The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-23
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
The Grafton and Poem, the Glass His
 tories and Ivy Planting,

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 The class of 1903 is in all its com neneement glory. With gradua- tion exercises come the fun-gathering from the four corners of the globe of the older classes. The town breathes and lives Vale these days.
 In the various dormitories yesterday morning there were many old graduates visiting their sons who are at present in the university. Seated in their sons easy chairs they smoked the pipe of peace and talked over old times with the younger generation of Yale men, and told them how things were in their day. Some oS the costumes worn by the classes were as follows: The class of 1900 had white duck trousers and white hats with their class numerals on them and blue Norfolk coats with white belts; '97 had white duck trousers and khaki helmets with the numerals Of their class in blue on them. The suits were parti-colored of blue and white. The older graduates were not in cos | tune but wore their class numerals on badges pinned to their buttonholes. And last. but by no means least, are | the host of fair visitors who have come 1 to this city to grace the exercises of the graduating classes with their presence. The academic class day exercises opened yesterday morning at Il o'clock with the valedictory poem and oration | pronounced in Battell chapel. The poem, by Howard A. Hummer, was en- | lo1 Vol ic of +l,o choice verses are as follows:
 Old fence! Long may thy sympathy unite 1 Thy cOmradeships in faithful, tender strand, Man with man, heart with heart, and hand with hand,
 And grace the distant night
 With echoes from bygone minstrel band. The melodies grow soft, the voices fail But ere they break still may a singer raise l In humble tribute one last song of praise, Exalt the name of Yale.
 l Her golden memories, her golden days.
 Down through the arching aisleways of the The fight of Yale still shines and fingers there,
 While hearts with sorrow laden breathe prayer
 That ever, till the last.
 Its lustre may live on undimmed and fair. | The Cup is filled, and ages drain full deep Their inspiration and their hope divine
 From chalice brimming OCT with memory's | wine
 Iris here! Brave hearts, but steep
 Thy manlihood with bounties from this shrine.
 The silver clarion rings, the gates are hung! | The helmet and the scimitar attest | A hero's grasp-'tis shine. Ride on, thy crest A-wave through lands unsung,
 A golden light to guide thee on thy quest. THE GLASS GRAFTON. | By Robert Hall Eweil of Washington, ID. C., was entitled "The Class of 1903 | in Its Relations to the Yale Spirit" l A brief portion follows:
 "The Yale spirit is needed in the ac- l tivities in which we shall engage. It is needed in business in the professions, I in the religious, social and political life of the nation. Outside men are striving
 in bitter rivalry to obtain social recog- milton, political prominence, and to add a sew more dollars to their bank ac- l count. We need to revert to a Puritan 1 sturdiness of character. We may smile at their crudeness: we may scoff at their bigotry. but we are not men if ! we eail to appreciate and admire their | tenacity Of purpose and the bOldness with which they ciung to their ideals and convictions. We are not men if we l fail to honor those little bands of immi- | grants which landed at Jamestown in ] 1907 and at Plymouth Rock in 1920. They
 were men Of high principle; men of l faith and works They had true love
 of country, deep devotion to God. In the outside world in which we are about I to take an active part the Yale spirit demands that we do nothing to antag- onize the interests of society, and that, in addition, we do all in our ability to aid society ;n the problems it has to I face. If we are true Yale men we shall take the Yale spirit with us and give to others the benefit of it's influence" l The exercises were closed with the singing oS the college hymn Bright College Years"
 While the Battell chapel exercises were in progress the Sheffield class day was in eull swing.
 Just at 10 o'clock the procession of
 the Sheffield seniors, headed by the Sec
 ond regiment band. marched into the enclosure on Hillhouse avenue and
 stood while the band climbed onto the platform and started the strains of the
 old college war song. Here's to Good
 Old Yale.''
 Joseph Hooker Woodward of Hart
 ford. when the class was seated, took the rostrum and began his class history.
 As the effort progressed he worked in Imany grind" on his fellow graduates.
 As he roasted" his quota of students he
 called upon the others to put em up,''
 and each Sheffield senior was raised up-
 on the shoulders Of his fellows and given a cheer by his classmates and a
 "warm hand" by his fair audience on
 the bleachers. In event of prominent
 athlete or other class celebrity a cheer
 after the 'roast'' was given by the way
 of honoring his college prowess.
 Three other class histories were de- l livered. between which were selections
 by the band and Yale songs which were
 sung with all the vim and force that
 characterizes the rendering of such dit ties on similar occasions.