Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-29
ST. ELIHU,s GUESTS.

H1AAN ~ r OAAo~s L
Promenade week festivity is once again
fairly upon the students of Yale. For
weeks and months the arrangements and
for this great social event so
dear to the hearts of all Yale men have
been going on with various degrees OF &C.
tivity among the members of the univer-
city, and with the arrival of the long |
awaited wesk everything has taken on the
attire of gaiety and merriment. The jun |
Tors, who, by the way, have just been
struck dumb with smszsment by the pub
LEGATION of the junior appointments or
class room record for the past two and
half years, are taught that man is q social
being as we'll as an intellectual and polit-
ical being. And 90, in spite of the faculty
having disgorged itself at such an inoppor.
tune moment, the average student, exclu-
sive of the unsophisticated freshman, pro-
poses to lay aside for the time the duties
of intellectual attainment and give himself
up wholly to the social.
The girls commenced to arrive early on
Saturday, 80 that by evening there were
quite q number in town. The Cloister
club, perceiving its opportunity for distin-
gushing itself by giving the first enter-
tainment Of the prom season, gave very
enjoyable german to those who were fortu-
nate enough to arrive in town thus early.
The house was very prettily decorated with
palms, cut flowers and plants. Well of
New Haven furnished the music. The
favors for the ladies were silver toilet
dishes bearing the seal of the college and
the inscription "Cloister, January %,
1894" The patronesses were Mrs. A. J.
Dubois and Mrs. is Petit of New Haven.
Those present as guests were Miss Adee,
Miss Barnes, Miss Dinsmors, Mics Allen,
Miss Long, Miss Bliss, Miss Moore, Miss
Miss Williams, Miss High, Miss Tewks
bury. Miss Hazard, Miss Stephenson and
Mics Wheeler.
Yesterday morning Battell Chapel was
the objective point with the Prom. girl.
She had been fully instructed at p1 evious
time that public worship was held every
Sunday morning at 1890 o'clock, at whicn
all members of the college were required to
be in attendance under penalty OF cole ge
discipline. So she bestirred herself early
and was there at the appointed time. The
visitors galleries were crowded with her
and it ia no more than due to st. Elihu to
say that he was there in his best trim. The
man who usually arises when the bell b.
gins to toll and hastily slides into trowssrs,
sweater, rubber boots and overcost, had
apparently made an extra effort and was
seated with the preparation and gravity
bee omtng the occasion. True, his aide
chances in the direction of the gallery were
rather frequent and in some cases an en-
tire turning round was necessary, but
when the choir rose for the OPEN
ing chant perfect order was reg
tored. The chant seemed to have
an unaccustomed fervor. The hymn par
took of an additional note of praise, and
President D Wight's sermon seemed to have
special and peculiar force. His topic was
the parable of the rich young man, who IN
seeking after spiritual development sp-
pesled to Christ. asking what was yet
goods and give to the poor and follow me-"
o. words to that effect. Scripture records
that the young man went away sorrowful.
The lessons drawn by President Dwight
from this interesting Bible story were con-
| elusive and to the point. Many of the
| young men present must needs have felt q
| peculiar sympathy with the ycung man In
| the parable, for many of them have even
| sold and pledged their possessions for such
| airy trifles as cut flowers, carriages, dress
suits and the like. They are not sorrow-
| full now: nor will 1t be recorded that the
| girls went away sorrowfui. The Yale
| maps trouble comes later-after the ball
when the suave and gentlemanly repre-
| sentative of the local brakeman raps
| meekly at his chamber door.
But no thought of that dread time occu-
| pied his mind yesterday. The bright
! sunny afternoon was spent by him in show
| ing his guests the beauties of the campus
| in winter under six inches of snow, or in
| idly gszing out of tbs window of his apart
| ment in Lawrence or WEIGH at the fifteen
L iaS, Dali ,,,1a Lol
| at work cleaning the snow from the streets
| and piling it in immense heaps On the
| upper part of the green. Still others en-
joyed the excellent s,sighing and treated
| their guests to glimpse at the bssuties of
| New Ravens thoroughfarss. So the after
| noon wore awsy-a little YEARLY, perhaps,
| to the Chicago girl, should she have been
here.
| In the evening sociability waxsd warmer.
| The corridors of the New Haven house were
thronged with students, girls, mammss and
while in the drawing room you might have
| imagined that an afternoon tea was in
progress. Sunday seemed little bit more
natural to the Chicago girl this time. The
sight of the stiff looking row of churches
| down across the green was shut out by
barricades of portieres while the kindly
glow of tine Goals in the CRATE and the ami
| mated hum of the drawing room presented
1 VI u6I u1uu luuCu uUf6 CuGSIlu III aspect.
Someone asked, where are the 60 -eds'?"
No one seemed to know. The college
| world has heard nothing of them since the
| two Junior societies gave their joint play
last spring. The Co ed, while her name is
found in the catalogue, does not seem to
/ be included in that peculiar genus vari-
ously known as the Yale grip and the
| ''Prom grip. From the fact that she is
present at the university in stronger
force than last year, how she will be
represented at the prom week events Ia be-
ing watched with interest. It is not known
whether she has made all the arrangements
to bring her betrothed here for a week of
social enjoyment, but those who know say
that che is still found as usual in her ac-
customed haunts in some remote region
known as the References Library.
The real fun, however, begins this morn
ing with the first merry tsnkle from the
Lyceum tower. No compulsion ia needed
| to epjoln attendance at morning prayers
during prom week. Dark eyes and thrill
| ing glances prove a stronger motive than
| two marks. The faculty grant respite
| from certain of the college exercises, 60
| that the social req uirements of the week do
| not weigh too heavily on the overburdened
| studsnt.
TO-DAY's ENTERTAINMENTS.
nIb. ~ H. WILCOX WILL give q Tea EG Qef
home, 46 York square, from to o'clock
1 this afternoon for those who intend to be
present at the sophomore german in the
evening. There will also bs a reception
from st the University club, corner
of York and Chapel sire. ts.
This evening the annual winter concert
of the Glee and Banjo clubs will take place
at the Hyperion, and will b. the first for
msl event of prom week. The following
program will be rendered:
PART FIRST.
Banjo club
anna Mater ................. shepard
h00'n AGAR Whistle BY Mr. A soisy by Shepard
Good Night, Good Night. Beloved :fii:oUeh
PART SECOND.
"aNz-'Luolino" ;;:.:.:;:;......"...F 1nsochi
| q. Rail- 'Rah! 'Rah! Psi
Society songs b. 5o1,, G 3. K h :::
Mr.. solley, with harp accompaniment
,tei Ea,,t;
1' ~ Glee and Banjo clubs. ''''''
PART THIRD.
Banjo club.
a. inteser Vitae. ....,,,...
College songs b. We Meet AGAIN y.;m Y:,sn