Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-23
OPINIONS OF THE SENIORS.

OPINIONS OF THE SENIORS. What They Think About Themselves,
 the Faculty and the University-Pro.
 lessor Wheeler the Best Tencher-
 The Tribune the Most Popular Pa
 Per-Why They Came to College
 Franklin in . Plug Hat-Billy
 Wright tho Homeliest Man-Mc
 Clung the Most Popular Man-In
 After Life.
 The class book for '92 will be put on sale at the Coop. this morning. The one of last year, got out by MT. J. Q. Tilson, was by far the best one that has been got out, but in little artistic points Ar. 0. J. Bart 1 1ett's book is the better of the two. The 1 book has Q specially engraved cover in blue and black. It has 130 pages of sta tistics, curious and otherwise, and funny cracks on the members of the class. The book is sold for 90 cents.
 The empire state loses the honor which 1t has held for the past three years of be- ing the birthplace of the largest number of students in the graduating class. Con- necticut has forty-three members to New Yorks forty-two. Massachusetts is third with sixteen, and Illinois fourth with ten. New Jersey is the birthplace of nine and Pennsylvania and Ohio seven each. Fifty of the class men live in Connecti- cut and forty-fve in New York. New York city has thirteen in the class, New Haven II. Hartford and Brooklyn nine the cities of Cincinnati and Plainfeld, N. J.
 Of the progenitors of the class, twenty seven are lawyers, seventeen are clergy men, seventeen manufacturers, fourteen
 are farmers, eleven are merchants, seven l are doctors, five are bankers, four are pub l fishers, four are in the insurance business, l three are brokers, three are teachers, three l are mechanics and two are jewellers l Pierre Jay has the shortest name and l Ingersoll the longest. It is rather ouri- ous fact that no person by the name os
 Smith has ever been connected with the
 class. The explanation suggested is that
 '91 exhausted the immediate supply.
 MT. Hugh A. Bayae, who writes the his-
 tory of his freshman year, calls it 8 come
 dy of errors. "Our theater programs, the
 largest class tbat ever entered Yale' On
 the first morning we paid attention to
 Prexy's prayer for the first and last time,
 and did the accustomed amount of joining
 the seniors in their bow. The moro enthu-
 sisstio read the Laws of Yale College and
 discovered that we were forbidden
 Gro Contract Matrimony,',
 "to fight duels, ''to wear female attire"
 and to commit other venial sins which
 weak human nature makes students liable
 to.
 MT. Edward Boltwood says, "to call first : year men in college freshmen is the height of absurdity. The freshest men in college are the sophomores, and '92 was 8
 stricking example. We were very careful to smoke pipes on Chapel street; we sat on 3 the fence as much as we could and gazsd with disdain on the rest of the university. So manifestly superior were we in the rush . that even the News, that unfailing partisan @ l of the freshmen, in its report of this an : nual fixture, was forced to the announce s ment that neither side gained any advan-
 tage."
 @ Bosley and Price, in a more aedste vein, F. tell of the increased honors and dignities
 of junior and senior years. }. Andover prepared 22 men, Hartford Y high school Il, St. Paul's 10, Hopkins el grammar school 8, Exeter 1, Hillhouse y high school and Norwich free academy a each. In all sixty-three different fitting '' schools are represented.
 E. Marshall, Moves, Reynolds. Seymour d Stocking and Wilson were valecdiotoriant s. in preparatory schools, and Allen, Arm , I T m Day, Jay c. Morris, Otis and Sears were o salutatorians.
 Iv The reasons for coming to college ar, of Ito get an education, ," father sent me, , is "because am so fond of study" "fathe a did not know of any better way to get rit of me-" and
 . Gro Avoid Premature work.o .. Among the reasons for choosing Val
 are: "Because Yale's father and my great
 great-great grandfather arc one and tn ., same man, and I never go back on poo n relations" Ito meet P. Brown and Hotch
 kiss"
 lg Eighty-fve men found senior year tn h easiest, fifty-two the junior, fifteen sopho more year, and twelve freshman year 'i Sixty-fve men think the sophomore yea 8. the hardest, sixty worked hardest in fresh st man year, fifteen in junior, and eightee, 10 in senior.
 Professor Wheeler is voted of the pres III ent instructors the hardest man to recit v. to, with Professor Richards close second r. Professors Smith, Beers and A. W.Wrigh
 lead as the easiest instructors Professo d H. P. Wright gets seventy y-eight votes . Il, the most popular instructor, Professo d. Wheeler comes next with twenty-five, an D. Professor Reynolds third with fourteen. a Ninety-two is the first class for a nun IT her of years that has not voted Professo 9d Phillips
 of The Best Teacher. i- Professor Wheeler gets 52 votes, Profei Ia Ia sor Phillips 29, Professor Dana 19, Profel , m sor Sumner 13. Professor Reynolds 7. N,
 Abbott gets 31 votes as the most popula
 tutor, MT. Taft 30, MT. E. Moore 20, MI ,t- Gruener Il.
 About the marking system the followin ill are the expressions of opinion: "Tsnds t in check originality of thought and study, " suggestion of Beelzebub to destroy goo
 work"
 st. One hundred think the elective syster a ought to be extended. Psychology gets 4
 votes as the hardest required subject ggn Physics is voted the most valuable subiec ''' by 60 men. The easiest elective is Law, ,sa ed 25 men. Physics is the easiest required, a m it gets 25 votes to Latin 20 and Optics 1:
 The most valuable college publication !e- according to 79 mon is the News, ,32 vote fo 'S the Lit. One of the editors of the Couran .d voted for it, Shaw thinks the "Bulletin IT, alone has any value. The Record ia vote
 the best bi-weekly by 106 votes with tn a. Courant close second with votes. On 'a 'lr of the reasons for this is that "the Recor e' has more Life in 1t, fit gives mental train CT jofes."
 d. The Tribune gets 84 votes as the bes o- New York daily. The Herald gets 34 an, pn the Sun 10. The Register is voted tn lis most popular New Haven paper. w Dickens and Thackersy are equall U voted the most favorite authors followe, n. in the order named by Scott, Shakespeare or George Elliott, Kingsley, Hugo and Addi to son. (chestnuts). Professor Lsdd an, bee Boltwood get one vote apiece. One funn,
 man votes for his pocketbook as the fs ad vorite book.
 rt- The characters most admired in histor, rs hs are: Napoleon by 30 men, Washington ant sh Lincoln each by 16, Caesar by 8, an,
 Cromwell by 5. D. The interest in Bible study has survived m m the departure of Professor Harper, wh, k. was mainly instrumental in arousing 1t st The church members of the class numbe y' 123.
 st The average age of the class on com he mencement day, June 20, 1899, will b. is % years, months, 27 days. h1 he The Class Birthday if was, therefore, November 9. 1869. Tn
 oldest man is 30 years, month old, th ed youngest 19 years, 10 months. Seventee, IF. men are over 25 years of age, and unde aadd ad 20. The average weight on entering wa