The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-19
INTEREST CENTERS
NOW IN TAP DAY
John Bates Perrin May Be Last
Man Chosen for Skull
and Bones Next
Thursday,
BURCH ALSO IS PROMINENT
James B. Grant, Jr, Generally Picked
for Scroll and Keys--Spccu-
lation on the Forty
five.

Inc ClllndX Oh tnc WoIh Ol lne Junlol
year and the one which Charles Hop
kins Clark calls the limit of modern
day barbarism will be celebrated
Thursday afternoon at the fence on
the campus when the members of the
senior societies will tap their success
sors from the class of 1903.
Each year for the past decade 4
horoscope of those who would be elect
ed has been issued, and In nearly every
case this horoscope has been correct In
about half the men named. In the
past two weeks number Of these
horoscopes have been Issued, and al
though there is no official foundation
for them they are interesting In many
ways
John Bates Perrin of indianapolis,
chairman of the junior promenade
committee and next president of the
Yale navy, Is the general choice for the
last man who will be tapped for Skull
and Bones. Beside the other honors
he has received Perrin is a high stand
man and a member of Phi Beta Kap-
pa. II Ia generally believed that Rob-
ert Boyd Burch of Cincinnati, captain
Of the football eleven and floor mana
ger of the Junior promenade will be the
first man choJen for the same society.
The other men who are looked upon as
Bones probabilities are:
Charles Souttcr Campbell president
of the Yale Y. NJ. c. A.; Harvey II.
Bundy. captain of the tennis team and
a member of the prom. committee;
James Merriam Howard. leader Of the
Glee club, chairman Of the sophomore
german committee. member OF the jun
ior prom. committee. and deacon In
Dwight hail. Gayer G. Dominick, mem
Der Of the prom. committee and cap
tain OF the Gun club team: Edward r.
Jefferson, deacon In Dwight hall and
Junior manager Of the freshman foot
ball team; Henry A. Howe. who rows
In the Yale varsity crew; Clinton Mer-
rick. president Of the Yale Dining club
! and assignment editor Of the Yale
Daily News: Mortimer A. Seabury, the
next manager of the track team: IIar-
old Phelps Stokes, whose brother Is
Anson Phelps Stokes. Jr., and who Il
member Of the Yale Courant board
Allen Parker, Francis w Murray, John
Mallory. n mcmner Of the college base.
ball nine: Robert s. Rose, pitcher on
on the college nine.
James n. Grant. Jr.. chairman Of the
Yale News board, a member Of the
Junior prom. committee and president
Nof the city government club will be
one of the leading choices for Scroll
and Keys. mong the others who are
generally picked for that society are
Francis H. Olmsted. manager Of the
Yale baseball team and n member oi
the prom committee; Robert Mallory
manager of tho dramatic association
end member Of the Yale News board
James NJ Ethrdge, Jr. Junior mana
ger of the freshman baseball team
Charles w Howard. who plays on the
hockey team: Albert n. Farwell Fran
els NJ. Blodget. Gilbert NJ. Congdon
manager Of the basketball team; Leon
ard Kennedy, Maxwell O. Parry presi
dent Of the Yale Dramatic association
, Godfrey Dodge. Henry Lippitt, Paul II
| NJ. Converse, Thomas G. Eastman
Leon Godchaux,
Howard c Davis, manager of tn
, football eleven, who could probably gC
any of the three societies, is general,
picked for VOLTS Head. Other Wolf
Head men will probably be- G NJ
Butler, the sprlnter; Francis Butler
who is member of the Glee club; +
W. Bellamy, leader Of the banjo club
Miles c. Hannah. Avery A. Clark
Weles x. Rice, n member of the var
sty crew; Roland A. Splitter, mem
ber of the track team; Stuart G. Rand
Robert Fairbanks, chairman of tn
Yale Record board Paul S. Andrews
G. r. Van Vleck, the varsity pitcher
NJ r. Villas, track man and a mem
' ber Of the Yale Daily News board; T
r. Bateson, f. j Curtis.