New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-17
FEATURES OF JUNIOR "PRoM" WEEK AT YNF
THIS ANNUAL SOCIAL FESTfVITY NOW WELL TyNDpn
WAY-TO REPRESS "STUNTS" OF FREsH1Ev

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.lleiii 10 Prom Sunday in the chanel - saAs
'ie great occasion for those undergradT,,a- Us .
are only to look on at the festivities 80 - "ac
au tor 'le girls The galleries of the cbaos, ssA
1ro"oec with the queens and their 49, ara
Inc Frenzy which has taken possassio e..aperons.
uersfaduate masculine minds ia here Co.. me IN
hVnn 1s e, Inc moment the audience rss. ls
chapel turns ss sluGeat body in the uif Tor
St in me pulpit stares adinrinv' 70 an me cler
ulately on the benediclion the w.. AND Tnme-
oGiTacs PUSHES the chapel doors a STUDENT at
on tne campus outside in double IaSa ana lines up
siear across the campus. in order no saat reaches
has 1a as they pass through To the sis the
rliying ordeal But it is expecteI mat OF ter.
see tSa Wouid De the very last ones to , girls
VINO TOOK IT into his hands to nr4 siey Official
as reeul TWO ago nearly had university SIP 70 it
af sunday s passes in round Of calls an,
ana on Monday the trouble begins for atgbquented
ing abot tbd l during the morning men are u p
nfSe tner particular guests at the over 70
rooms to bring over Your couch iends dormitory
me your piano lamp. "lug your orientaI -, lend
These teas are the means the under me afternoon
Sne IN tne hands take to introduce them WITH
Ia and tea" as Conducted 5y me ne, prom
ancs v 20 me prom is wonderful perso ~no
fnuns at the last minute. Of course the dozen
kinds Of ornamentaon m1 tSaf G5 all r the Parcur
sTs 9gs hlehed from everybody elsss r not to
"a ir,---
from the local florists shaded lamps imported
fsv,eG rom netghboring suites are Lighted ~ ,nd
IN the BEDROOMS by the sweeps or sons s S S9sSOcst
the round 10y And by ocloek wbsss
mo their best clothes. wipe the perspratioS Jump
the AFTERNOON tb open the doors to all comers All
pus. depositfns their loads OF s'queens AZ cam
sne miniature drawing rooms OF the coIiess enins
strss Gra m to suffocoton with const tam
teas each ten minutes seeing new set al ssc q ha
tumn into fbs az the hotels the undergradusss,
wnlsk their Queens into the long procesSseAad
snd TsS, az Sns hyperion Theatre. where the s.
hours OF the joyous round Here the girls snr sSo
through the strenuous performance ~ t theT hands
organizations. and enjoy the antics Of the fresIss
tricks at this function everything that MSS and
oelng smut out In the cold from the social
From the concert 70 the class and society ger
mans mans ends the first day OF the week, and tssss
DAY or the festivities. These are really the nness
queens ' Wb Week to the undergSaduates and
utmost The various society halls OF "Shefrs are
Wooisey Hail where the junior geTmso Is r. AID
ned this year. viii be the most beautiful surround
bs5 f0r e4ege dance thar any junior class has
Tuesday the campus is early alive to the dotnss
are early on hand at the hotels and boarding.
houses More teas and receptions MI Tuesday
the browning event OF the week are made Dur ISs
such hours and minutes OF the day as the juniors
hundred or more boxes in the big "a Regiment
iArmory nave been draPed and filed with rugs and
ing The juniors. assisted by the local furniture
hours all day long and BY o'clock the bare be sIa
barnlike drill hall is Transformed into fslryIaol
Yale eight-oared Shell which Won the aarVard racs
on the Thames last year is suspended tull rugged
Yale carried across Harvard's goal line TO vctory
hangs in a blaze OF electric light No money IL
best that any junior class ever prepared for tha
advent OF their choices among the fairest girts o.
BY o'clock seven or eight hundred men IN their
or waiting for their queens in the 5otel jo5Sis
All the evening the campus has been IN state q
rush up 10 now to meet the requirements OF tbs
situation, and IL is some time after the prom
hiled out with the particular friends OF the nan
who takes her that the junior is at Liberty sm-
During the intermission he has to engage IN Tee
to his I box for his sri and chapero and between
every dance he has TO rush to every corner OF ne
with his girl and look up his own next partner.
By O'Clock in the morning the junior Is w'lted
He reels se Weakly but joyously through the last
dance. and then fights to get his charge into her
heir rooms before daylight And then he tunbles
sapas and pSay sea- winSp game OF 6assbau n
his dress suit in the snow with his fellow class
panies his queen to the station at noon the
next day. amazed to find that she is Just as fresh
and happy looking when she first stepped on
her express three days before. while he can hardly
drag himself back 10 the round OF college duties
And when IL Is all the junior may, or he may
not size up his various bills He Will probably
ind that he will have to remain in New-Hayen
until the next term so as not to overdraw his
cut account with the dean. which he has drawn
upon wildly during the week: he Will ind that 10
has weeks lessons to make up and several ex-
planattons to make to unfeeling professors, and
hat the financial end OF the week Is obliteratec IN
The hazy vista OF teas and carriages and noTsrs
and concert tickets and prom box costs But
hat troubles the average college man the least or
an A Joke that is just now going the campus
rounds explains that. 1t states that the true use.
rulnesS OF q college course consists IN uher :.
beaches the fathers OF college men the value OF
money.