The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-18

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sire to force to the front is commenda
BILE, but not content with getting to the
front row some of you have taken
T kindly interest in the struggling per-
formers themselves. AT the Grand anC
Polls numerous presents Of fruit anG
vegetables have been passed over the
footlights to the starving Thespians
A few, who unfortunately are not with
us tonight have been so overcome by
the pathetic struggle for life on the
stage that they have extended the hand
of brotherly love and cut the Gordon
knot by the simple eXpedient of mar
rage These little indications point to
deepening interest in affairs theatr-
cal that give promise of a glowing flu
ture for the Dramatic Association.
The balance of Mr. Corning's GRAFTON
consisted of individual treatment in
which nearly every member of the
freshman class came in for a "roast."
He closed as follows:
Gentlemen of Nineteen Hundred and
Four-Fourteen years ago when the old
Yale Fence was torn down and Osborn
Hall erected in its place, a great cry
arose from hundreds of graduates in all
pdl u VI Tic SOuHlIy. Lie oltl Il eIlCe
was gone and with it the Old Yale
A new era had set in, no longer could
a graduate come back with his old time
enjoyment, for things would not be the
same Last year the Fence was again
! torn down and the one around which
we stand this evening was put in it's
place. And dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed then as well, the new fence
would not be the same, it looked diff
/ fcrently and stood in a different place.
And they are right; the graduates of
ten years ago and the undergraduates
of last year, the Fence is not the same,
and that is the glory and wonder of
it, that it does not have to be the same.
Yale spirit is a very intangible thing,
btu we all know that it is here, hover
ing over our heads, and occasionally
we are permitted to reach up and grasp
portion of it, and wrap it around us
as we would a cloak, and glory in it
and realize the true meaning of being
Yale man. One of those opportunities
is the Fence, and it makes no differ
ence whether it is at one end of the
Campus or the other, what shape it is,
or with what color it is painted, it is
always the Yale Fence. Never, Gen
tlemen, as long as you live, whether
you are here in New Haven sitting on
it, or at the other end of the World
wehre it is only memory, never for
get that the Fence is one of the
strongest links in the chain of friend
ship that binds us together, one of the
most far reaching ties that binds us
all to Yale and one of the most po-
tent influences among the many which
make us stand and uncover For God,
for Country, and for Yale"
Gentlemen of 1904--the Fence is
yours.
In accepting the fence Mr.. Kinney
said in opening:
Gentlemen of 1903
wv, Id that some power The cifti. gle you,
To see yourselves as ithers see you,-
It would frae many folly free you,
And idle notion"
is the earnest prayer of us Freshmen. Or
dinarly, cacyh year, we hear of the fresh !
ness of the Freshmen; last year you heard |
it echoed and re-echoed. But this year peo-
allied that at last an ideal Freshman class |
has come to Yale: so they have talked of |
the freshness of the Sophomores. And |
there must have always been In your hearts |
a lurking shame, and In the mind of the |
University a sure knowledge that the title |
we'll fits you. |
We are great class; you are nonenti- |
ty If you really think for an instant that |
you are all your orator has so kindly
for you. "the acknowledged best
class that has ever been through Yale 1t
is only a pity that you don't buckle down
and show some of that genius and worth
that you claim. On the athletic field, ours
has been a series Of uninterrupted victo-
ries through sympathy we will not faunt
Whitney we early proved our superiority
over you; where have you shown yours
over us?
After rubbing it in on athletics for
half an hour the orator tackled the So
cial status of the Sophs as follows:
But if not for it's athletes, your class
Is not ed for its sports-and its fussers.
How beautiful you looked, hanging
about the Prom in newly rented dress
suits You looked longingly on, crazy
to take swing around the floor, and
wild with happiness when allowed by
some condescending Junior to chase an
ice for his companion And then what
neffable joy you must have felt in be-
ng allowed to watch the back of the
young ladys neck, as she ate that self
same ice and talked pleasantly with
ler escort. And how pleasant it must
nave been to wander ainlessly about
he hall, with dress-suits hanging to
you like boards, to wander up and
Town and to deceive yourselves by
you We're the cynosure of all
yes. Aye, truly, as fussers We are
great men.
And the greatest of you is "Chippy''
B., who is always making pretty
speeches to the ladies. Not long ago,
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speech with such eyes as she pos |
essed" Quite a delicate way to tell |
Ter he was tired of hearing her talk /;
n perhaps the poor fellow really meant g;
t as compliment to the young lady's i
peppers. Is
But without doubt your biggest sport |
s Dudley P. L., who has certainly hit |
he pace up hot. He is quite a club
nan, too. / believe he is high muck-a- |
much at the Boys Club. Well, we will |
II pray that he turns out right. And |
hen there is Howard A. p, quite |
user, and tennis player in his own |
stimation. The only reason he has |
ot been beaten is because no one has |
ct hit college who is selfish enough to |
rant to take his title of champion
way from him. l see him out there
oW, brushing the dust from his