The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-24
"PR0M" WEEK FESTIVITIES
SUNDAY SERVICE IN BATTELL
CHAPEL LARGELY ATTENDED,.

There VIII be Several Teas This Afternoon
The Glee and Banjo Clubs Give Their
Thirty-second Annual Concert at the
Hyperion To-night--Class Germans Fol-
low.
President Timothy Dwight occupied
the pulpit in Battlell chapel yesterday
morning. 1t was the proverbial Prom.
Sunday, and there was large tourout
of the pretty girls and their chaperones
who are here for the many events of
the week. The scene was indeed
charming one. The whole sophomore
aisle, and the north transcept were CIV
en- up to the use of the visitors. The
sermon was an eloquent discourse.
To-Day's Proceedings.
To-day will be given over to visits to
various points of interest about the
college buildings, teas, the Promenade
concert and the several class germans.
Taken altogether it will be very busy
day.
The Senior class tea will be given in
| -Lyceum from four to six o'clock.
The spacious residence of Mrs. Will
| liam w. Farnam on Prospect Hill Will
be the scene of the junior tea given for
| the juniors who are to dance the ger
| man that night and their partners.
The house has been simply yet eXqui-
sitely decorated by Moore with roses
| and lilies and palms. Maresi will
| serve. Receiving with Mrs. Farnam
| will be Miss Mahan and Miss Nellie
Mahan, daughters Of Captain Mahan of
| the United States Navy; Mrs. Eli
| Whitney, the three Misses Whitneys,
Miss Whittlesey and Miss Bessie Whit
tlesey and Miss Maud Watrous. The
| hours are from to 6 o'clock.
| The sophomore tea will be given by
| Mrs. Henry L. Hotchliss at her resi-
| dence, 55 Hillhouse avenue, from 4 to
o'clock. The students and their part
| ners are to be the guests. The entire
| house, including the splendid new Ii
brary and conservatory adjoining, will
| be thrown open for the use of the
! guests, Fleming will serve and a
| string orchestra under Mr.. FichtPs di-
| rection will play. Mrs. William Rookie
| Teller and Mrs Charles T. Barney, both
| of New York, will assist in receiving
and among the young girls assisting
| will be Miss Denton, who is staying
with Mrs. Hotckhiss until after the
| prom festivities, and Miss Harriet
| Fellows of New York.
| There will also be two Shelf teas
| given this afternoon. At the one given
| at 43 College street, from to g. the fol
| lowing ladies will act as patronesses:
Mrs. A. S. Cheney, Mrs. F. T. Trow-
bridge, Mrs. C. W. Hoyt, Mrs. Horatio
| w. Parker, Mrs. Rutherford Trow-
bridge and Mrs. A. M. Wheeler.
| The tea at sc Elm street will be given
during the same hours Mrs M. S.
Ayres, Mrs. Bernard B. Einecke, Mrs
J. G. Gregory, Mrs. Bruce Fem, Mrs
H. w. Ring and Mrs. Mclaughlin will
act as patronesses.
| This evening at o'clock in the Hy-
| perion will be given the thirty-second
| annual concert by the Glee and Banjo
| clubs. Already there is very large
sale Of seats and it is needless to re-
mark that the audience will be a brill
| liant and enthusiastic one. The pro-
gram to be rendered will contain many
| new songs and will in the main be the
same as the one rendered with such
| universal success on the Christmas trip
| OF the clubs. The soloists will be Messrs.
Parker '9S, Butler '9S, Sheehan '98 and
| Wadsworth '9S.
| The class germans will be given i'm
mediately after the concert. The senior
german in Lenox hall. the junior in
Alumni and the sophomore in Warner
| all