New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-19

seat in the pulpit lighted a cigar, looked clerical
and the fun began
The presiding officer opened the meeting by an
eXordium in a laughable medley, Latin and English,
which caused some mernment AT the end of the
eNordium the silver-tongued quartettc sang a song,
canned" for the occasion, the first and second
verses of which were:
Dlow ye TIE trumpet blow!
| The gladly solemn sound
Let all TIE Alumni know,
| The Jubilee Lei rs all shout
| Is mere again Tie glad refrain!
| Al old Yale, in orr day.
! Twas held uuier a SAM
But now, were pleased 10 say,
! Revised, reformed, Tie JuriIcc
| ItsbondaSe past Is free AT last
PRIZE TOPICS.
| brushing back The hair on his cid bald head the
Rev. DR.. Coles stated on behalf CT the faculty mat
the DeForeSt gold medal woali be awarded this
| year as usual. " II viii always be divided the
old gentleman continued, " for the faculty think
| $lG0 in the shape Of gold medal il too much
| money fer one man 10 fool away on women" Re-
ierriug to the unsatisfactory manner in which the
prize Is awarded he stated that two inlaig dice
! boxes had been prepared Iy the faculty. and were
/ now in tine treasury buliInC with which the sue
| csSStul speakers would hereafter shake for she
| medal" lie then announced amid gr,at laughter
the following SAB Tor the De Forest O7atiou this
! year The SUBJECTS which take OFT OF ire
kind OF subjects usually announced were then read
|
| = umni smiled heartily:
l. Illustrate anddennc the difference between the ora
lions OF DeInostheneS on The crown ana DorsLenor
| the stump.
| 2. The political nduence Of beer.
j. snow how Tar iac popular respCc; for the OLD oriho-
aOA lucas upon me subject .! capital punishment have
seen restored ~ the manufacture and sale Of oieoIr
stare at length how corrstiac1 eaigis emarllus
ANUS asHcdca4S IN me germ ttc ain refrigerator
Anayzc rue resr. why Pro-ai!cas was bound ia q
! q - e d . "a
Or. Coles thea, TesumlHs somewhat the uiuh'c-
| rens AND elasticity of ms youth. made the INTRO
| lows:
| Oflate years Tier, have been so many iasnuan1us
thrown ti!-j ti- liy OF the college o. which
EAfr Ot-l ole I' 'r1E afcfsr TO- "ua 'ild 10 no
way &, ltea'nto nr annual iHace y D." Alumni aud
tnric has bt-G such rapid la ing a1 80 i8- alJcul,-
upon those entertainments tAe part o. CO.,
AIaIn on taat "ro'uE;, tAat 40 she rrqgc- -
faculty II toe hope sEat 1y presence, iu my official
g.. a.. 80 '.-.. -, -. e., ''n
ap-aiIrt nom HffurUuHg IN oI tt4lu- aay ,ID.,ut
ar Wei aWa- tbs. som. Of Us as rlo5-ls ~ the
faculty have Jcrn ClIiett1rrI az ,olt urr.in-a. /
hEoT That m. self was tr. irtt o yogr gIu-eu, We
AMI poignant ts.rc y.Ir .s, years iual.r ] have
been s,,ey tlIcI b., IT, / .roic To- e. 2fe.ileut ..a
my gricF sAce. may say .ua. lave Utgj ..lu4sly
aad tHcnetL lay gray nai.s uerc brought IN sur.
