New-York tribune., 1903-03-08
WILD JOY At BARNARD.
Million Dollar Gift Fills the Digni-
fled College 1itR Treble YelLs.

trustees
to receive 100000 announced last week. fOr the
purchase of property opposite the college build
inSs. the undergraduates OF that institution were
equally gratifcI and showed their feelings in an
uproariOUs manner quite foreign To their generally
serious demeanOr. Early on Friday morning u1-
official notices were posted in the class studies
nonIng the students to assemble in Fiske Hall al
noon, and at the appointed time ahou- three hun
dreds undergraduates in cap and gown were hur-
rying towards a door whence class cheers and
singing were already beginning to issue
Each Of the fou- classes was crowded IN one cor
ner of the room Standing on chairs, tying class
banners to the window poles, and cheering at one
another. There were seniors trying 10 make their
orders heard, juniors settling their caps, soph9-
mores trying to outcheer everybody else and fresh
men keeping an eye the upper classes and iu1i-
tating them with gustO.
Soon the president Of the Undergraduate Ass0cia-
ton and the president Of the senior class started
out of Fiske Hall bearing the Barnard banner,
while two by TWO the others followed With class
banners mascots and other paraDhcrnaIa, all sing
ing at the top of their lungs:
Come sing another song to Barnard, to Bs-1a-5. 10
Sing as Ne march along to Barnard. To Ba7aa-5. ID
No2 t5at s.sy Esye 81 r2s. got the 2.fS afa
Tistry s5ali crown the Shield OF Barnard, e Baa
Of Barnard.
The astonishing racket had already brought al
the professors out Of their dens. and quite an s-
ence was assembled 70 see the procession come
down the impressive marble staircase Dean tfl.-
for whom this ovation was particularly intended
was absent from the college, but when this Vas
discovered 1t was too late to check the wave 81
enthusiasm-the undergraduates were going %
celebrate anyway
At the chapel services, to which the crowd final
" collected there was not enough room tor the
students 10 sit down, bu- they SANG with ie1'"T.
Fair Barnard, We Thy Daughters Raise, ard
America" though there was a little restissS'teS5
during the prayers. Once outside Rrnckerh0r Han
the cheering and songs were louder than ever.
Many impromptus were started up and carried
down the line. such as
WR8 WR8 OWLS SwHs sss sss fsss f5ss
Who owns the Iore the people say
We lot.
We the lot acr1ss the way
Who Who got got the the miHIio3s TniI523s
Who got the mtIiou2 people say.
We g5t the million
People don't get millions every day.
By the time the classes reached their studies the
class songs had begun The. seniors gave a pa
tfcuIarIy vigorous chant to the tunc OF Nancy
Brown" which goes:
YoUTs The class the good class, the ozy class taF
For y5u are great at work and great a. play.
i S}asr 5Ss s5 5 , has s@ l e,5h T5 r. e. 7E
Ola nineteen three
Then the seniors choercd the S0paoT'rss. a1i
the sOphOmores Checrcd hack, and the JIHL'Is
Cheered themselves and the freshmen rl''rst
everybody that would listen to- them Dean 'Fl.r
President Butter and tho. Unknown Cilysr of the
million ChCerCd BY this time inc ',ta'.,.7
were getting mixed up and tho young Etd'S "'Es
becoming red in the face and CNr"eG.'-IE a''-S''
Mortarboards we're getting on ono side, and L3s-
as the procession passing "a group 'r the .t.-
ulty the breath of the uud'rErIduatr booty a--.9t
gave out and a pUfiuE WAS Distinctly heard i''..
the undergraduate and the senior TTszlas'l7 '
they prepared to lead the procession upstairs 'o'
the fourth time
Nobody attempted 10 qucU grc violence 0f Eas-
nard joy, So il just itself out. The adt.7 -s-
hOarser and fcCber and finally after 70 U'.''-'
vote to celebrate hereafter the 6tu ot MANN a.
field day" the hot aEd exhausted MiufrFt7 7.lN
into chairs the lecture rooms. or h1rrl' '.i 70
satisfy vordcious aUpctItgs brought "1 Hs U.."..'-
emotion.
1t was great wasn't it," said tine 1"r'.stt'1-7
president rolling up the Baraard banner ".',' , S
had been carrying ups de down for lAr -'S' -~'
tours around the buildings
RChclrsaIs for the comiuE "thC1tr,eli ~5iS'.- -
Barnard. which begins after Lent. VIII H.-
the freshmcH's performance of Tho Ai''....'.,
Lady Ursula an elaborate production rs '-
soDhomorcs. the nature Of which is krTt "a grey.
and the undergraduate play performed mostly =.
juniors and seniors, which Is TO b.. 'Ihr Nli.'.-'
Of Jane Trials for the last named 2grioThAi''-
we're in progrtss all IasJ week. ami Eugguc 9i"
ger the coach in charge. has chosen S." i.'' '-
following students to take the principal parts -
the play. Alice RamberEer. 'c5s May Johnson, ",
Romoa Lyon, o4: Ethel Fool Ri. Anita 'a-L.. ~
Glare Howard. 'O3 ANA Ware. 'G. Jeanette NtlA'
o4; Lizctte Mctcalf. 'oi and Theodora curtis, ~
The Barnard Chapter of the Young NonleAs
Christian Association OF Barnard has added TO =,
attractiveuess Of It's apartments iu Earl Han :
fitting I'D a ping-pOng room. ON Monday, lEOl-
to $50 the members divert themselves WIN =
gentle exercise. while tea is served to the sIe'~
OF the afternoon -
The senior class OF Barnard has elected the -
lowing committee to take charge Of the class u's
dance TO be given on June 3: Anna GC<~tn "[ -.
chairman; May zimmerman Johnson, Alice Ju@i
Ranb berger, Florence Palmer Cherseuan, Md
FIlZabeth Latham and Glare MaCLeilan HOHA'
and Jean Wallace Miller eN-o,..clo. .7,7ats
Al me last meeting OF the WOmen's GradLs'sv
Club or Columbia University, Moncure y. Sos SoL n
smoke on The Glamour uf War The WlgSsgf
the deans OF Columbia, Dean tSlll ut
Miss Berg. Miss Mille. Miss Loomis, MlSlS,4 Miss me
SON Miss Moore and Miss Woodruff recel'S- -
guests OF the evening. 2ar-
ON Tuesday next the 1906 basketball team OF Ia
nard will meet the team OF the WoOGSl4s 49,
school at Woous.de, Long Island