Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-08
lECENoRE'S FUNERAL PYRE.
The Annual Jubilee of SoIU,ni,ia.s
Sophomore Class.
New l.rk Time,

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The hoaldrr> on the benches in Madi-
son square, the loungrr> who had deco
rated the front of the Fifth Avenue hotel
the pr0mcnadrrs ~ Broadway and
Iwcniy-third street. ihr diners in Del
m"nlc"S and the Brunswick. and all the
residents in that locality were startled
10y flrndl>h yell which cmanat"d from
the vicinity of the Worth monument and
reinforced by other ficnd>h wells. was
echoed and rc-cchocd i'll il hidcouS volume
of sound, a> If all the eats i'll New York
were Ill convention assembled and had
simultaneously expressed their diSappro-
baton Of ii movement for the encourage
mrnt OF spikes on back fences
The Mortified popuiacc. preceded by a
squad of policemen. rushed to the spot
and discovered what appeared to bc ii
gang ol ru!lanS attircd iii white hats and
long white garments, which We're at first
thought To be night dresses In their
midst they held an unrcSiSting figure,
which also Wore Il white hat. and like
Wis., Sprctacles, and an agonizcd express
sion of c"untcnance. y great pile of
Roman candles was on the sidewalk, and
a sad-eycd lamp rrpo>rd near. As soon
as the first policeman had collared "A
small boy i'll the vicinity the gang
shrillcd another deafcning peal:
Hip, nip, hooray. Hip, hip, hooray,
Columbia" And the gaping crowd
realized that they of the lungs were none
else than the SophomorcS of Columbia
college. who were come forth To ccle-
bratc their victory over Lryrndre, the
brain-tanglcr, with triumphant demon
stratlon, and some of the spectators pro
posed to recognize in the figure in their
midst with the agOnizrd SpectaclcS, an
ctligy of the professor of mathematics.
There were oyer 100 of the visitors,
and each one Wore a white hat. whercon.
in contempt of Lcgcndre, unSolvcd ealla-
tiOns were inscribed, one of which read
that the square root of sin equaled the
fourth peer of happiness. There were
other hlrroglyphicS, upon the hats ?nd
gowns, and the spectators. as they yazcd
upon the youths, realized as they never
had before he elcvating influence Of edu-
cation. while the cabmen forgot to look
for fares in their absorption of guying
the hats.
Soon after 10 o'clock squad of po-
liccmcn headed a glittcring brass band
up Fifth avenue, and behind them
marched the victorious students, bearing
the etligy aloft from an open carriage.
upon whose seat stood the mild-eyed
Sacriticial lamb, which, being only wood
and cotton, did not quail at the tremen-
douS din that ragged about. Each
of the vict0rs carried an armful of
Roman candles. which they set off as
they walked, and the procession wendcd
up the avenue i'll Il blaze of glory, while
from the windows on both sides of the
thoroughfarc gay maidcnS waved hand
kcrchlcfS and pillow cases, and theiI
brothers fired rockets and candles. All
the doorStepS and windows along the
street were filled with enthusiastic shout
ers of both sexes, and the entire Union
League club hooted encouragement from
the windows.
There were solemn and imposing ccrc-
monies when the campus of Columbia
was reached, and the cfligy WAS burned
while the victors danced and shouted
and sang as the flames consumed the
sad-eycd figure and the mild-cycd lamb.
After that the triumphal students re
sorted To Il concert garden and created a
beer famine in the neiyhborhood, and n
few this morning are bemoaning an ap.
parent ShrunkcnneSS of the hat band