Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-06-19

md othsr heavy weights, In regard to the
Significance of this fence and its influence
upon Yale democracy. I shall not repeat.
Every man knows what the institution of
these few rails has meant for the friend
ships of this college. Guard them from
mutilation. Protect them from misuse.
See that everything that takes place here
Ii in line with tho best spirit of Americas
most American college.
Gentlemen, may your class always meet
here a. . unit forgetting all social divi-
between rich man and poor man In this
corner of the campus, but let the true
Bond of friendship for your class be based
simply upon f'Yale and 1917. We men of |
'9s "won't leavs the old -Homestead"-t
we'll simply move along Q little way and |
hand over this part with confidence to '97. |
ANsoN PHELPS Stokes, JR.
FENCE oRArIoN-BY THOMAS L. CLARK OF |
NEW ORLEANS.
Gentlemen of '96-My profoundest
apologies are due you In offering such q
questionable production as this IN return
for that glorious combination Of hard-sit-
ting and sentiment-the fence. Yet your
sympathy is assured me on your learning
of the shameful abuse of my freshman in
nocence by your orator in his offer to write
my version of you in return for one of '97
from me. That accepted Is painfully
evident from the misconstruction put upon
my words In the effort which you have
Just heard from your appreciation of the
parts in which he has spared my render
ing and from my reluctance to inflict on
you anything of his. Building fence
Grafton, like building a fence, require one
to rail, to stick to his post and to drive
nails of so-oslled wit. The sophomore
reasoning in one is generally sound and
the sound in this case has been heightened
by the use of hat as q speaking trumpet.
In receiving this "eubject of all faculty
threats" we violate the precedent of
'snsver looking gift horse In the mouth"
In prudent desire to test the strength of
these rails before sitting on them. For
when We remember their recent erection
for '96 and their forthcoming privilege of
holding '97 we own to misgivipgs in trust
ing to them at one fell swoop the enor-
| nous increase in weight of mind and
athletic matter. Not to deafen you with
the freshman trumpet, q good deal of this
weight is still in the rough, but with the
possibilities of friction We hope to make 1t
and the fence as 'smooth" as their senior
neighbors. But this like the last flight in
AS for '96 1t is a living enigma
which even itself has failed to solve
| and no one else cares to. At one time they
| gain fame with their fierce onslaught on
Bunnell and his strolling Thespians,, at an
other they are without the spirit or the
faculty to support baseball team. Not
that you cannot play baseball, gentlemen
of '96. Far from 1t being who should
cast such an insinuation- You can play
baseball, the basest kind of ball, and with
the assistance of your international band
/ In oy1kr, GrIo
hard to cheat the band"
| Your crew must have been a myth, for
on our arrival We found 1t mot even in
the same class as ours" Its fall in autumn
and failure to spring any surprises at the
late regatta emphasizes the fact that fate is
"crusl" On the contrary from yours. the
class is good-natured. for I may call '97
the class in spite of '95's being in college.
Even when greeted with loud cries of come
and take "the article In question" we re-
fused to take offense on such provocation
shaken for shining stars, and you have
J enough of them to run any number Of
} ornaments on q firm basis. Some greater
some lesser lights, but all light.
An exception proves the rule when one
| sees a small gray cloud appear over thu
horizon near the yacht club; 1t means NJ
light wind, in fact, "Georgs Zsbrikie,
l
dispenssble to that organization. One cal
hear them whistling for him across tn
harbor on every calm day. Talking abou
/ him even makes me fear infection, and /
| is difficult to wind up his case. But I ma
! add that there are others. 1t Is extremel
hard to get Hawes on Emory, so good, q
kind is he, though Jimmie" 'S4, is hi
: brother.
, One instance of bis large heartednes
7 will suffice. On being informed one da
7 by large posters that the Courant was out
, he Immediately inquired how muchs An
would have paid IL himself If anothe
| subscription. There's Tommy Pax" toe
who is or rather was your bow ideal
Rumors of Tommy standing in Thermo
pylae and stopping the ''litt1e pig grease
, | In blue" arc entirely unfoupded. Dug,
the poker iend, must have his dig. Rumo
! has that he is called the "Drawing Gard
since he never misses filing flush Il
spite of the close attention of the Who'll
. | table.
: But We slope to Italy at last and mus
? not let dago by without mentionin
: your children from that sunny cline. Til
"Signor Spinello" who ha sworna the ven
9 delta ze trot and "Gerry" I've seen on
recent occasion playa de org and dance
, gooda monk. Full of pathos it was to sc
t him thousands of miles from "zs patria,
yet happy with his homelike occupation
-, Every one wears sparkling "croas" bu
, you are afflicted with two, and very heav
3 ones. "Pop' is good in his way, but weigh
$ too much, through which he recent
Z swamped the Varsity boat.
3 Harry never travels without map o
Chapel street, and he and edgar tn
. Fusser" are always in evidence there. 1
l book is imminent from the pen of thes
two entitled "There are other things the
pass in the night" LOU" the giant Yer
mont maple, is to be transplanted ii
, English soil soon and will appear in take
! off on the broad jump:
for the light soubrette parts and stunts
3 although he is stunted very much already
} Your program is q varied one, and no
, the least interesting is your specta
, cular extravaganza entitled the "Fal
of Troy" Consisting of tam
, scene, a smile, one character and an under
} study. Troy Silvanus and "Con" exj04
ex-'95 has been engaged expressly for thi
production. Troy will introduce his smil
, and dis-orama of the spring regatta in &C
frat. Deacon Tom will usher, and by re
guest, during the intermisslon, will tel
? "How I made '97 pass the concert resolu
lions" "Mait" must not be forgotten, VIII
waited three years before entering Will
. writing an article for the "Lit." The haut
noblesse now intrude, the "Baron" an,
the Count are of the bluest blood. Tn
/ origin of their titles ia self-evident, sine
the one is barren of sense and the other o
} no account. The "Baron" Is the compose
of a waltz, which 10 achieving unbounde'
= popularity at Ssvin and Coney this spring
: The "Count" asked that his name be with
held as unfit for publication. Special sit
. tings will be given later to all who wish
in full. "Gussie," with an abundance o
, fine clothes, is often seen on the campu
, looking as fine as ''scheney" silk. Quit
t the contrary was "Chsrlie @. Hopkins at
, ter his coming of age party" but his blush
es must be spared. "David Stew" will ais
, blush If you ask him about the Hopkin
Grammar lot seance. But he doesn't IN
. derstand this himself, go must move on
t Another rumor asserts that our frien'
, "Clarence" Is bucktng the tiger at Ike's Il
preparation for next Thanksgiving. d
} may make the Tigers howl, but soto
and "Eliot," your brszsn throated, vii
: discount them in this line.
: ''Skim," "Billy B." and 't9 read"
3 | another hard combination to resist, prob
ably the only case on record of "Thre
= Is The