The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12
GoOD-BYES TO BARNARD.
COMMEHCEMEET WBEK At NEW
YORk,S GIRE COLLEGE,

Columbia ana Part OF tue Einne IL Aethlheu
Ita Own Individuality The Glass DHy Fun
The Unaer Glasses and Their SOiiity.
From the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday to
the last farewell on Wednesday afternoon com.
mencemcnt for the Barnard senior meant an
inevitable accompaniment Of cap and gown. An
exception was made. however, In favor OF tho
dance given on Tuesday evening In the audtto.
rum, when the girls relinuuished their sombre
academic robes and put on the prottiest gowns
they had. They blossomed out In all the colors
Of an old.fashioned flower garden. and the
seniors who had belonged to the snti.cOp and
gown faction sighed wistfully as they saw how
dainty thor friends looked. But tho Ratchet
had been buried, and they said never q word.
1t had taken a whole afternoon to decide that
the class should appear In cap and gown at the
class day exercises. Arguments pro and con
had been tossed back and forth, the psychology
onl and ethical aspects OF the question dis
cussed In every light. but at last a compromise
was effected and cap and gown were chosen,
with the reservation that the girls might
wear colorcd neckbands II they wished. Ac.
cordincly when tho band OF seniors gathered
In the Barnard Theatre for their class day
Monday afternoon at . O'Clock 1t was with the
garments Of dignity upon their shoulders and
mortarboards upon their heads, but flowers.
Jokes and laughter were as much in evidence as
II the girls had been clothed in frivolous white
| gowns trimmed Win lace anu rlDDOnS.
These class day exercises were the distinctive
occasion Of commencement week for the girls as
Barnard students. They shared the bGccelau-
reate sermon BY DIR. Van Dyke with the Column;
bia graduates. and tho girls wero as a handful
In the long procession OF men. but on Monday
they were the centre and pivot upon which the
President of the class, made the address of well
come. Roll call ard the reading q the minutes
followed. Then Miss Jessie Wallace Hughnn
read the class history. 1t was wr itten In verse,
each years deeds being recorded in a parody Of
S Me%e T tSe class pT Sropbe SyH' given Z mi byP Hiss Ida
Eloise Wells. and the class poem by Miss Stella
but most interesting of. all perhaps to the
audience was the presentation of gifts to differ:
ent mombers Of the class: Tho 9Sietest girl OF
self heard. Tho class joker received a doll
dressed as a kings Jester, and one senior, amid
thing she had lost during her college course.
from a sleeve button to her college diploma. No
tRroWH to each giTI as she Walked back to her
seat after the ordeal. to console, her. perhaps.
sense Of Rumor that they enjoyed the Jokes
whether directed toward themselves or their
George Stern, was sung at the close OF the pr9;
gramme and a reception followed: Tbs hall
Hnd a esFnStionS S'' 4 PSS Snner o Of red. the class class
color. hung at the back of the platform, but the
scniors showed themselves true daughters Of
America by draping the entire gallery in red,
On Tuesday morning tho students and a few
own between the cooperative occasions with
COlum6ie. DR.. John Myers opened the excr.
Hail spoke to the class on the, "kesPonsibiilittyy
Of Men ana Women in Academic Life"
worth seeking. Altruism is the opposite OF
egoism. It is thinking your way into other PEG
lug at things from this point, Intellectual al
truism dienifies scholarship. Intellectual ego.
into your lives in a spirit of intellectual faltru.
ism. Be broad enough to look at other peopIe's
views rs with It'll. their COW eyes ~ W 'iHns keeping with cour'
Ex.Mayor Hewitt, Chairman of the board. in
his talk on Tho Academic Life Does II Pay
answered the question most emphaticllly in the
affirmative. Dean Smith then spoke somewhat
informally to tho girls about the growth Of tho
college and their own work, 1t is one of the
hospitable customs OF each class at Barnard TO
elect an honorary member in its freshman year;
in the college. who counts 1T q privilege to at
tend class functions. and, perhaps. in return to
smith became Dean of Barnard four years ago,
when the present class entered, and she was at
cordingly the girls listened with double Interest
to what she had TO say.
me enaTnHE y.e coiie SsSo may s nsy1 bee have . sash tb mo,
four we have passed through together. We
have built our new home and moved into it.
Friendly interest has increased and gifts have
been given to us largely. Our advantages and
opportunities are much greater, and our pros
perity more secure In every way. My work is
In a oirclo. The graduating class marks it's com
pletion every year. But your work is In a spiral
W uCl VIC yOu uIIslis Jul lHto Al u
, what you have learned here. we find the return
of our labor"
Of praise and warm, commendntion TO tht
I seniors and then said good-by to the class. II
was a solemn moment for the seniors when they
realized that they were sitting in their owr
college for the last time as undergraduates
; ; siEoRet the d sasa"in G she sap S sna tho K""e class Soul ioR RS
: lived up to her reputation and saved the situa
8 On Tuesday afternoon Barnard once NOR,
mingled itself with Columbia: and attended
reception given to, this years graduates b!
r Of Columbia University. On Wednesday morn
Ing they were part Of the imposing procession
down tho Boulevard to the gymnasium to listeI
s TO the commencement grafton by, Presiden
In the afternoon they were part Of the studen
8 body present at the dedication of tho two gate
: 18th street and the Boulevard, tho other Ia
81 gate directly north of the gymnasium, pre-
d A composite commencement seems somewhal
o Tpsattsiactory from an outside point Ct view
The interests Of Barnard and Columbia ar
o to feel the thrill and inspiration OF being a uni
4 in a great multitude. and the Barnard girl
q have felt during the formal commencement
exercises by gathering, together at the close o
= the Barnard building for an Siumne luncheon
q The days we're 50 filled with engagements tina
Thursday after commencement for their owr
n exclusive class luncheon, whom they could gro,
~ TtHlilllhCOHl anu IeuTlul, IL may DC, smut ava
from unsympnthetic observers.
During these last weeks tho under closses ha
y celebrations of their own. The freshmen, a
a shown by their original plays this year. wer
q ambitious in their desires. So 1t was quito /
I keeping with their nature that they shout
have their farewell luncheon at = big hotel; tn
sophomores, rural In their tastes. carried thei
d picnic into the woods of New Jersey; tn
juniors were content to have their merr
" gathering in tho familiar Barnard lunch
4 room. Certain sophomoros belong to I
society which they passed on to tho fresh
men this year with formal ceremonies, tn
1e freshmen in turn will initiate the sub-freshme
20 into their society. Next year Barnard will eli
ter upon a new era. and the class OF 90 will hRy
10 in Flake Hall. the dOrnitOry just finished, wha
seems to girls at smith. vs,ssar, and Nelleslc
and college fun must be lacking somewhu whe
!, college is only a kind of RlOrifed day schoO
~ with no carly morning moods. no crackers an
cheese md Judges, where German verbs an
" propositions in Euclid pail toward bedtime.
N In spite OF drawbacks. however, a very rcG
IL current OF college spirit has flowed through BAL
70 nArd this year, and there is much more organ
cation and compleTity in tho life there tina
would. seem possible to Il casual observer
re re Chapel at noon every day, the interest in baske
rrS9 ball games and in the Mortarbodrd the ColieR
> MI hilton tim gsFva m hrinU tho uirIa n IA "a q