New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-02
CLASS DAY ExERCISEs Ar COL UMBIA
DETAILING THE HISTORY OF FOUR YEARS STUDY
TIE PROPHECY AND THE SOUVENIRS.

DETAILING THE HISTORY OF -FOUR YEARS STUDY
THE PROPHECY AND TIE SOUVENIRS.
The class day exercises of Columbia College
were held yesterday Afternoon IN me eo, new
The" sunshine. which looked in through the
lofty Gothic windows on the west, found congenal
occupation in an impartial filtration with tho gor-
coous bonnes and hats of not less than half thou
sand young ladies. To be sure some OF these ladies'
were mothers. with a possible grandmother here
and there but the object which had taken them
there made their faces as young and fair as the
faces OF the dozens of sisters and scores OF sweet
hearts. an -,
As the orchestra played the overture TO Tampa"
sixty-thrce young men marched in, in double fle
and took seats around the platform reserved for the
grave and more or less reverend seniors. AT the
door invited guests and visitors were handed
aesthetic programmes on parchment paper, with the
red seal of Columbia IN the corner, ued with
blue-the color of the class of 's3-and printed In
male blue ink. Devereux Emmett. the chairman,
made an address of welcome. in which he said some
pleasant things about the bright side of life and
incidentally some no less pleasant things about the
new library building From the class historyi
by A. n. w. Jackson. 1t was learned
that the class. which is the largest
graduated since 1867 started with % members,
This number has been reduced by death and other
causes TO 90. or these one is Seryian one Is from
Ireland. one from Canada and 40 from New York.
The oldest is 3d. the youngest nearly H. and the
average age 81 years o months. The average
weight is AZ pounds The aggregate altitude of
the class would carry he head Of the
tonmost man 102 feet above Trinity
Church spire the taest man is feet pig inches
the shortest 3 feet 4I2 inches, AID the average
bcight is feet inches. Politically majority of
tine cass are Republicans reliP iously they are
decidedly mixed. Onc-lrf the class are smokers
and the horrible admission was uibushingly made
that 20 Of them play on Instruments; 10 are
athietes-one of these having confined his
EXERCISE TO running for the elevator.
The result of the personal popularity of tho faculty
reduced to the test OF class vote, was received
with violent demonstrations OF delight. Mr.. Case
was elected the checklist man and Mr. Jackson the
M H. L. satterlecs class poem was in smooth
and easy-hOwing numbers, but was
given under the disadvantage of
Constant interruptions and intermittent COMPETE
tion with the near by aud unDoetiealy boisterous
switch engine in the yards of the NewYOrk Gem
fraI Railway. Incidentally the poem spoke Of CO.
education AZ still far distant. The poet was re-
warded with big basket of flowers
IA great university must be In great city," said
H. I. Walther the class orator. " In Europe tho
universities In the larger capitals have outstrpped
the older universities in the provinces. As New
York IA the GREATEST city OF the continent, so the
university OF Columbia will be the greatest III
America While Columbia Is not insensble to the
charms of lovely woman, coeducation WAS entirely
incompnrible in the speakers opiuion. with the
hest results. But" no gracionsly added. Column
bia does not deprecato tho higher education OF
womanp In conclusion he quoted from professor
the comfortable sentiment that the class Of 'S3 Is
q class OF gentlemen -
Great fun was created by A. X. Zabriskees proph-
ecv which hOnored each member OF the class with
at least one pun OH his name and the exposure OF
some escapade during the four years Hilarious
good bumor accompanied the presentations OF In
Qenious toys and impossible bric-a-brac by j. X.
bangs the professional end imam Of che class.
After this long pipes smoked and the end cam
In the melodous form OF singing the class ODE