The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-26
TALES GREAT CELEBRATION
IN RECOGNITION OF AQUATIC
 VT0ToRY OYER HARVARD.

Enshusiasm Knew No Bounds--Firs-
 works and Eon-fircs Were Part of the
 Prosramme--strsets Thronged yfth
 Thousands of Peopio-Crcws Ban- quettod--spseches by Prominsnt
 Alumni-Cross Elected Captain Tor
 .l9e4.
 Yale's greatest aquatic victory over
 Harvard was celebrated in this city last evening as few Yale victories have ever
 been celebrated. The three victorious crews-the four pared, freshman and
 varsity reached the Union station in their special train from New London at S:15 last evening. At the station were thousands of celebrants, the throng in- cluding many undergrad aduates. a large
 number of graduates, sub-freshmen. hundreds of local residents and vast gathering of up-the-state enthusiasts who stopped in this city on their way
 home for the purpose of taking in the celebration. As the oarsmen came out of the cars they were lifted high in the air and car- ried to the old-time stage coach of Smedley's, which has carried many d victorious crew through New Haven's streets. The Second regiment band was at the station and the musicians kept up perpetual programme Of col- lege and other popular melodies When the three crews were seated on the top of the stage coaches the parade started up Meadow street, the band in the lead, then the big coach with the varsity eight and the four-oared crew, followed by a throng of students, then another coach containing the victorious fresh- man eight, and the rear guard was composed of another big body of stu- dents and other Yale supporters
 The line of march was up Meadow street, through Church street to Elm. thence up Elm, past the Graduatess club to the campus. During the process sion a veritable Fourth of July celebra- ton was in progress. Pistols and can- non crackers were snapping. shooting and banging on all sides. Yale yels rent the air, and blue flags and bunting were everywhere conspicuous. On the campus the members of each of the three crews were cheered collectively, and then the overjoyed students cheer ed for each man individually. Captain Waterman, of the varsity crew, and Captain MeMahon, of the freshman eight, answered to the calls for speeches and their remarks were cheered to the echo. The crowd sung 3Boola," Bright College Years" Here's to Good Old Yale,'' and then concluded the vocal programme with More Work for the Undertaken
 An immense bonfire was started near Durfee hall, on the campus, and then the crews repaired to the banquet rooms of the New Haven house. where ] an elaborate feast awaited thern. The
 banquet was attended by n1ary invited
 guests, including prominent members l of the Graduates club, mary old-time
 oArsmen among them being Allen, cap- tain of the 1900 crew. and several dis- Itinguished New Workers, the latter list l including Hon. Thomas Thacher. Near-s | ly every one present responded to toasts land after the festivities the members lof the three crews passed through
 rooms adjoining the banquet hall and there met wives and daughters of sev- erai of New Haven's leading families and also the families of visiting alumni, } lcontlnued on Third Page.l