The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-21
FIRE MARSHAL
 DROPS CURTAIN Freshmen Fail to. Heed. Warning on Throwing of Confetti and Glee Concert is Closed
 Prematurely. WHITE MICE LET LOOSE COnsternation Caused Among tho Promenade Fairies Brown Hen liberated Strange Cards of
 
 Greeting. 5
WHITE MICE LET LOOSE

For the first time in the history of . Yale University Glee clubs promenade concert the fire marshal interfered with the jollity of tho freshmen in the top gallery and the curtain was rang down by his orders before the finish of the concert It was not until half the audience present had left the house that the song Bright College Years, which has closed all glee club concerts from time imnemorial, was sung and then the members of the club had to file out in front of the asbestos curtain.
 During the second part of the con- cert when the house was festooned with paper ribbons and the youngsters in the top gallery were just beginning to shower the promenade girls and their, escorts with confetti, one of the members of the musical clubs stepped to the footlights and an-8 nounced that unless the confetti and ribbons ceased to descend from above the fire marshal would ring down, the curtain. A slight moan of despair came down from the gallery but the throwing of all paper ceased Just be- fore the third number of the last part the streamers began to fall in scores until the stage was almost hidden from view and shower after shower of confetti fell like snow The col legians had just finished their num- Der when t'- curtain fell shutting them out from view before they could leave the stage
 For moment no one seemed to realize what had happened, and then in spite of the lusty demand for Bright College Years" the juniors. and their guests hegan 10 lessss the theater At this junctureyfhe nnenl-l bers of the club filed out in front of the curtain. Everyone stopped and when the last verse was being sung the juniors their hats raised in the air, their fair friends and the fresh- men in the gallery were singing For God, for Country and for Yale,a And so one of the most eventfuI prome- made concerts ever held ended
 Three quarters of an hour befoso the concert started the first year men were trying out their voices in tho heavens above. and dangling their note hooks preparatory to the arrival of the first girl Suddenly roar of applause greeted a party of three, and then came the many voiced order Third row. sit in between them" Tho appearance of a girl with red opera cloak sent the freshmen into a frenzy of noise and she was peremptorily or- dered to take off that coat which she did to the intense delight of 1911. Hey, peach; who's the guy with you" "Pippin in the box. smile and Take off that hat were hurled at the promenade girls who did their best to dodge the cards and streamers show cred down on them as they smiled up at the ardent young men above them. Then, by way of variation, the men chreered each other, and then the girls present as a whole. By this time the house was be ginning to fill up and the perfectly groomed songsters who had been spending their time peering from behind the tormentors. began to get ready for the dash onto the stage. At this juncture Pop Warner was forced from behind the wings and for a moment or two stood beaming and lowing before the cheering audience.
 There was a respectful quiet while i the club sang Brave Mother Yale, but at it's conclusion the pent up en- thusiasms of the freshmen broke out again with increased vigor. The air was filled with cards, pads and note books on the end of strings, which were dangled allringiy before the eyes of the promenade girls. They reached for them and then when unasle to cap ture prize, their escorts rose and