The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-24


 'S3 held it's twenty-Afth anniversary celebration. The attendance was very large and beside the addresses there was singing, and the following was the song written especially for the evening:
 But now tonight we are boys once
 more;
 (Who cares how the fates have
 spunD
 A pledge to the mother of years ten A pledge to her favorite son! Here's wishing her wealth, and wish
 ing him health,
 Long life and an easy trail With the heel of the glass, Gill up
 and pass)
 To the dust of Elihu Yale.
 Horace Dutton Taft, brother of Secretary Taft. of Watertown, was toastmaster and the speeches were by Henry M. Hoyt, Charles c. Clarke. jr., sherman D. Thacher, and Joseph P. Robinson. One of the members of the class gave an Illustrated humor- ous lecture on the Times that Was" The class of 1898, over 125 strong, and one of the most conspicuous of the returning classes, celebrated at Len OK hall. the banquet there being one of the most successful ever held at q decennial reunion. There were a number of speakers and the toastmas- ter of the occasion was Fritz" Gange Following the banquet the large ma jority of the class focked to the camp. us and joined in the general celebrat. ton.
 The sexennial of the class of 1902 S.. was fittingly celebrated with the usual class banquet last night in Heublein s banquet hall, There were 65 members of the class present and the entire evening was passed in the most en- joyable exercises In addition to the banquet feature. There was no set lists of toasts but William Bailey of New York as president of the class, called
 
 talks, which were enjoyed perhaps the more because they were impromptu The affair was under the charge ol the sexennial committee which con sists of the following members of the class: Charles R. Ellicott, Walter C. symington and Lloyd A. Wimpfher- inner
 One of the features of the reunion which was fittngly celebrated las' night was the winning of the Alumn Weekly cup for the auto race on Yale field after the baseball game yesterday by the class boy, Charles Remington Elllcott. jr, and the driver was L. M Hughes. The pushers were Charles R Ellicott. Vincent Clark, Norman Snow IG. w. Butts and Herbert Pease.
 The uniform of the class was one O the members attiring In full Turkish costume. After the banquet the clast marched over to the campus. serenad ed President Hadley. Professor Brewer who was the class officer of the class and Director Chittenden of the Scien. tific school and then ended its per formance on tho new Shef campus The officers of the class are William Bailey, president; Charles R. Ellicott vice-presldent, and Linden W. Bates ljr,, secretary and treasurer.
 The class of 1858 held merely an in formal luncheon in the reception room at Woolsey hall last evening Ther, were 22 present The speaking wal without previous announcement ant there was no printed toast list.
 The quarter century reunion dinner of the class of 1883 Shelf. was held a the New Haven Lawn club in Whitne. avenue. The most interesting featur, from a New Haven standpoint was th' presentation of a silver loving cup t. r. T Bradley of this city, secretary O the class.
 Out of the 47 who graduated in thi class, 3l were present at the dinner. John F. Newell acted as toastmaste and announced the speakers as follows In Retrospect-A quarter of centur. from dear old Yale
 CT love everything that's old: old friends old times. old manners, old looks, old wine. ."-Goldsmith.
 Rev T. D. Bacon. Engineers Course
 H. N Covell .l Chemistry Course
 Dr. R. H, Wylie. Select Course
 H. c. Devereux Agricultural Course
 Judge c. L. Gold.
 The reunion committee consisted 0 James Lyman, John P. Calhoun, an' F. T. Bradley
 At Harmonic hall was the dime celebrating the quindecennial reunio of the class of 1893. Out of class O l5s living members there were 93 pres ent.
 The committee in charge of the af fair was A. V. S. Lambert and H. H Bottome.
 Toast Liet:
 Toastmaster-Noa Haynes swayne, 2d miniscences-Charles Hull Ewing. The Immunity Bath-William Reynol
 Begg
 The Sky Pllot-Rev. Edward Thomso
 Mathison
 Local Option-Logan Hay. The Star Eyed Goddess of Reform Charles Jarvis Fay. The class of 1863 held its reunion sup per this year at Mrs, Catherin Cooney's, No. 200 York street Some c the members are: Rev. Leander I Chamberlain, Henry Beelin, Prof. WI liam c. Sumner, Judge Irving c. Vani George St, John Sheffield, J. Ere Kernochen, Julius Turist, Judge Her ry H. Ineersol of Tennessee, Henry l Dimmock, Thomas H. Fuller, Hode B. Durfee, Henry M. Whitney, Rev, B. Dooittle, Wiloughby Haskell. Et Ward F. Brown. Rev. Cyrus Francis