The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-23
SOME PROM GIRLSAAD TO WADE
ytIES "RJ BBERNECk BRIGADE'
MS or no W4TCH THEN.
,rord, Of sophomores and Freshmen
stood NJ Battell Chapel Door TO SEQ
me Girls and to Admire TheH-tom'
mont, and Cheers Embarrassed some,

IN. Girls and to Admire Them--Com'
m,ni, and Cheers Embarrassed some
\rv HAVEN, Jan. 22.-Yale's Rubber
L pr,yade7 was lined up from Battel
Charel To south Middle this noon 500 strong
T.. give the Prom Girl the most hilarious
,alcoue she has received from the fresh
men and -ophomores in years when she
c,,ergad from the college chapel
The drilling rain didn't interfere IN
,te -rigbtcsf with the undergraduates, who
r.d received cuts from chapel to provide
,,ot, for the visitors from rushing pell
nell ont Of their dormitories when the last
.,ratn. Of the Doxology sounded from the
,oileyc organ They stood three or four
Icon each side of the boardwalk and viewed
with Frent gee the pools Of water ankle
,a.p that had formed and over which the
Prom Gid would have TO step.
Iolk OF CONSERVATION appeared on the
,,o,. of 'hc first couple as they emerged
IRON, the porch of the chapel and glanced
do,n thu ines undecided as to whether
=, brave the 500 pairs of eyes or beat
b,.ry retreat through side door. The
crowds behind pushed on and with Come
ON don't mind them; we're in for i'll the
voung Yale athlete grasped the arm OF his
fair friend IN blue and plunged forward
while slid -Hurrahl Hai Hal went up
from the lads 10y the door
Thu first pair sought shelter at the end
of tho promenade in a convenient doorway
to xatch the next victims.
-ph me- Oh my. from 800 envious lads
relfIv caused a girl in a Yale blue velvet
-li, to get nervous prostration and to be-
come 80 tattlNd that her escort forgot all
ab,u. his umbrella and carried it over
his six hat while tho rain pelted down on
nis unprotected companion.
ON. 20 along with her. I'll take care Of
myself. came from a good natured chap
eron. ~ she effectively settled the diff
Guilty Of three trying to get under one small
umbrella This started wild warwhoop
from the students who overheard her and
who took up the refrain and sent 1t back
and forth down the line
One upper classman Lost his courage
when he faced the crowd and suggested
to his girl friend that they go out the side
door
No you don't" quickly retorted the
rirl. I'm not afraid. Come on.
nat llRutt came bdCh lIOiil Tic lhf-
henng chorus outside. She's not afraid.
Several times discretion suggested to
he Prom girl and her chaperon TO turn
back.
4 don't want to go. Please come back,
came pleadingly from one tim'd visitor,
but she had to FACET and her self-assurance
vas not increased when she had 70 choose
between wadng through deep puddle Of
water or rsking the danger of displacing an
ankle. She chose the former. but not until
she furnished her share OF amusement to
me Knockers and embarrassment to her
escort
The pu6dles caused no end Of merriment
to the DO. 5 the girls splashed through
them or tried TO make flying leaps over
them Several times the latter performance
resulted disastrously, the girl slipping on
the lev walk and Just escaping landing In
the arms Of one of the noisy crowd
The son OF we'll known New Yorker
rss among the last to leave chapel and he
and his fair friend fingered in the vestibule
aali hoping the crowd would disperse. As
the couple came out. she gowned in pale
blue broadclo,h, a shout of appreciation
vent up from the throng which so distracted
he Yale man that he fumbled at her um-
hrells in frantic attempt TO open it. The
Vre-ched thing wouldn't work and he was
growing desperate in his wild efforts,
when with a quick movement, IL was
pulled from his hand and put up with a
hang by the girl while shout Of admira
ton vent np from the 800 Yale boys.
The Rev DR. Henry van Dyke was the
nreacher in Battel chapel and there was an
immense gathering Of Prom guests. He
Oaused a smile to spread over the congre-
CATION when he told the Yale boys that
when they developed the seventh sense,
tho power to zee the unseen, they would no
'onger be living the dog life or the educated
pg life. After naming the five senses he
added two more 20 the list, the sixth OF
which was common sense