The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-21

pulling him out, then pulling him in,"
by telling him that it was the duty of
every freshman to subscribe for the
Courant at once.
Jasper Bayne was not at home and
we We're much disappointed, as he is
one of your prominent features, and we
expected much of him. We have since
read, however, the following article in
the New ork Sun:
1.-THE friends of Jasper Bayne, Yale
1901, will be sorry to learn that he has
suddenly disappeared. Mr.. Bayne is a
very slightly built man and much fear
is entertained lest he may have been
carried off by Spanish spy. When
last seen he wore a coat made by Jap
son, much too small for him, and was
quietly sleeping on one of the day
coaches of the N. Y, N. III. & Fl. r. r.,
near New London. Any news concern
ing him will be gladly received by anx-
ious friends and creditors
At length, after course through
your class which much resembles
"Swipes" Kellogg's course from Bills on
a late Saturday night we started for
the Windy Club, sometimes known as
the Freshman union. We passed Geo.
Reynolds on the way or rather he
passed us, for he seemed to be oblivious
of our existence. AS we neared Alumni
hall we could plainly hear the wran-
glers. Lounsbury Of Lounsbury was
loudly expostulating that his point
would "annihilate the affirmative"
The 'plumed knight Richardson was
majestically holding sway and his eff
forts were seconded nobly by Yaggy,
whose name appears upon the Unions
books as "Yagger."
Whoever wrote that "silence is gold
en- evidently didn't know anything
about the Freshman union. We feared
lest we might mar the solemnity of the
scene, so like the Arabs of old we
quietly lighted our pipes and silently
stole away"
Arrived at the fence we were of the
unanimous opinion that your class
ought to be put somewhere. Some sug-
gested Sing-Sing, but the majority de-
cided that there is absolutely no place
on earth for Freshmen. We therefore
decided to make Sophomores of you
and put you on the fence.
Gentlemen, you win find this gift an
expensive luxury. if there be any truth
in the saying that t'time is money"
Yet time here will be well spent, and
we can assure you, happily spent.
| Never, even you may at some time at
tain seat on the bench, you will sit
| there with half the comfort that you do
here. Freshmen, whether you be called
upon to fight mosquitoes at Mantle or
| Spaniards in Cuba, remember the
| fence" Fight for it: fight on 1t, if you
want to- but remember that it is the
emblem of Yale democracy, a place
where you all are equal. zone touch of
| nature makes the whole world akin. :"
One bar of the fence, old and weather.
beaten though it be- will make your
whole class one.
| Gentlemen, the fence is yours.
Mr.. Morris in answering his class
said:
| Gentlemen of Nineteen Hundred:
| There are two or three ways of TAX
ing a fence. The faculty, for example.
| took offense because we marched
around town with forty-foot Nine
teen Hundred and One flag one night
and were forced to root a delegation
| from your class who wanted it; and
the reason they gave for their dlspleas-
ure was that 1t was not right for the
| sophomores to be Inundated by the
freshmen. Last year 1900 was very
proud because it took the fence ahead
| of time, one night when 90 was away,
but that episode reminds me of the
Irishman who was asked how much his
hat cost, and said he did not know,
because there was no one in the store
when he bought It,
We took our practice sit on the fence
the night after we won the Harvard
game-you may remember that there
were certain reasons why 1t was not
convenient for you to do the same last
year. Now, however, we have come to
stay, and we expect to spend many
profitable hours here bordering on the
examples of the illustrious ones who
have worn out their trousers here this
year.
There is Burns, for example, captain
of the Hutch. crew. He, alone, would
be abundant precept for an ordinary
class, and it is understood that the
gymnasium has offered him a job as
s
classes how to be strong, by means of
matches, and other devices not COM
monty known. Burns had a dog and
used to tie knots in its tail to help him
remember things, but one day the doc
was lost-get your handkerchief
handy, gentlemen, for the story that
follows is touching-the dog found his
master again, but was so affected by
the sight that he fell over backwards
and died from apoplexy caused by ex-
cessive Joy.
Then, while we sit here on warm eve
nings when there Is no room at Savir
Rock because 1900 has gone there is 8
body, we will get UP song and wish
we had been blessed by providence
with such voices as William Rockwell
has. His friends all wish him to take
it on the stage and he would, except
for the actresses. The very thought OF
an actress fills William with dark blue
horror, and when he meets his histri
onic friends on the train, he goes ou
and rides on the platform from sheer
modesty.
Now Zeke is not like that at all. "Set
a thing and pick it up, and all the day
you'll have good luck" is Zeke's prin
ciple, and when he goes to the theatel
| n eroac for all that lie tbaro