, 1879-06-29
This Is not, and does not pretend to be; very.

|. This Is not, and does not pretend to be, vary
ambitious verse, but ii has 4 touch and 60, and
tic poem itself lad a:merrv sudacty which
rightly belongs to tl.est 'Pinafore" days. The
applause which followed, it., as the speaker
wound up with stridept aliusion.: to past deeds
;4nd miseeeds anu future prowess, showed the
appreciation OF the hearers. The second change
/ in the programme was what Ia known az the
| IVY oration+ This Grafton has formerly been
| delivered at the planting of an Ivy, but as the
ivy persistently gives up the ghost before the
term comes round. the little farce OF planting It
was given over, a,lu the orator made saEirfc
points upon this change, nnl discovered a pretty
sensible and acute perception In, reviewing tie
position OF r. ;: - . i: -,
:, >. 3, THE BuMp71ous STUDENT SO .''-::
i. who, upon leaving college, thinks the. great
world is his oyster, already opened, and waiting
for him to swallow, but finds eventually that this
oyster Ia simply waiting to swallow him.
The spreads, owing practically to the larseness
OF the class, wcre carried out very magnfhccnt-
o'clock tea in their tent The old custom OF
the Seniors appearing in absurd and battered
costumes at the grotesque farewell perform
ances about the fower-decked llberty-tree was
b1ed up and over each others best clothes IN
their rush for the posey trophies. at the enc
OF all, after the dancing in Memorial Hall,
there we're series Of illuminations, the last
Ut WHICH 6et LIE stuQenLS irautlc Will uelNuLt
for it was q reminder Of the most significant
Of al1 their student ways,--a representation OF
huge ribbon in crimson light with the jolly
"'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!" displayed three times
in ehangeatle fires, with monogram tn. the
centre containing the final 'Rah and '79!"'
Four days later Commeucement~Day puts
the climax to these celebrations. ~:
It is interesting to uotce that In the officers
of the day one finds at these Harvard celebra-
tions some OF the NOSE prominent OF the mature
efydf dfFtHc -rHf or S1 r. FHx.t
which Is ':'- e'...' .'-'.~'s
PECULIAR 70 HARVARD,
and is something Of the same spirit that brings
forward the same class. OF men on tue patriotic
holidays. It is certainly pot the lease at Brown
University, nor. indeed. at any other institution
that know Of. Tie officials, for instance, at
aids co tie Chief Marshal such men as Mr.: 3.
H. Ticknor, Samuel D. Warren. B.. W. Crown
ingshitld, and others OF the like maturity aud
importance IN the active business firms Of Bos
ton' ton It would be- curious to trace thoroughly
Of. unhagging Interest in the yearly re-
attributed to :, the Inherited spirit, i. but
there are causes bepcath this which
made Harvard worldwide in its fame. II is sig
nillcant TO-. note some Of the subjects OF the
graduating themes, In their practical, wide
awake bearing upon the present day: There
man Empire: '.The Bcacousde!d Diplomacy"
"The Commercial Agitation in England" were
prominent. !: '
-; =. =" : ONE YOUNG FELLOW - x -.
gave Boston rap In 6hrewd paper on ss Mod
eru IdolatrY Of Culture. ."> 1t was not the 1east
OF tile interest to watch the hqqry headed graft
yates who had such long: background Of e1-
DESPITE their assertions that they fully realized
their position Of youth, still thundered forth
their opinions upon Diplomacy, ETC., with sus-
ptcious confidence. THE twinkle In the older
ns Sn ths sw w.t. 1SneDs$e 5 Of gaases sa nSw
ono Of his. telling a points' and IL
formed the audience what Beacons-
field meant, or explained B!smarck's pulley, was
entirety kindly, though it said as plain as print,
s. We were all OF us just such bumprious young t
chaps once, and thought, as You do, that we had |
got to the bottom-line OF cyerYshn..'' /
Sir Edward Thornton, it is said, was. very |
much pleased with Cambridge and her famous |
college, and took his honorary degree Of Il. D..
With very hearty, appreciation OF the compli!
And SO the scventy-niners break up and depart /
with their g 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!" still lingering
Ioyfully in our ears
Concerning school exhibitions recently, must
give little item which is specially in order now.
have before told OF 49,. -
TIE ROW THAT SOME PEOPLE SAW FIT 70 MAKE
about the morality OF the children from the
schools performing Pinafore " at the theatre,
md, indeed, the papers have fully reported the
'ow. Well, the other day at one of the
chool exhibitions in one Of the suburb
rave Tor bis portion 6f the tss1erc1ses ), x'Pfh!
fore T." tpbfesehtataof! Reeneral' 4hHgH
ng round the circle OF the wicked ones, and the
Christian matrons have sent for Moody and
'anker to come back and preach to tile School
Committees and Educational Board: The sus-
'icion that Boston has been for some time going
0 the dogs or "Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore"
} now settled fact! But "As we SAIL as we
all " on our beloved craft, we wicked ones we
ind ourselves very comfortable, and send back
very jolly farewell to the minority crowd who
tand ankle deep in the mud OF prejudice, With
heir ears deaf to the siren strains Of Little But
'rcup, who is just now tuning her notes for the
ogs ofNewportx =" N. r.