New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-28
FOL SIIhH'S DAY AT VASSAR.
THE HOLIDAY in HONOR OF MATTHEW VAssARs
MEMORY.

THE HOLIDAY in HONOR OF MATTHEW VAssAR 5
MEMORY.
POUGHKEEpsIF, April 27.-This pleasant
home holiday in observance OF which the Vassar stu
dents year by year do honor to the memory OF Matthew
Vassar never lose lis zest and freshness Ilere
are i'll the COLLEGE WHO remember tine Founders
Day OF the Founders time-when an arch OF
evergreens surmounted the roadway, and lac, oil
unsuspecting was driven to the college gate
lodge and there was met and escorted to
the college building by long lines OF brightly dressed
students when, Ill the pleasant college chapel Ms
specces glsucd beneath the words OF the essyiSt or
the day. who would let him 60 until she had snow
cred bountifui number of pages of pretty adlecuves
upon his head These days getting far into the past
aud yet, somehow, the college which he founded does
forget Matthew vassar nor allow the celebration OF
his birthday to become stale insipd but keeps as
attractive as it can be made.
A misclevOus calendar attempted to play trlcK upon
the students this by causing the 29th 10 a upon
Sunday. For time it was feared that the celebration
would appointed for Saturday and the students wouid
lose their muclenoyed extra holiday; but the Faculty,
determining from experience that plenty OF holiday
was the best preventive of dull girl caused Friday to
be the Founders Day for all intcnts and purposes OF
ceebraion-a day which the students declared could not
have been improved on; for it gave them good
opportunity of getting tried with the satisfacln
tuouct that there days OF rest 10 follow DIS
appointed n the first attempt the Almanac ulso "a
aycnge itself by causing great deal OF Aprh ciOuu ana
shower TO mpgle with the sunshine OF the day. put All 10
no purpose Tnc students were bound TO enjoy thsl-
Nelvcs-aud did SO. -, -
Ii perhaps iuss well to admit that the chape ex
crcises at vassar generally looked upcn-inh TINS
without the slightest disregard Of their merit ana pleas
at nature-s least enjoyable part OF the entertain
ment furnished within her walls Both the 81 udchts an
their friends delight in the public days Tor t.lr social
peasurcs-the former taking taste OF the outer world
and the latter getting Initiated INTO tue enaIui
ing mysteries of college life. And SO IL was
tnis evening The address, OF Miss g. f. shep
pard us president Of the students Assertion |;
Miss IA. ID. Browns essay upon " Inc Nan, Matthew
Vassar;' a concerto played by Misses Rimsey ana
Logan ard Miss NJ Whipples essay upon The Philal-
thropy, Vassar College al ;hcse received que atten
lion and appreciativc applause but none received the
enthusiastic regard that accompanied the strains OF te
band az the students and their friends flied down the
corridors to partake OF little some
Thing to eat ana great deal OF something 10 taik
about And. above An things. when the music
sounded again i'll the dlnhg-iall-thc dinlhs-ian
Transformed with chairs and tables III an unknown
spot due attention" would not fathUm and apprccla
tive applause" could not express the ei ana Dcaclh
and depth satisfaction that showed Itself IN All III IN
ncr OF smiles and the most Unprecedented rapidly OF Ut
teance Several hundred guests attended the exercises
this evening and when they went away ut very late
hour heard to complain Of the treatment re