The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
IS UPSIDE DOWN.
rRrMENDoUs CELEBRATION OF o0R-
GELL,S VICTORIES.
ne rrstn HrtnginE Home the Crews STOPPED
Outsiae the station. tho wen Fat on = Float
ana mauiea through the T~evs-Bieut. Gov.
woodruG,s Enthusiastic ConErntulntions.

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This would DO tho ~grandest celebration Ithaca
ever saw, and It was. Tho train containing Its
preoious freight, the crews that had rowed Cor
pell's shells to victory, the revered coach,
Charles Il. Courtney. and the shells themselves
arrived in Ithaca just at dusk. Its approach
was tho signal for a general hullabaloo, all tho
whistles in tho city, all the church and the
fro bells blowing and ringing a grand
welcome to Cornell's conquering heroes.
Tho train was stopped before reaching
the station and surrounded by thousands
of people who cheered tho city's guests to the
echo. The crew men and coach were then put
upon a largo float gaily decorated with Cornell
colors and American flags. Tho parade was
then begun over a long line OF march.
Two bands headed the procession, and behind
the bands came a body of Cornell alumni from
surrounding cities. Then came a thousand
ntudents and citizens pulling o rope
which was attached TO the float bear
ing the party for which the city was
being turned upside down. Every residence
along tho line OF march was brilliantly hlu-
minated. and each household was boun-
tifully supplied with red, white. ana
blue Ere, roman candles, and skyrock-
eta. not to count the various other kinds
OF freworks. such as frccrnckers. large and
pmall, and other devices made for the purpose
OF celebrating, so that along the line of march it
was a continuous zip, bang, nnd fizz.
It was n sight which will ever be
by those who saw 1t. A peculiar feature OF the
decorations and banners was the entire NIB
oonce Of any allusion to Yale. showing
that Cornell and tho Ithaca people forgot all
fancicd grievances and were simply welcoming
Cornell's crews. Heretofore banners Of all de-
scriptions relative to Yale have been much In
evidence.
After the parade n banquet was spread in the
Lyccum Opera House. Two hundred men. in
GLIDING the crews. were seated at the tables,
and from tho balconies n thousand men and
women looked on. After the banquet came the
toasts. the list being AS follows:
The Cornell Navy-Prof. Benjamin 1de
Wheeler.
Tho University and the State-Lieut.. Gov.
Woodruff.
The University and Its Trustees-Ex.Gov Cor
nell.
The '97 Crows-Capt. f. o. Spollman.
Tho University and Its Faculty-Prof. r. H.
Thurston.
Our ~Roys-Charles E. Courtney.
The University and the City-the Hon. D. F.
Van vleet.
How We Won the Raco-Coxswain F. B.
Colson.
The University and Its A~lumni-Henry W.
Sackett.
Our Coach and the American Stroke-Stroke
J.. A. Briggs.
The University and Its students-J. w.
Beacham, Jr.
Tho University and It's Friends-The Hon. j.
B. Stanchfeld.
The interest OF the spectators was centred in
the speeches OF the crew men and coach. which
were. of course, short, and the principal address
OF the evening by Lieut.-Gov. Woodruff. who
ignored the subject assigned to him and spoke
about the relations of Cornell and Yale, an all.
absorbing topic. He said:
MR.. w~ooDRUFF's SPEECH.
CITIZENS OF ITHACA GENTLEMEN OF CORNELL.
AND MEMBERS OF THE CORNELL CREwS: The
te!egraphIiGi imitation I'll n,, eSssn th;s to ms by a ,hs
banquet OF Cornelis victorious crews was for.
varied from Brooklyn to me at New Haven last
-s Mspnssa'y Was ~ deiivered at the New Haven
sSdouse ct the very moment that ]
Ing Of Yale University in Alumni Hall. "a
one knew or even had any reason to suppose
that speech with regard to tho athletic re!a'
lions between Cornell and Yale. Yet while
,ahs ' .at New Haven Has penn" my ' feiiow "a alumni
Of Yale were enthusiastically applauding the
our defeat on the Hudson at poushkeepsio We
must not begrudge Cornell q single spray. of the
/ said that for twenty-five years. ever since
tuition, she defeated both Yale and Harvard a
Saratoga, she had Put forth every hoporabl,
obtained an opportunity after so many year
Of patient, waiting she had won a vel
RR sFHssd %s sGa t afford asked 1a isa hsS e &a's aG Is
aquatic contests any more than the!
s sS%Seti 6Gineetop a in 9e590q that and h bo9'0a at
ways been a strong advocate Of q dual lcagu'
my hearers that circumstances alter cases"
maintained that a race between three crews i
far more than so per cent. more interesting thai
waters of the Hudson could
even more than three. insisted tina
our :Sn d seRs . ss We 'y used dhG to va" say / in h the bs as"
ball parianto OF my day, one who | hop,
could wax Harvard as their daddies used t
do, even if there was another crew astern, o
Sstely. be one ahead Of us. / eontende'
that 1t was all very. well to talk abou
not, for ehamPionship hoHors, and Is conten
with contests limited to those with Harvard
proposition. and not be content until they ha
Wrested the baseball and football champior
ship OF '97 from Cornell.
hearers ringing in my ears the despatch wa
handed to me. 1t read rs follows:
Tho citizens of Ithaca earnestly request your pre-
snce SATURDAY evening at the reception and banlu,
and your presence will add much to the occasion
Please wire decision.
Ny reply was:
/ am now in New Haven drinking the dregs Of d
.t feat with my 1cnOW aiIInn OF fale, nut i VIII
pleased TO BE- with you on Saturday evening to 10
the citizens OF Ithaca In drinking the cup or victor
TO Cornell's victorious crews.
Thanks to the thoughtfulness and courtesy
those gentlemen OF Ithaca who have provide
this magnificent reception. than which nor
was ever more surely earned by II
yIctors OF u great athletic contest, !.
Yale man OF tho blmest dye. am heI
to drink to you The cup OF victor
and extend 10 you my sincerest and heartie
congratulations. In quoting the text OF N
despatch you may have noticed that despite Il
nIfnrt nd nlanI mr. IEn NnNg Nnrl IN
OF 0o ye eSi 4 10 m anrnnt ! Ss shal !" !" on ! ", MIL I'd y ama "a a.
theory that because you :, see 1t IN THE Sun il
the very head OF pure English. my estecme
friend Mr.. Paul Dana OF Harvard universit
cannot take revenge on me for the defeat of IL
crimson by using the high literary %reputatio
Of his paper to establish a ,pGerversion of 4
Even the undergraduates OF Corne
and Vale II do not know about those OF Ha
ward. In view of this bull one of her emineI
graduates has been guilty of have learned In
should the will or resolution of the writer
rs thA npntninant ilpu in hia mind ~.