The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04

side OF East Rock. and invariably ending with
smart slapping against the fraternity ceiling,
the neophyte being tossed from blanket.
vibrated by twoscore sturdy arms
The intellectual repast provided by the col
lego curriculum was solid one. consisting Of
Latin, Crock and mathematics. with history,
perhaps. or natural philosophy or logic as
trimmings. There were but few optonals, and
those OF minor Importance, barring Porter's
Human Intellect" in senior year. from which 1t
was optional for u student to bear away what
ever impression. II any, he ~hose. Rigid as
such course was. with but scaut attention
paid to the trend Of modern thought. and even
less to individual preference. It must be nd
mitted that 1t was fruitful In good. steady
work and ripe scholarship OF the mediRvnl sort
There were scarcely any sympathetic or So
cial relations between faculty and students.
resulting far more from restrictions long fol-
lowed than from any lack OF natural good feel
ing. Here again class feeling showed itsolf.
not only In the pupils but also in tho instruc-
tors. Division officers we're supposed to have
ageneral supervision over their men. but this
was almost entirely monitory or punitive.
Let young man behave himself. and from be-
ginning to end OF n term his division officer
would not address him except when he called
him up to recte.
Noah Porter was President, q kindly man Of
scholarly abstraction, who presided at tho
chapel exercises. and acknowledged with
grave courtesy salutations on the street. Tho
nearest one OF the faculty to the college heart
was doubtless Prof Thomas Thacher. affec-
tionately called " Tommy" Thatcher who acted
officially as guardian for many students. and
whose genial nature kept him unoG1cially in
loco parents toward all. Prof LOOMS OF
mathematical fame provoked unceasing inter-
est by his Quaintness OF appearance. speech
and manner. He 1t was who riRged some
sort OF whirligig on top Of Alumni Hall
to record the velocity OF the wind TO
this a member OF 10 managed to attach q
clockwork in such wise that It sent the thing
whzzing along at tornado's rate. Ono
tranquil morning. when tho professor was
crossing the campus. calculating no doubt in
his mind the curve OF the wall paper in the
recitation room he had Just left he CHANGED to
raise his eyes to this aerometer. 1t is said that
never before had those steep stairs been
mounted so rapidly as they then we're by this
delighted dscoverer Of mysterious upper
current. who presently descended. however.
rucfuly convinced that there were more things
in heaven and earth than were contained in his
philosophy
1t may be mentioned that two Of Mr.. Hadey's
recent competitors for the Presidency were
members OF the faculty when he was an under
Bernedotte Perrin. tutor Of Greek
Religious exercises were held every morn
Ing and on Sundays In tho old chapel. whose
hard. high backed pews painfully recalled the
reRicides There was college choir. long
suffering and derided. which, facing. as 1t did.
one combined expression Of mockery. prob
ably sang under more disadvantages than any
musical body extant. The organ constitutions
ally wheezed. At one time a tin horn had been
inserted In one OF its pipes overnight and then
weird variety was added to its strains The
President had fondness for ancient psalmody
OF that sort which erstwhile reminded the
Puritans OF Adams fatal fall. His favorite
hymn began rs follows
Lift up to God the voice OF praise.
Whose goodness passing thought.
Loads every moment as they fly
With benefits uusought.
As executed-an apt word by the way-by the
choir, with tin horn obligato and bronchitis
accompaniment, this psalm OF Thanksgiving
would give rag-time vivacity to dirge.
1t was during Mr. Hadey's course that tho
changewas made from the old charc! to the new.
His class held a meeting to consider whether
the senior bow should he translated into the
new edhcc. and determined that the custom
should be continued. Thus when he marches
down the aisle OF Battel Chapel. between two
the freshmen and the amusement OF the girls
in the gallery he may feel oil the regrets Of
lost opportunity
Besides the LH.. which was regarded as the
perfection OF college journalism and whose con-
tributors were laurel-crowned in college esti-
nation. there were two weekly papers. the
Record and the Courdnt the latter being the
organ OF the neutrnls. The Banner and the Pot
Pourri, two illustrated catalogues. often con-
tanning many clever cartoons were also pub
lished once every year. Then there were sun
dry desultory publications, often anonymous
and satirical like the Seventh Book OF Gene
SIS" and the Yale Naughtygal Altman AK"
1t will not be remembered by many. and doubt
less by the author least OF ALL that Arthur Had
leycontributed the following verses to this last
named periodical in the fall OF 1875
THE OLD CHAPEL.
Once upon time, long years ago. upon summers
The Prois did meet in Pre1s room to drive dull
away.
All silently they sst and smoked, until their leader
Said he: THE corporation vote build college
need help, stand by ne friends. don't leave
in the lurch.
what ia the most nns.ghtly shape'" he ASKED the
Prof. OF Art
That Atntltman arranged Ills VlcWs ana drew tnem
a chart.
well hast thou done. Sir Architect: thou art a
noble man:
cannot What we'll could be less beauteous than
this pan.
Now who ia he who produce draueht OF winter
air
80 cold and yet 50 oopious that each shall have his
share"
| Then rose man both old and grave. OF wondrous
knowledge he,
| II was the much-resp erted Prof. OF Meteoroogy.
Said he "The current A. Q. X. through b. P. c. will
go, ,
and snow,
But when the heat OF summer comes the current
10 reversed
| ing burst"
| Scarce had he DONE than up rose one with theo-
| logic face,
said he: MY mission is to help the fallen human
"rhe source from which draw my power Is placed
above the sky,
wherefore ray you set my desk three hundred
cuhtts high.
"wel .nid wei! said. Sir Theologle VOL do as you
| suggest; "
Now who can furnish us with seats Whlch studehts
| shall deteHtY