New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-29
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
YALE COLLEGE,

1ALE COLlfOE
DEvAsIAi on OF THE HISTORIC Ems ON THE CAM
Pus-ExcRoACHaENrs on THE NEW BUILDINGS
UPON TIE OLD QUADRANGlE AND lis AssOCiA-
uoNs-DOINGs OF THE LAST FEw DAYS, AND
PERsPIRISG GLIMPSE OF THOSE CoAnNG-cLAss
MEETINGS OF TUE oLDEN TIME-MIN0R CHANGES
OF HE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
lFRoM STAFF coRREsPoSDEST OF fHE TRfBuSEl
NEw-HAvEN, Conn, June 2s.-Cp TO the
middle June the parent bird which should have IN
dertaken anywhere in the pcighborhood OF these old
ems TO nstll habits OF early rising in s offspring by
warning them that IL the early bird that caught inc
worm would have laughed to by the hedgngs
No bird horn In college yard could have been fooied py
any such There no need OF rising carry
for They could have them served up ON lesf'
in any quantity and at sll hours Of the day or night.
For there were worms and wormsthese little black tei
lows that frequent elm trees and travel with sort OF
half handspring half the time at fun length Ia the nat
ural position of the since the fall ard the curse
the half with heads and tails toge ther "ut
their back in the air like angry cat but eating all the
time. In their they cover every thing. Io"aru
the close Of the season they TO have Instinct OF
approaching dissolution. and with sort OF lnlu-
tive religious sense after having enrged themselves
with the pleasures Of this world, they drop a""h
upon the passing female and accompany her to church.
sitting her back hair whence they are piucked curing
prayer time by the thumb and finger Of the undevout
Of the contribution-box This year they have made
terrible havoc The two of grand old elrns which
the College campus are stripped almost pare OF
caves ana look though they had been scorehed ana
blachened b. fire. Unless something Is done " eAVi
inmate tlese pests the classic elns, Of which much
has been said aud will soon ne among the the VI
the past and we shall have call NewEiaven instead OF
the Elm the Worm City stil suppose the elms ON the
camrus Will have to down gradually ~ tine plan Oh
the Quadrangle Is carried ont, aud new buildings go UP
IN be College street front Perhaps the College anthO-
ties are not anxious TO preserve theh az tHey WYNN
be II the plans for buildings 10 be eeced dd not
contemplate their removal in the course OF few years
smehow do not Ike the new buildings. They are too
pert and se,onsc Js. They stand with her BACKS ~
the street with kind OF lofty scorn for the OUTSIDE "oFd
that isn't becoming aud they strut around North College
and the old Chapel in way that must be very offensive
to those good old weather-beaen piles "i BRICK anu
mortar with their stills end battered doors and all
their messy memories. Then too, good trees Old trees
that men wao are old and gray now and have grand
children made love and sang and dreamed Or ANS
UNDER Lad TO be cut down TO make room I''
Them: and would rather have kept the
trees. But there's use talking; there are 'he
two new dnrmitories, Fanum" aud "Duriee'
with the Chapel On tie corner between tH'u' Tue
three forming the northeast onsie 81 the contrmi'tN
uuadranre b. and by they VIII string the new build
nss along 20 Ciapel and who knows but thai some OF
us may hive 10 fence ~ the corner, that has he
more good singing m its time than any concert h" or
opera house In America pulled down TO make room ior
dorniory or something And then whatH be tnT use
Of living at tin Ncw-H.ven House, want to KNOW
rereu he no fence boys Ia @it on aud sing az
night excep, the across III street. around ine
Green. And not comiorta"e fence to at on
But crhaps they won't complete the quadrangle III We
are dead. Let Us hope 80.
