The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-22
THE JUNIOR PROMENADE
MOST Largely ATTENDED OF ANY
"PROM" IN YEARS.


The Decorations of the Armory Were High
Glass and Very Artistic-A Grand Scene
of Gayety Presented--Over Five Hundred
Couples in the Dances-some of Those
Who Were There-well Known Society
People.
The great event of prom week, the
great social event of the college year,
and the great social event of the
four years course at Yale, the an
nual Junior promenade, came off last
evening with a slightly larger attend
ance than the promenade Of last year.
The last bevy of prom. girls, chape-
rones, fond mammas and proud papas
arrived yesterday and the vicinity Of
Osborn hall and New Haven house cor
ners with the long lines of waiting
carriages and great numbers of hand
some girls and happy youths in swell
costumes, caused the eyes of the ver-
dant freshmen to open in wonder as he
surveyed these forerunners of the great
prom. on the likes of which his youth
ful eyes had not previously rested. The
campus was visited yesterday by large
numbers of the prom. week visitors, by
whom the points of interest on the CAM
pus were evidently much admired
Teas were held in several dormitory
rooms, and numerous calls on friends
in campus rooms Were made.
The armory was as usual decorated
in an especially elegant style by Cham
pion, the prepondering colors being pale
yellow and white. The colors were
draped across overhead, completely
shutting off a view Of the Tnsightly
iron rods and stringers of the roof.
This bunting was, tastefully arranged
in huge squares, the edge of each being
trimmed with a frill Of pale yellow.
The colors were also trained along the
walls and at the back of each box on
the main floor We're tastefully draped
in an artistic design. AS one entered
the main front door of the armory
he came at once upon large banks of
palms in the corridor, and passing on
a scene of rare and dazzling beauty
met his eyes. At each side Of the en-
trance to the main floor were placed
large heads Of southern pine. Around
each box was trained wild smilax, the
same green being looped across under
the canopy Of bunting overhead. At
the back of the hall where the tempo
rary stairs were erected, leading to the
stags' gallery, the decoration was par
ticularly fine The stairs were COM
pletely hidden in palm leaves banked
up their sides. A unique feature of the
overhead decoration was a quantity of
Florida moss such as cover the live oak
trees In that state intertwined with the
wild smilax The palms, moss and pine
were ordered from southern Georgia
by Champion especially for this occa-
sion. They have never before been used
as decorations in this city, but are
very much "the thing in swell decora-
ticns at New York society functions.
The boxes were ranged around the
sides of the ar1nory, each one being en-
closed by "a low railing, and carpeted
with elegant Turkish rugs, while divans
and easy chairs gave a deliciously COM
Portable look especially pleasing after
a fatiguing dance.
Among the box furnishings large blue
pillows and others such as usually
found in students rooms, embroidered
in Yale insignia and class numerals,
played conspicuous part and added
greatly TO the beauty of the boxes.
Among the cushions were noticed sew
everal bearing the embroidered inscrip-
tion Harrington" attesting to the fact
of admirers in that famous boarding
school.
At the back of the hall and under the
stags' gallery was the large box occu-
pied by the patronesses, while about
midway down the hall were two music
stands, one on each side of the room
facing each other.
The grand march was started at 9:45,
led by the floor manager, Elisha Ely
Garrison, and Miss Whitney of this city.
Fully five hundred couples were on the
floor.
Boxes 81, 90 and 20 were occupied by
the prom committee and the patroness-
es-Mrs. McKim, Mrs. Wolcott, Mrs.
Hotchkiss, Mrs G. B. Farnam, Mrs.
Sage, Mrs. Garrison and Mrs. Perrin.
Among those noticed in the other boxes
were:
President Dwight and Mrs. Dwight,
Mrs. Henderson, Miss Skinner Miss Coy
of Lakeville, Mrs. Hooker, Miss Van
Name, w. J. Ferry, Charles F. North,
Mr.. Spalding, Miss Caroline Bassett,
Miss May Duey of New Haven, Miss
Spalding of Paterson, N. j.. Mrs. s. S.
Adams of this city, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Farnam, Mrs. Coffin of New York, Miss
Sloane and Miss Wyckoff of New York,
Richard F. Ely, Mrs. Ely, Miss Ely of
New York, Walter L. Goodwin, Samuel
Babcock of New York, A. D. Pardee, H.
S. Grove, jr., Mrs. H. S. Grove, Miss E.
Wood Miss Stokesbury of Germantown,
Pa, B. w. Kountze, A. F. KountZe, H.
D. Kountze, L. L. Kountze, Mrs. Luther
Kountze, Mrs. Duer, Miss Kountze, Miss
Coffin, Miss Clarkson, Miss Duer, all of
New York; A. w. Lawrence of New
York, Philip Van Ingen, G. Fl. Roun-
tree of Brooklyn, H. NJ. Keator of
Springfield, Miss Bates of Washington,
Miss Lawrence of New York, Miss Chris
ty, Miss Hutchinson of Brooklyn, F. P.
Garvan and e. J. Garvan of Hartford,
s. NJ Hammond of Torrington, Conn,
NJ. s. Sherwood of Pocantico Hills, New
York, Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Murray, Miss
Meakim, of New York, Mrs. A. G. Sher-
wood of Pocantico Hills, Miss Blossom
Rogers of New York, Mrs. Horace G.
Hopkins of Buffalo, n. Y, Miss Anna
Munson, Miss Perrin of New Haven,
c. F. Mosle, Mason Young, Mancell
Clark Mrs. AIneS, J. H Winterbotham.