New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-21
,GIT1yG DIZZY TIE FEYCEy

A UNIQUE CEREMONY AT YALE COLLEGE, WITH A
BRILLIANT sP1ECH BY SOPHOMORE BEoMLEY.
lTRoM AZ OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNEi
Ew-HAvLN. G lnn., June 2O.-On Wednesday
night the student, ebrlted that unique custom known
among them as giving away the fence" shortly he
fore the close OF tine academic year, each successive
Freshman class which until that time is debarTed from
the privilege allowed 10 sit upon the venerable college
Oflae years it has boen the custom to invest the
class with this privilege somewhat formally, and the
sOphOmore naturally enough, have charge OF the cere
mouy This year, Isaac Bromley ~ 81. OF Mr..
Isaac II. Bromley. Of THE NEwYORK TRIBUNE staff, de-
vered the address welcome, waicn interrupted
from time time by uprOarIOus applause Having been
hoisted upon a post. Bromley made the following re-
marks:
Gentlemen of the Glass Of SON behalf Of my class
mates and the faculty congratulate you ON having
reached the sophomore fence. IL marks q memorable
point your career aughterI Tor We ctase gvmg YOU
your studies Of Freshman year heeu supply
par you TO SIT gracefully on the Sophomore fence
tLaIghter.l Your victory over Harvard gave YOU an
opportunity for practice il the exercise % ire fence up
yonder. aud have been grsthed 10 observe that you
do II we'll Laughter 80 wen mat - hau Oeen re
marked by tire faculty aa seems TO % your osst hod
LausheT On this subject eSident Porter AZ recent
faculty meeting augher said, what IS thero more
becoming and ornamental TO fence 1nAn trsshn mi
'Ghe Cat laushtsrl the whole faculty came III on INC
chorus III is indeed tue cat Laughter aud chcersl
VoT Ia We Jonhfess found 0nt by TINS time that Inc
Tbey nave been Irtudiced against you ever since you
entered college. Laughterl Ihey said you were TOO
pushing although you did lot seem disposed 10 shove
any ana you knew much that they we're hall AFRAID
iishma1 on horseback the horse put ns hind foot
in the srrup they ready 10 say, " II you're going
10 get Oh III get or llAugnterJ And "hen We pro
posed giving the fence they vigorously opposed IT.
fGreat laugAte one professor Nhom VIII not name
said d" II you give en- zen on tle Ichcs thvS soon
have a mortgage on tho whoie college AnOIneF sald,
give I'm an ineh aIq they tSTc an Ia s GTea
laughter But we insisted that yon saoud
have the fence and they reluctantly yielded. l
NAV say you in confidence gentlemen, that YOU owe
nothing the faculty, but every thing 20 the class OF el
they wanted 10 tTe you out GLaughter.l As soon IS
they BEGAN ~ know you at the beginning OF FRESHMAN
and great and thstyou were liable AT any moment to
up and run tue college they said " rms class must
either totally suppressed or greatly tbinbeo OUT ana
the order gwen US Was decnnatnm dammum lSreat
laughter, winch being Latm you Wili understand
Out OF tenderness for You We nave ItlI4intI
from oGeyps tos Of 0f' yo tboeb gone
and got slowed their own account. lLaughter.l
Never forget gentlemen, You owe your lives 20 tine for
bearauco OF 81 aud whenever you meet an 81 man De
quick 10 SHOW your appreciation always remembering
that FOR the preservation Of human NE one schooner
OF lager II bat meagre and inadequate return iGTea
We had intended gentlemen before turning the fence
over to you TO yenCerec u IN rosewood and mahOg
any upholstered ~ saun Duit eanopts over ~ ',nd
Get loot rests IN mont But when We proposed II te
faculty secuted the idea They said; with such ears
fnev mace no objection except that they be put
inside the fence They said tue college authOlues had
on tue outside and ObsTuct the whole street. Great
langhterl Aud Of your own instructors suggested
Tie erection market rack with meat hooks 20 haug
YOU on by tue seat OF your trousers ILlugOterl
Disguised with such frivolous conduct we abandoned
the scheme. You, however at your own expense, can
do what you please with the fence except carry 1t on
And II yOu carry il away, take only the part between
Take the fence then. gentlemen Of ~ with
All its hOnOTs aud responsibilities. Don't whlttle IT,
Don't desert II. Always have sOmeOOdy on II. Laugh
Teri Sit on IL constantly and look pretty and try 10
reflect honor upon the class and credit upon the college
30 good well pretty. Don't boo5 at professions or
chan tue wayfarng man ILauZhter,l or Try TO sing
liza gnter FINALLY don't put your feet on the cushions
ana 10 nor spit on the The fence Is yours Rest
your brains upon It. lGreat laughter and sppanseI
To this jocose welcome Barclay johnson, OF 49, made
an appropriate response the ceremony Was al an end
and the Freshmen quietly took possession OF one OF the
most precious privileges OF their college course.