New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
CHEER YALE.
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q pIenteous rivalry in singing by classes Soon
the heralds reappeared and the Removal of the
Library TO New-Haven" was announced Lou
Salstonstall and the Sheriff entered and declared
tnat the removal must take place free fight
between citizens OF Branford and New-Haven
followed for the possession og the books The
books Jared badly. indeed. but the New-Haven
people got what left of them and carted
them off in triumph amid the cheers of the as
semby. In the following interval the crowd en-
tertained itself with:
kagrigsr Horatius, guam dixisti verum!
Ubi sunt. o. pocula dulciora rnelle.
Rixae. pax, ct oscula rubentis puellae?
WASHINGTON'S VISIT
General Washington was then seen making
visit to Yale, inspecting the military company of
the college and taking it into his service After
the singing of ''Integer Vita there followed an
impressive tableau representing that son of
Yale. Nathan Hale. ready for the galows and
the assembly heard his last words-"My only
regret is that I have but one life to lay down
for my country" Then the vast audience arose
and stood bareheaded under the eIms while it
sang My Country. 'Tfs of Thee"
Farce followed on the heels of tragedy, for the
next scene represented the trials of the fresh
man at his initiation into one of the much
lamented old freshman societies. One fresh
man was tossed in a blanket and then picked
up on pitchfork by Mephistopheles and hurled
into seething cauldron. Mephisto after a
second victim as the curtain fell. Then there
smote the October sky appropriately:
Wake. wake, freshmen wake
Wake while our song sMites the sky;
Sr " 2 " yOu
welcome into Delta Beta Chi.
This was varied. independently of the band
With
We meet tonight to celebrate
Omega Lambda Chi
The Burial of Euclid" was next on the card.
and the time honored rites were performed so
thoroughly that the wayfaring man though a
fool might see through understand and
go over Euclid. The thousands in the audi
ence joined in the mimic grief of the actors
on the stage, and poor old Euclid had the grand
est funeral of his life. the woe being somewhat
tempered by the subsequent tuneful rendering
of There was a man went up and down BIT.
bit"
Then came scenes Of The Fence" II was
shown by day and by night, and as il used TO
appear when the news of victory on some ath-
letic field arrived. Typical scenes in a stu
dents room and in the Yale Chapel brought the
entertainment TO a close. but for hours after
ward the campus was crowded with a singing.
cheering, celebrating crowd.
THE EXERCISES OF THE DAY.
The earlier and more sedate observances of
the day began at 1890 a. m. in crowded Batteu
Chapel. where. after the usual academic pro-
cession. President Cyrus Northrop of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota. was introduced by Pro-
fessor Edward J. Phelps and delivered ad-
dress on Yale in Its Relation TO the Develop
ment OF the Country" President NorthrOp
was followed BY Or. Daniel Colt Gilman, ex
president Of Johns Hopkins University. who
spoke on Yale in Its Relation 10 Science and
Letters"
Their addresses will be found in full in Part
II of this issue.
In the course OF the ceremonies the audience
sang Bright College Years" composed by DR..
Henry 5. Durand. 81 The afternoon was given
up 20 football and music. Soldiers Field was the
scene of a victory for the varsity eleven over
Bates. and after that the second team was
beaten by a team made up first and last Of
nearly all the famous PLAYERS who have ionned
ifteen years The afternoon ended with the
singing Of "Hora Novissima," Professor HoratiO
Parksr's oratorio, by the Gounod society OF
New Haven, in Hyperion Theatre, which was
jammed TO the doors by a throng part Of which
stood outside the doors and shouted for admts-
sion until II allowed 70 crowd itself into
standing room The soloists were Miss Shan
nah Cumming, soprano, Miss Gertrude May
Stein ContTaltO. George Hamlin. tenor, and
Ericsson Bushnell bass
President RooseveIt's visit tomorrow and the
ccnferring oS degrees upon him and other dis
tir guished persons. the reading by Edmund
Clarence Stedman Of a commemorative poem.
Justice Brewers address and the singing OF
Professor Goodell s and Professor Parsons 5
great festival hymn, all in the Hyperion Theatre;
a concert by the Boston symphony OrChes ira
in the afternoon. the dedication Of Woodbridge
Hall. with al. address by Donald G Mitchell at
2. m. and the farewell reception by President
and Mrs Hadley in University Hall will bring
the bicentennial reception 10 close.