New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

and a great friend OF mine. 7 want you TO be vsro
nice 20 her"
And 50 Fred IS nice TO her and Miss Dawes goes
TO bed the next morning with a heart thar neva-
tuttsred SO much berors.
All the types OF the little world az cor1a,, No., -
seen at the class day dance Here IL +ba Co.,
STRIPPING OF fashion. who knows he appears 70 best
advantage when sliding about IN his naa- o,,7,7s-
t1ere MS prototype at Barnard. carrying several
bouquets and dividing a dance into quarters AZ ~
request or -FOUR admirers. Here Is a girl grind
VINO has worked paSsionately ever since she beg.,
10 WIN prizes in the grammar school now preDa-r
20 taste merrtment at the eleventh hour in an even
ing oress OF excessive modesty, there Is the aals
EeC4use. who has never danced before caDa-t1z o,
the ladies' trains. with a bland smile Here e a
member OF the faculty. leaning comfortably aainsr
Ihe wall assuring his Barnard pupils that his
dancins days are past; there IS the college
widow, ever lovely who has been 70 class rav
dances since before the memory Of The o15ss%
graduate present Here IS an aIuulna- who has
taught school for two years looking rather faded
beside her pink faced partner OF sixteen: there a
popular aFurnnus. who fairly reels from so n1uch
andshakins These and hundreds unlike them be-
gin dancing gayy at ?. n. and are stiU danrin-
dOgge1ly at ; a m
perhaps the only person who does not enjoy class
day Is the senior president OF Columbia He has
probably risen early to toin In the baseball pan,.
with the faculty: has made speeches 5,---,- 49,,
luncheon has chased the seniors together for class
Gay exercises made the opening address there and
cOle early 70 the dance to that everything "a
ready BY the time the first guests arrive he NAV
De seen with already runpled hair and cuffs shout
ing TO the vice-presdent 70 put some Df7z N tho
girls dressing At intervals during the 7arca
he leads class cheers, and not until dawn when
the last straggIers have gone. does he leave ~.
ballroom. leading his mother who has been a "a
troness and has on a camp chair s,r zeva7
hours.
Inc climax OF these ceremonies Is coumeucen1snt
Gay The schools OF Philosophy. Law, Medicins
engineering and Pedagogy together with the trus-
tees professors and guests OF the UNIVERSITY ara
assembled IN the big circular Ubrarv OF C-,I,,r,,f
whence they march in stately academic process
sion to the gymnasium where the degrees ara con-
rerred- The candidates for the degree or Facbalo-
OK Arts are crowded in the basement where r5a-
fret and champ until the word TO march rbe D1acs
IS ned with stamping and scraps OF song, such as.
p ss'f ssz ;A: ss. 'o sa a' q, G ss
In the bosom Or the vest. etc
When the procession. headed By the r-,r,,-,b.,
seniors. swings out into the sunlight every one he
comes solennly self-conscious under the evas az
the spectators and the click OF cameras The Rar
/ naFu girls are the next body after the Columbia
seniors-a long way after. since the two COLLEGES
have aversion even to appearing TO be GOOD
friends. Slower Kisses the Barnard marshal TO
her line; keep good distance between usr'
Sometimes a group OF Columbia students cheers
for Barnard the girls go by Who are rbosa
boys?' Inurmurs the Barnard president in the &c..
retary's ear Freshmen. you may be sure IS the
cynical reply: they haven't been taught the eti-
Quette or Columbia"
Barnard takes a genuine pleasure IN beholdIns.
the millinery OF the faculty and trustees as they
climb up on the platform The brilliant DISPLAY OF
color IN the academic hoods cheers them during
the long speeches or the day. a sigh OF delight
greets the appearance OF Bishop Potter in a vfoiet
cassock. a red gown with pink sleeves and a purue
mortarboard tasselled with gold.
When all the candidates are assembled In tina
gymnasium. the chaplain says a prayer and the.
president OF the university makes a speech-ths
only generally heard. owing to the poor acous-
tics OF the building The presidents speech is al
ways calculated 20 penetrate 10 the highest gallery
in the gymnasium and to the lowest Intellect in the
audience.
The OF the exercises consist many speeches
by the deans or the colleges. accompanied bv a
popping up and down OF the candidates mentioned
and the rather more interesting couferrins OF hon
orary degrees. By Tar the best part of the pro-
yramne Is the last number. WREN the thousands OF
students and guests rise their feet and sing very
slowly. My Country. It's OF Thee While the
building trennbles with the sound of voices mingled
with the triumphant trumpet and the heavenly
harp, the senior thrills with the elatiOn OF beinz
unit IN that great whOe-the university.