The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-21
YALE'S GREAT SOCIAL WEEK
THE ANNUAL VISIT OF THE PROM
 GIRL AT NEW HAVEN.

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 Many Teas to be Held This Afternoon-
 Glee Club Concert and Germans Tonight.
 Another year has rolled around and Yale's great social week has again come, bringing with 1t gaiety and fes- tlvity without measure. It is in this week that most Yale men reach the zenith of their college existence, Fresh man and sophomore years are paths which lead to the prom" and the re- mainder of the junior year and senior year are but the sunset glories of the 'prom.s" monday radiance. In this mid-winter festival friends and rela- lives and sweethearts gather together for few days of pleasure which is the principal anticipation with nearly every Yale man for months previous. So 1t is not strange that there is tactt relaxation of the strict round of college duties and that all who are able are bldden to make merry according to the custom which has we'll nigh become a tradition at Yale.
 The rumor is going around that the prom" this year will not equal those of former years, as regards numbers, and a senior who is said to know about such matters says that only seventeen men in the class of '95 will take girls to the prom" It is said that this fall ing off in numbers is due to the hard times. The hotels and boarding houses confirm this opinion that the dancers at the '96 prom" will not waltz on a crowded floor, which has been one of the disagreeable features of former years.
 The bevy of pretty girls that are in town for the week made it's first ap- pearance at the service in Battell chapel yesterday morning. The galleries were filled with an assemblage which att tracted to it the eyes of all the students from the senior, who boasts of dignity, to the freshman, whose chief virtue should be humility. There will in all probability be a somewhat similar per formance at chapel this morning, when the bevy will be present en force to see the dignified seniors bow to the pres ident This bow, by the way, is one of the much observed and much beloved traditional customs of Yale, and no prom" girl should miss 1t, but the bevy up in the gallery should not become em- barrassed If it is subjected to a pro- longed stare from the occupants of the seats down below, who will probably not be able to keep their faces turned toward the choir during the chant and the hymn.
 After the girls have all been to morn ing prayers their student friends will show them some of their favorite haunts in the reference library, and Dwight hall, with perhaps a peep at the solemn faces looking down from the walls of grim old Alumni hall. In this way the morning will be spent, and the afternoon will bring with it host of teas. For those who will attend the senior german there will be reception at the University club from until o'clock. For those who are to dance in the sophomore german Mrs. Godfrey Dnnscombe, 324 Prospect street, will give tea from 3:30 o'clock until 5:30 o'clock.
 These will be the two big receptions of the afternoon and they will serve to introduce those who are to take part in the senior and sophomore germans which will be held immediately after the concert of the Glee and Banjo clubs at the Hyperion this evening. But while these two big receptions are going on there will be a number of small teas given in the different dormitories on the campus by sophomores and seniors who are going to the germans in the evening. The concert at the Hyperion will begin at o'clock and as soon as possible after this the germans will commence.
 The senior german will be held in Alumni hall and will be led by F. B. Harrison of New York city, a son of Mrs. Burton Harrison, the authoress. About fifty couples will take part. The sophomore german will be led by c. E. Heffelfinger, brother of Yale's famous football guard. While these germans are in progress there will be the usual informal dance at the New Haven house for those who do not take part in the germans.
 Tomorrow there will be more sight seeing and teas, the principal event of the afternoon bein @ tea given by Mrs. Sherman F. Foote, No. 19 Howe street, for those who will attend the junior german in Alumni hall in the evening. The german will be led by Anson Phelps Stokes, jr, of New York city. The patronesses will be! Mrs. Jonathan Thorne and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes of New York, Mrs Eli Whitney jr., Mrs. William w. Farnam and Mrs. Godfrey Dunscombe of New Haven. Upwards of seventy couples will take part in the german.
 Wednesday is the last day of festivi- ties, which conclude with the prome- i made in the evening. The afternoon will | be taken up with round of recep- | tions which almost all the prom" guests, especially those from out of | town, will attend. The annual recep- | tion of the Book and Snake society of 1 the Scientific school will take place at | the Cloister, in Grove street, from until o'clock. Chi Delta Theta, an other Shelf" society, which was for merly located at 206 Grown street, will receive at the same hours at their new house, No. 43 College street, for merly the home of Delta Psi, which is now building a lodge house in College street, near Wall. Berzelius, still an- other secret order of the scientific de- Dartr1e will entertain their "DrOnn "