60 the grave A. members oi the faculty m.Ye
thai yoH who nave been uonIislr'd ny us ia tnr
M-Ss OF kSi"isaSei you VINO have W us
ana beer from the came ke snppcI in tue saar uc.a
u unJer tlc Gins, The dcr Oa eas home II cater
,I "a ZANE ~; l, ia. i Wio 5vT bee t.lt !y
balls 81 lie bctre NuLaan ION cvoI a. snuo afat.d
boy apond laughing glr-tat you could Tins lne &it
US But tue past at ioar secure The faculty tue IL ~
thcugntiui deI"er"riun and 'nc meditation, have &C.
cepted ne DIef Oh yen committee ana are about, through
rue, as tner representative, 20 assume the mt
OF The Jn,.cc ana deihUnsitate 10 you h0T 10 cs-
Bc thankful tLen bcuLeuen OF the alalA 10. Inns .a
De qdtH 10 hHoH y"E appreciation u tIis favor Al
TSSs IcnfmD9Tins tAat lor The preservation OF tie
gre ana inadequate return.
TnE POEM" THE COTTAGE PULPIT"
st the conclusion OF ms remarks, which elected
round OF applause and caused several old cIa uatc5
to forget their aye and shout is th.ir excitement
Buiy" tic Rev. Dr. Coles announced a poem.
stating that it had been revised by tho faculty and
was now fit to be read" James f. Townsend. ~.
then read the poem, OF which the following are g.
tracts:
There be three things" the sage oiH1y Writ
HcnarEed which are 10" wonderful toriur;
Yea, four haf ne bee" spared m now 10 oil
With you at this 'ihanEsgIyur Jubilee
lie would have cried, The serpent on the rock,
"1he eagle ~ the ar aud AGw De goes;
"Ihe college palpit in DeImoaIco'si"
But here il is and so | ash You now
10 let your fancy DRIFT away with you;
Let tutOrs boxes line these sacred walls
And feel yourself On Il haTd-scatrd pew.
Often we hear how the holy sage Daniel
Sat by the wayside IN days " Old,
While the haughiy king OF the aStuie JfTH
Rode b. Ia his chariot % purple and gold.
How the willy king tried to trip the prophet
How the prophet al last was infuTiHicd,
And rose &c scnhe OF reiaFtce.
TIfE SERMON
The poem was we'll received and applauded cspec- |
tally the points about King Darius. Tne Inodora-
tor with smile that was chd-Se and bland. |
then announced missionary address by Frank !
jenkins, of the class Of 1874. Mr.. Jenkins found |
bis way to the platform, and after running bis
eagle eye over the crowd SAID
This is to me, my beloved hearers 10 truly an sion
OF IhahksgYing RETURNING e. you after absence Of
many yearsyers II toll and labor cheerfIy spent in
PIRATE time TO speak 70 yon sadec dear 10 me
and sincerely hope OF great Interest you all No
greater cause To- giving thanks suggests itself my
past few years have chosen therefore, as the subject
Its. slow bar steady GrOwth in tHe past II, bright
promise ana magnificent possibilities III future"
he1then Of this world for to most part among the be-
al shted safages OF Iartber AfIlca, where man
hs surroundings and associates are such that
his morning head rarely coDlpes him to tAink
Of last night; where w0inans work Is done when
she has broied for her ord the luscious rD o. tnc mis-
slonsrys rst-born aud made herself necklace Of It's
save the spicy odoT Of The forest and the De cay holds
the azure IN its rapturous embrace; where clear
rivers dow golden 70 .nhsie with ola mother
ocean, ana the stars Of night look down ppy homes
In Peaceiu villages; where the BLACK. and tail.
ana etr0ng ana the women graceful Venus fully
a. strong The men.
The speaker chen carried his audience from Africa
10 Greenland, and having returned TO New-YOf lie |
h1aly SUGGESTED IN persnadAg the missionary st.
)lety TO give hum another tFal in Africa. The mis-
,Ionary continued |
Upon arriving at my field OF labor 1 found that my
1alsh Was 70 DC ely OF hall million souls belutfuy
situated On inc hlFer H.lilo-a city In which no mis-.
onary had as yet Sc foot and where the people knew
IS nstle about America as observation-disclosures in
of ftipp Ia 1
our beloved country except Niagara Falls a0d the CA.
II 3d. There be IN their minds some c.nneo