New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-26
CLASS DAY AT HARVARD.

CLASS TREE-SIATiSTICS.
fyeou A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or TIiE TRIBUNE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, june 2o.-Enterlh9 INC
ward at Harvard at 8 O'Clock this morning tne su"s
ouId have discovered very little OF that Dustie eho1'
ca Characteristic OF ow-Enslaud College anlYe
small knots of students gathered anont 'ho 'o
yavs OF the venerable halls reclining upon the Deau
fl turf under the trees, very much as they might n'
been seen on any day OF the past few weekS I'M
ul,scnce OF half dozen furniture WagOhs' ioa"ne VIZ
goods from as many students roons' was ihu''u a -
niner that the annual season OF breaking up had
come but the occasional meeting OF S,hIoI' pP',
ingly uncomfortable in dresa sm', P.s
hat. and white gloves and cravat, was almost the
only si,n TINT this was Class Day morning.
Very few strangers arrived before noon Inc h'"'o "
tickets OF admission 70 the morning exercises was s""
what limited the ladies', without whose presence anu
assistance il Woud be impossible 10 properly ccieoiAo
Cassidy did not arrive in great numbers uh aoo"'
the time the spreads were prepared, and the more en-
teraiuiug performances OF tho afternoon began me
Collece ward was never beautiful. Tho aDnhodn'
rains OF the past month have given the lawns o'""''
and freshness that has seldom been cqnaed ~ 'ii9 "
son Of the year As the sunlight struggled through uc
frees csoccIllly between Holworthy and GFays, anu
lighted up the turf the scene was SURPRISING"
beautiful Hlryard seems to me to have renewed It's
a,e within The past 10 years, Outwardly az well a. ia
other respects The venerable halls now laDei"u WIN
the date OF their building in anticipation suppose Vi
the centennial anniversary OF the arrival OF Ten ""S"
noton 10 tako command OF the Provincial army seem
TO have assumed more modern look lhe.I S'1'o VI
architecture is striking contrast with that OF tnose re-
Gently erected but tho contrast is By no means an IN
pleasant one. "a -,
Ato O'Clock tie Senior Class assembled IN 'front.' OF
UoUor.h Hall and marched TO the chapel to attend pray
ers conducted by the Chaplain. After this they were
dismissed until about lOs when they were again eaed
,ooothcr Healed by the Chief Marshal and bahd'
..., f.-ol tlo
yard and then entered the chapel for the literary exer-
clsea of the day. AZ they passed the und'rSrahai"
classes which were gathered in groups in different rafs
OF the yard they were greeted with the hearty nan
rah rah" peculiar to Harvard and which SOUNDS 10 INC
uneducate, ear Ike the bark Of hundred dogs Inc
commitment WIS gracefully acknowledged both by the
class and by the Faculty. who raised their hats as they
assed the respective classes Inc cheers In ths case
were not an empty form II has become matter OF COL
lcce history that class was ever graduated 1To'"
Harvard whose relations with the under ciaSS-
mcn and especially with the juniors, have been
so cordial as have sbecn those OF the class OF lS'o
They have done more any Of their 10
break down class pride, class distinction and class ex-
euson - y were formerly known IN the ohl'er9"y'
They hay identified themselves with the principal re
forms which prom 10 make College life here peaSanter
as well as more profitable.
The exercise IA tho Chapel were Of very mertorouS
order Afcr music by the band and prayer by the Few
DR. Peabolv the orator Of the day, Mr. Lester Williams
Clark Of New York CITY was introduced First referring
briefly but very appropriately to the nature OF the oc'd
sion which brought the class and its friends togeher nc
smoke Of some OF the reforms which have been made IN
Harvard during the past four years Oh the privilege i
voluntary attendance at Rotations he SAID:
II was believed that students who possessed tho AVERAGE
maturity 81 twentyone years, whose college coIFse las %
opened 10 choice In valuable Ell cave dePaI! mems "n
hsd Tor re years passed the ordeal OF intellectual dd mora
requirements who might reasonably be exiectea !" %
labor ana ar ntOn 10 ct ell e'9i su"9S a. hiiy tbot
necs to St tss be pee OF outside the pale o.
