The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-23
4 LOT OF JOLLY HORSES.
Class Day Exercises Attended by Fully
 2,6O0 Persons-A Gay Scene.

amphitheater on the campus, between Lyceum and Old Chapel with a seat Ing capacity of over 2,500, began to fill up with friends and relatives of the members of the senior class, and from that time on until about o'clock there was perfect crush at the entrance in the northwest corner of the enclosure. Bright -colOred dresses were every where, and by ? o'clock every available seat was occupied. From the windows of the surrounding dormitories. which were filled with spectators, a scene of rare beauty was presented. A beaut- ful combination of color was made by the bright summer dresses, parasols and hundreds of waving fans, and one could almost imagine that he was a spectator at a Roman circus.
 At o'clock the senior class, headed by the Second regiment band, formed Tn line Tn front of Lyceum and marched out around North into the amphithea- ter At the head of the class walked l.. r. Sheldon, eX-Captain of the ath- letic team of Rutland, Vt., carving a magnificent large '96 banner, the cor ners being held up by Charles F. Spell iAiN''A lA. Longhran of Kingston, N. Y. The cas- marched into the enclosure and took seats on the benches which had been placed for them, while the band took up its station on platform erected for 1t at the northwest corner of Lyceum AS soon as the seniors were seated the long -stemmed clay pipes, which have become a feature of class day exercis- eS, were passed around and soon after pails full of tobacco. Soon the air was filled with clouds of smoke and the sen iors managed to secure enough pipes to present one to each of their lady friends, so that before the exercises were over nearly every lady present was the possessor of one of the eX- tremely long -stemmed Henry Clays,' which will probably be tied with blue ribbon and cherished as souvenirs of the occasion.
 The first history read was that by H. J. Fisher of New York city Of Chaun- cey w. Wells, a we'll known and pop ular member of the class, MT. Fisher said:
 Now for Wells, Our Chauncey.' Hon. c. M. Depew has sometimes re-
  flee seekers, but in justice to our orig inal refute the spurious production. From this wondrous cranium thoughts slip forth in burning words like so many Uniformed Minervals issuing mid flame and splendor from loves head. Chauncey is not lazy, but was, unfortunately, born tired. To this chronic disease was due the fact that after writing and destroying two pages on the Townsend he obtained an ex- cuse from the dean on account of over work"
 c. S. Day, jr., of New York city, read the next history, and some of his "cracks' at members of the class were as follows: ...
 Gaseous George Smith, who is the next largest animal to an elephant, re- gently took part in a theatrical per formance and the newspaper critics were unanimous in declaring that his magnificent physique made wonder fully effective stage setting. The next fat man is Robert Kelly, jr., the pride of the Yale commons and the grand son of Prof. Ben Silliman, with whose statue he exchanges many friendly greetings"
 Howard Peck is our musical genius This sable-haired Paderewski, who lightly plays himself to sleep, is a very talon-ted man, probably from the con- stant use of his claws. We shall prob ably find Howard at triennial installed as professor at Polis.'
 "'Smoke Eagles career at Yale has been one long grand bluff, Is there a man present who has never heard Eagle snap his fingers and say, Aha! Just lend me your bicycle-or book, or digest or a dime?' His rock-bound turret in Welch overfows with plumber which the lawful owners will never be able to recover You sec the trouble is that Smoke is so very anxious to do the right thing, and if you happen to be the right thing he is sure to do you There is only one man in the class who could room with Eagle, and that is Neil Mallon This is partly because Mallon doesn't own anything"
 Ward Cheney of South Manchester, Conn.,, was the next to read his history, and some of his jokes on his class mates were very good. On Fred Coon ley he said:
 
 man who has done newspaper work in college and who has a nerve and flow of words which have brought him great success in his work. He is also an oarsman, and so he uses the press for the benefit of his athletic reputation. Here is an extract of an article gen. erally believed to be written by him: Fred Coonley, the coming oarsman. He has shown great improvement this year. has beautiful build and is a good, clean oar. He will doubtless ob- tain a position in the boat Suffice to say that the crew has gone to Henley and Fred is with us to-day"
 The following good one was given on Gaines:
 There was a time when there ex- isted the strongest friendship between Ed Davis and Fred Gaines, but, sad to relate, those happy days are gone, and now they never speak as they pass by, It happened in this way: Gaines had gone to Stamford to see a fair friend, and with him he had just enough mon ey to pay his car fare. In the midst of his call he received telegram of twen- ty words, C. o. D. It was from Davis and was filled with messages of love to the girl and advice to Gaines to re- turn soon. The unfortunate Gaines had to pay for the telegram, after which he was so angry that he passed a mis- erable evening and had to borrow