathered to
meet thcm were crowds of frantic friends. who
Expressed their emotions by hand shakes that
would put to shame those given by M Office
seeker to his constituents, md by grinB that
Cheshire cut might envy. ClasH-djstiuotions, 80
ecrupulously cherished at Yale were, for the
tlmo, ignored. Tho freshman and tho Sophomore
fraternizad harnonously, and tho Scientific foil
upon tho neck Of tho Divinity student,
There was but littlo exctomout manifest
..,. IN THE TOWN,
regret to aay;, Tho Mayor did not, till toward
evening, comply with tho request OF the papers
aud hoist tlaG on tho groom; but porllaps it
was woll tint ho did not, is he might Gnyo been
called upon for a speech, and his epooches arc
hut h3,ng n'f ". @ few private houses
shop-kcopera. who mako tleir living or tho
students and who arc wont to foam at tho
month whom Hartford and tho stato-nouse arc
n. mentioned. This ungratcfnl class showed
had crowned their city. I ought to make
M exception, however, Of one polite liquor
dcalor near the college. who mnlo fooblo IT.
tempt to decorate his windows.
About 3 p. m, tho down train from Spring.
fold brought
Foun OF THE WINNING CREW.
Cook, McCook, Meyor, and Konnody; and tho
crowd gathered to welcome them was largor
scena thero nn 'e a h'in-pufhea n neroos do~
go n., saoio nas tuSn, paDel OF Voicee,
aud handa. And tha j1aes Toro .rero ti'a an aes
lichting i'm tho cioono ~ t1n va,,it'1,Sa dnG6t
as WITH giimrso9s Of sky and and sunslino, 0snus iho
iieht blue mado by fair hnnIa NJ anrn afala. ao
tie dirk Hlun 1norc na;le ~ G
tive proof Of our triumph and tho :a national i
yoneraion M If thov hn ,ai fro, oa ~
tle-del,ls md as it tho handsome M laughing @ mon mon
TX k31 Fn1 viu1rc $I,cs.+
thom Han hon home. o''' '''' 1'"eo '''elr ''oS TO Drlhe
' 4 rnocras,os on,,r,v y ronvrn. !,
there ,,aro soa tlirtv voo9Ana ~ ~ % rohnEn
mia. ,.nr.lnotoa e,'I ~, ~ uH1M 6thauGtes,
nmo and ad sunffoshmen m Tor aneht
any rat,aad ad c;1ro 11goo ~ sta OF p9o!.blacks
1han 9 ts ct1i'otu W. Mont, two ana two, up
wmaPoa s1fSo. s ~ Is aganst INC college laws for
ti;a ouuy " ht uaotnorzeu' TO march IN
snneo rn sa4hn'e t.a 1 pus .n9to was no ono TO en-
n,nn o 1o tba ."s ho,s ana o,, mo mosoa on NJ
tSavinr at tn % oa ~" To 1l'o oaat mhsa
mM,s ~ ~ n nun., Ilo hmGsf aesortea hotol
ana t1o ,'ronratarn anu enet!e
incosn II III ,,rosseot ~ t1,,, anu ovoh
fab1ea ft"r to aa " ,rara " sne SUPPER
t1D1eo' 1ttS1A ttr u"6o hoIo hh4e4y htoMEu AHhyt