Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-01
THEIR FIRST YEAR.

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 Yale Freshanen Well Described by Keen Observant-GIad to Get Back Yale Now in Full Blo0m.
 The preliminaries are over and tn present college year formally opened. Tn
 bruised freshmen are now wrangling witl their Homer, Livy and graphic algebra. The, ' are generally honest-looking, hard-headed pious, countri6ed. studious, with hayseeds il ! their hair. Simple souls they are, punctually | at chapel, take immense interest in Y. N. O | A., look open .meuthed at the stylish seniorl
 and juniors and stroll down busy Chape street with their classmates from the same preparatory school. There is something in 6 freshman's soft hat, expression, boots and his general outfit that tells he is the innocent guileless "freshy." He writes home every week regularly to his anxious mother, who by return mail asks if he has enough to put on, with advice not to sit up late nights studying.
 These weekly tidings from home keep him straight" generally for the first few weeks, or possibly for the entire first term. The
 visit home during the Christmas vacation. although very enjoyable among his sisters
 and at the turkey dinner, lets him see upa- voidably and keenly the difference between
 the atmosphere of the cultivated and that of
 the uncultivated. The contrast is reyoltinp.
 he tries hard to bring himself down to the
 level of his former associates, but he is now a
 man of the world. He wishes to get back
 soon to the now-to-him dear old Yale.
 Of course this is the case of lad from
 backwoods town. The vision is different
 with son of the rich and the great. In go- ing home at Xmas he does not feel the social difference as his less fortunate classmats does yet the fact that he is now a member of the great university makes him conscious of him self among his well-dressed well-resd ac- quaintances. He finds lots to tell about foot ball, base ball and the coming promenade and race.
 Since the opening of the college the sopho- mores are trying to ''get on" the glee club. the orchestra and the banjo club, each sc- cording to his individual taste. The other day there was trial for voices of the candi- dates for the glee club. although nothing will be done till later in the direction of cullinp the men out. The juniors and seniors are busily employed in putting on their new suits. trying this and that style of collar, in order to report their return to their young lady ac- quaintances in the city. They are expecting an untold measure of enjoyment with them during the approaching winter.
 The saddest of all sad cases in the world is that of graduated man back for a post- graduate course. He presents the appear ance of man who has lost something very dear,-yes; he has passed the hearty, iovial period of his life he must direct his intellectual activity in a special chosen line of work, and feels bound to look grave and learned.
 Athletics are just beginning to boom up Japt. Oorbin trains his men in football play ng every afternoon, from o'clock to o'clock. Those who are interested in base ball, in- ,luding the last years men, are playing scrub 1 ,ames. And the tennis players are ef1oyine | heir incest season just now
 Ex-president Porter has returned fromeh ehis | continental trip, and settled in his room in | lawrence.