There were signs 81 the Commencement season ID u'e
droprne into town on Saturday Of a few scattered
Alumni from afar rhu either hear the Bacclureate
or 10 nave time to around little before tine arrival
of he crowd. had come early. ON sussay' i"uEh ''c
das a. hottest Of the season, the chuchcs were "
well led, and Presd, ut POrtors baccal'uFeae SERMON
in the chapel listened 10 by very large ana a'en-
tive audience To-day Tie trains and sieliu"hts ave
bringing vs,,ors Ia increasing numbers. Tonight the
hotels VIII o. full tomorrow, running over "ednes-
day and Thursday tii,Ie v IN be muslin and DIoaico'
sentiment, spoons. hand s1hhInss, song sh6lns' H.
revprcut saluttoue between reverend l"ong persons
great hlarity among che sedate some lively aud great
many du speeches. spreads and suppers and What not
Ia various pac,s fans, perspri.iun, nfoppirS 81 vn-
heads and general Hquefacti0n ami then Holsters IN
onade and miscellaneous reuiaris "a she Alumni dinner
pacaimg Of earpe bags, grand ,-ira by boat ana
rail The dead lmon- viii be sop; No. -" college uoois
locked and New-IIageu dies for c0t'pie ~ III Mus
On Friday the examination 81 candidates FOR a"nssd
will begin, but that | hardly ed Say il not counted
fesi,iv even by the MD nIuuerca and uno.ris1ve
vogny persons who neure h ~. The number OF candi-
dates Tor the new Friedman class cauIot now be- copec-
tsi Tue urine pal e'der 10 tie College the Hopk rs
Grammar school OF AewHaven graduates TINS year
ryer clas- tan usual and viii probably send to Coleg
more than usual contribution. THIS Il te oAS hdi-
cation yet 81 tine coming Freshmen Zach year There are
large numbers from al parts OF the country who come
from high schools. academies ana lrNa'e
INSTRUCTOR and accurate estimate can tie made oI me
numbers cass until they are assigned 10 III Isi"-
al tie opening OF the trm As rule the pupils o the
preparaion though the scholars from the Norwich Free
Academy rank quite high and the Hartford Hieh schoo
which prepares Young chiefly for the insurance bsi-
mes senGs each year two three scholars of promise,
Who taAe good positions in their classics
TIE class meetings this ye.ir are OF the graduates oi
Is-e-lc Ii,nuial-1s70 90, 30, 80 AID 20 Besides
hose ii ere will be OF course less meetings, In
small anl Informal way, 81 the members of other classes
WHO happen he present and the houses OF resd nt
eradu4ies are always thrown open with - 1eOus ho--
uitay to their Old classmates al the COMMENCEMENT
season OF Tie Class Of 30 Observe yet but rep
rsstative On the ground the Hon. Ellis H. Roberts Of
Utc. n y Preparations for the Presentation. or Class
Day exercises tomorrow, prog Un tue campus
Following me class Oron aud poem, To Oe delivered IN
te CHAPEL III, the graduating class ass Inble on
the campus center Of al amphIlheter oil SEATS cr
SPECTATORS and with music and literary exercises or
varied and entertaining-mosty acknowledgements
occupy the remainder Of the afternoon -mosinS their
rir,- meanwhile with great and enthusiasm
TWENTY-FIVE year ago, when The Class Of 30, which has
T.. ouartcr centennial wednesday. was graduated, the
exercise, OF Presentation Day were much simpler The
orstion and poem delivered IA the cIae! in the
Aotliln-, the sd4nt is -o"' -S''1i4'' 49, F'' ~ s
Win ,.,....e,
Cu tlc mountain > summit All weary We ata-Hi
and t.ualt nid never hcdid any tAh- na4i 40 me
ami ia the afternoon the fellows Sd.'ci@ "A'ts INC
- ana -r,o.ed long pipes ard sa, college snns Tor
t,0 or three hours, SMASHED cacu Othe hal- dhi
fred "a urce>.uu aIA Led 10 l.e lOons al4d r.
a. nrc ne seyela professors aud il-Ors gyiug part
u, cneef. u each They more ui Nh OCCASION 81 u
nav bu. doubt u they gel much more lIu Out or IL
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