New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-19
CLASS DAY AT PRINCETON.
AROUND THE REVOLUTIONARY CANNON.
| GAY SCENES IN THE OLD COLLEGE TowN-A DAY
| OF SPORTS AND SPEECHES

GAY SCENES IN THE OLD COLLEGE ToWN-A DAY
OF SPORTS AND SPEECHES.
Princeton, N. j., juno 10 speciaD.-The festivities
of Princcton's famous commencement week Wero .o"
nucd to-day by the class day exercises OF the oias
of 1888. The members Of the class ITO In nuinpoi,
assembled at 10 10 In front OF old Nassau hah am
thence proceeded in procession to the FIRST Frc'!
terrain Church. where the natory exercises were hciu
E. c. wagcnhurst. master Of ceremonies. ueh'o'.
ashor sautatory Of welcome to the visitins ionuo
and alumni in behalf OF the graduating class. Inc
class orator James H. Pershing OF Pennsylvania was
next introduced and after his Grafton the class poem
WAS read BY T. G.. Drummond, Of NewJerscy. Ano
church exercises everybody then repaired 10 '
campus and gathered in front Of the steps Oh Noin
College, spot renowned since the days OF the he'ou
tion and dear in memories to every Princeton srsa
ate From tho steps, Walter A Wyckofi' OF inaia'
delivered the ivy oraton the ivy sprig from 'i''
Vernon was planted each member of the class Throw
ing in handful of dirt and stone. containing Class
and college documents. and suitably Inscribed was
placed in the wall above the Ivy. The College oiro
Club aftcrwafd enllvened the exercises by severai
college songs and glees. .
In the afternoon tho cannon exercises were ceo
brated. largo emphthoatrc with seating caPa0i',
of nearly 800, IS annually erected around an oiu
cannon which was one Of the British guns IN iho
battle of Princeton. The amphitheatre was pacAcu
and hundreds Of people besides could not gain al
entrance Hero the class history was read Dy
Thomas NJ Parrot, of Ohio the presentation orat'oh
Fl which some of the more noted characters OF Give to
class called up ngged with Jokes ana ,e,r cy
ppenss was delivered by j. Robert Church, OF Washhg
ton b. c. the future Of the class was Propheseu, s
William Nj Irvine, of Pennsylvania; T. n Mcea s1l
IT, Of NewJersey, was class censor After the Ti Of
pIes wcre passed for the class smoke crown VI
flowers was removed from tho cannon, each menus s
took his bouquet and the yacdctory Of the da NS
delivered by the class president g. E. scott OF new
York Ills was the most manly effort of the day, ana
in the Of his words he arGPpen ro menbers
college-A II. Clark, who died at the Thousand isles
at the end of sophomore year. and T. b. CraS' WIN lo
Gently died in Tallahassee. Fla ,
The annual CaledonIan Games for the class chsn
pionshp and the Peace Cup were held az noon, d a,
The games wero won as follows One hundred yards
dashKng, es, 10 IL sec putting the rccoyd
King, ;ss, 90 sec. running high lump-Minot os'
IT. one mile wak-ThOmpson' 5oS on mn si in.
onc SEs mile ,he rnnRoddy, oi, min 10 sec 100
yards hurile-Hirst, 90; two mile bicycle r acT
segur, 80; pole vau-Whte, 49, H. H. pVn' r,
King 'es, So IL sec. tug Of war-won by o9. ,ho
The Junior orators spoke in the evening , IN sne
First PRESBYTERIAN Church T the s spSaE judi
Rcgencration' william S. Chase, Ohio, Paternal
Government In Country. Robert Eliot , Speer:
Blair Mitchell New-Jersey, The Genesis of the Amer
lean Constitution; William James George, ONO
New-Jcrsey "Thc Influence Of Scientific Thought on
Literature and Robert Henry Life, New lofh.
"skcpticism The judges for the JUNIOR Sa.S:
Henry C. Pltncy. Ncw-Jersey: the Rev. Joshua II,
Rhoas ,r,S %a% Pqls Nall NS
Jersey: Professor George S. burroughs, Of Amherst;
and Professor T. W. Hunt, OF Princeton.