I4 ~ az conc c fe Old pena we're
pended and the attendance OF snors al reeitauons 9ecaIne
optional IL - W. ,r ,So Of his system Yet judging
fom It's success IN TINS the first year Of It's sNst
near and win IL Whatever license s almost unresained
freedom ,as Tf n WI" The dement's Of iss system mental
and moral 10 Instruct tors and students a,.o can I , 1
ng search II deyeopes inc lecture stem ~
Of mind Which thcr disoourages Lach lecturer dc.
string go Attendance at t G, e eGas I aSss
CATION d pupils viii iee an incentive to caiu prepaI
I'm Ly t Ana Ii qS tem to e an anprta6e hour viii
be crushed and Sc i sie tenas tnlS pwor
influence more Of the student II gvss nm glimpse
sss :" IN HAT Void Of Which his college IS The
Iotopo BY compelling only partial attendance at college
excrc gives % all the oppornuiy To- adysnSs beyond
done for duys sake Ia connection with TIE elective system
eA.h stltnt 5rt L relisr t os ad aapt his coIese
u, nrnnce ami clothes HIM with the attributes Of
Among other recent Improvements OF whlch mention
was made, the establishment OF reading room ana
n system Of readn-s, which proposes 10 furnish the
student with general knowledge OF creek, Latn Ger
man. and English classics, which las not before been at
tanabe An too. has ut last been assigned Its proper
place in the University Oy the sac OF literature anu
science. and at the sans time physical culture has not
beon neglected. The Grafton %7 wei rsee'e d d ias
poet OF te occasion was MI Ihcoiore Cuuus ease OF
Somers Conn. His history OF the class was rendered IN
s s"S hy S1 JOAN walker iSconbe Vi La Porte mi
After tho exercises at tho chapel the class marched 10
the east side OF the Lmary, %heTs Tue giaSs IVY wa;
Smith Ihayor Of Worcester Mass.
The literary exercises having been concluded the mem
hers Of the senior elss retired To tet ro1s Mhete tne
usual spreads" for their friends aud invited guests had
been prepared IN expensive elegance ana abundance Inc
entertlnlnents OF ns year nave never o.en sulisseu
From o'clock this afternoon there was music on
tables had been removed from the mm dinng-rOom
OF the latter spite of the heat many Joined in the
Memorial Hall deprves the former Of its chief attrac
tons oa Glass Day afternoon. Tho company on t1e |
Il secure tickets the halt boys and men principally
townspeople with sprnAling OF sdentswho found tho
air in the Enthusiastically not They recued on the grass
sloou ~, sIouPS, IN % Lmnrai I'LL was Iy nsniTinn
Between the dances the crowds OF richly and gayy
dressed ladies' with their escorts In sonDer black prone
naed around the rool forming deep revolving frame
TO the mere contracted space wthin At the sound OF
the music, some adventurous couple would whlll out
the floor like wandering star, soon 10 be followed
by others until the entire picture niied with
usng, wnrlug mass 0f bright cOlors, OIsettng 10 ad
vantage the beautiful faces sowlng with me eAefrise
Soon after O'Clock the Senior Class assembled in 'front.'
of Uoiworthy Hail. THIS time dressed IN Old clothes and
prepared the rOughantumDe exercises at the tree.
Headed BY the band they first marched around the yard
piping before each building and cheering IL With the
Harvard " Rahw Meantime. the under CIlssmcD had |
entered the square surrounding the tree and I seated
themselves in opposite corners on tho SrSs oeats "
accommodate several thousand spectators had been
three sides OF the square Tor the friends OF TIE
class. Every one OF these was e chiefly by tho ladies
The Freshmen aud Sophomore classes, seated opposite
other occupied the time cheering for themselves
and hootlng at each other When tho seniors inferred
they ceered 10y each class in turn aud then recl
rOcdted By Cheering the undercissien, the ire Hdtf
Dr. Peabody tue faculty. the prOctOrs, &c The class
IDu SNnOrn aitcr winch thr