The sun., 1908-06-24
took the place OF plaids. lined up In front
OF Mr.. Taft and fired this. set 10 a tune that
nobody ever heard before:


took the place Of plaids. lined up In front
OF Mr.. TAFT and fired this. set 10 tune that
nobody ever heard before:
Everybody takes his hat OF TO Taft
Hat of. hat OF, hat OF to Taft.
This also called for a special acknowl-
edgment from the Secretary.
Then along trooped the, scientific mon
IN 1909 dressed as Turks in green with red
S fezzss 4 little title wagon With 9Th, py,i,a baby IN !.
was the legend above it.
The class department Of vital statistics
displayed these figures:
One hundred and twenty eight In the class.
Twenty eight married.
One hundred happy
This placard drew a laugh from the Sec
retary: Our Platform-Taft and the Full
Stein"
The class 1t seemed had also discovered
a new translation for some Of old Omar's
stuff. They carried this aloft:
sent my soul through the Invisible.
Some letter OF the after life TO spell,
AndNby and by my soul returned to me and said
Yale is heaven: Harvard is hell
The class of 1905, scientific. had a nice
live bull with two legs. They were dressed
as matadors. Secretary Taft was having
light haired fat man who sat two sections
away from the Secretary in the front row.
He was dead ringer for Taft, and so the
class Of 1905 weren't 30 much to blame
when they walked right past the real thing
and drew up in front OF the likeness. They
off TO- and the blonde fat man. rising
in his seat, tried to shoe them away with
his hat. The 1908 men were encouraged
by the special favor which had been ac-
corded to them. The Secretary hadn't
waved, his hat so hard as that to any Of
ha hnr nj rha,y t,,ax
to make another circle in front of the stand
for extra measure when wild eyed usher
put them wise.
Then the nameless fat man apologized
to the class for looking like Taft and the
class apoogized for thinking he did and
both bowed their apologies to the real
Secretary.
In between the cheering the Secretary
was kept busy signing autograph albums
and holding graduates babies on his lap.
Finally all the classes drew UP in front
OF his stand singing and cheering. and the
result was like this tF
"For God, for country and for-honey
dear. listen hers-the Pope he leads jolly
I'm afraid TO go home in the dark-oh,
more work for the undertaken, one little
job--rah. rah, rah-show me the true son
Of old-bang, bang. bang-everybody takes
his hat Off to-boola. boola-"
Mr.. Taft in the course OF the game
pounded his straw hat on the railing in
front of him. but it was still presentable
when he sailed down on to the field after
the victory. He was surrounded by a
great crowd that insisted on shaking hands.
He lsft the special car with his class OPP
posite the college green and started march
toward President Hadley house at Whitney
avenue and Trumbull street. 1t was about
quarter Of mile walk through the muddy
streets. A big crowd followed the class.
President Hadley in reply to the calls OF
Secretary Taft and the other -boys' came
out on his veranda. Looking at Mr.. Taft
he reminded him that the first time he had
met him was on the night Of the rush against
the sophomores thirty-four years ago.
Mr.. Hadley was then junior in the class Of
1879 and the juniors OF course sided with
the freshies in their fight against the sopho-
mores.
Il need not add, said President Hadley,
that on that night he in every way gave
us a harbinger Of the qualities that he was
going to display all the rest OF his life
President Hadley admitted that in that
rush business he was not Of as much service
as some OF the more stalwart ones, but he
was good campaign director. Secretary
Taft joined in rousing Yale cheer for
President Hedley and then the boys Of '7s
tramped back through the muddy streets
to their headquarters.
Tonight they held dinner at the New
Haven Country Club. Prof. Edward w.
Flagg Of Potsdam, N. Y, resurrected q
poem which he read at the freshman class
dinner in 1875, The freshes, Taft's class,
had whipped the sophomores in the rush
and the sophomores demanded revenge
in a single handed combat. Taft was Sc
lected to represent the freshmen. and he
did his opponent up brown. Here is the
way Taft the freshman was praised by his
classmates thirty-three years ago:
And louder yet that shout arose
From the victorious side:
And round their eader they rally ALL
Beamng with looks OF pride.
Upon their shoulders Is he borne,
As in a triumphal car.
The King OF heaven looks down and views
Their triumph from afar.
Among others who spoke at the dinner
were Secretary Taft, tho Rev. Charles F.
Carter of Lexington. Mass. Judge George
b. Edwards of Russellville, Ky; James NJ.
Lamberton OF Harrisburg. Pa; ex-Judge
John Proctor Clarke. former Congressman
James P. Pigott of New Haven. The Rev.
George L. Curtis Of Bloomfield, n. j.. was
toastmaster.
Several cablegrams were sent to absent
members of the class, including one to Baron
OF Japan. This telegram was sent to the
class of 7s of Hamilton College. Clinton
SClsss Yale '7s. the class OF Taft, sends
cordial greetings to class of '7s Hamilton.
the class Of Sherman
In the morning Mr.. Taft presented to the
university on behalf Of the class OF 1893 a
flag pole in memory Of Augustss Garfield
Lesyard, member of the class, who was
killed in the Philippines while serving in the
infantry as Second Lieutenant. Mr.. Taft
said among other things:
THE army Of the United States was called
upon to endure many things, and under
the scorch Of the tropical sun II exhibited a
courage as great as in any war in which
the United States ever engaged"
The flagstaff was accepted by President
Hadley
Mr.. Taft will go to Watertown, Conn, on
IN w ysnese al the ngsa e opa' scSeo
there, which is run by his brother, Horace
. Taft
County Commuters Ratification.
The Repuhlican county committee will