The sun., 1909-06-15
SENIORS DAY AT PRINCETON
GRAVE AND FRIVOLOUS DOINGS
or GRADUATING CLASS.
Preferences Of the Men Of 90 Given Out
-vassar, water snsl ''The SON" Among
the Winners-The Roll OF Phi Beta
kappa Men-Gifts During tho Year.

PRINCETON. N. j.. June ll.-After a
rainy Sunday which threatened to spoil
the GLASS day festivities at Princeton the
sky cleared this morning and the day was
bright
At IL O'Clock the real exercises Of the
day began in Alexander Hall with the
class grafton by Hugh Chaplin OF Orange,
N. j., and the reading OF the class poem
by W. j. Funk OF New York. The crowd
then adjourned to the campus in front OF
old Nassau to witness the planting OF the
class ivy, with Nathaniel Ewing Of Bryn
Mawr as orator.
After luncheon everybody but the bands
rested. At $50 all who could get hold OF
tickets braved tho heat to attend the
cannon exercises and hear the 'knocks
that made a good many fond families sit
up in astonishment.
After the overture Horato Turner OF
Princeton gave the important and Pc
culiar events in the history Of the class.
He was followed by N. F. Carroll Of New
ark, who told Of various scrapes and mis-
haps that many Of the class had been in,
ending his incidents by presenting the
men involved with appropriate gifts
The stories ranged from wild auto rides to
-fussing' breaks and the presents from
a real artichoke TO postal card.
A view Of the class as 1t may be twenty
years hence was then shown by Norman
Armour Of Princeton. who pictured the
future vocations OF his classmates as thcy
are to be Judged by the record OF the last
four years. An address by F.. A. Dillon,
tn, president Of the cless. followed and
then the class roll was read by the secre-
tary. j. c. Brush OF New York. The class
quartet sang the class ode and the
exercises closed by the entire class smok-
ing new clay pipes and thea breaking
them into bits over the hist ic cannon.
The various class statistics were pub
lished to-day and thay resulted in d. O..
Meese Of Mansfield. Ohio: being voted the
best all around and most popular man,
". n. Ottinger Of Philadelphia was voted
the most respected and E. A. Dillon the
one who had done most for the class.
Nat Ewing OF Rryn Mawr. Pa. was voted
as having done the class most c..
Vein. Jr., OF Yonkers, n. Y. as the most
desperate lsdy's man; E. g. Boutwell, OF
Allegheny, Pa, as the best musician.
Armour OF Princeton as the handsomest
and Dillon az the best all around athlete.
Blond girls with brown hair and blue
ewes and named Helen are tia best liked
and Vassar has the call among girls ool-
legee. Tho most popular newspaper in
New York is The SUN. and as usual. the
favorite beverage is water. The GLASS
thinks that 1t has done pretty important
things for Princeton in making two deans
necessary and in starting rowing. while
it thinks that the things the university
a NhamDtOnahin
football team and an efficient daily paper.
The officers Of the GLASS are z. A. Dillon
OF Lawrence. Mass, president N. X:
Cass OF Nichols, NJ Y, vioe-president; and
J. Q. Brush OF New York, secretary,
The following men were elected to the
burg, Pa; J. {. Cooper of Jacksonville.
Fla; Lawrence Fenninger Of Philadsl-
phia, j, H. Huddleson. Jr:, Of Portland.
Ore; 8. B. Murray, Jr.. Of Germantown.
Pa: Isaac c Thomas OF Pottstown, Pa; i;
r. L. Thomas OF Lewisburg. Pa; NJ. H..
Fry OF Ephrata. Pa: Spencer Gordon Of
Washinston, p. G.; "; ~ L; v Haven, 1 wi,v iii, OF
barre, Pa; William LARGO Of Perth Amboy,
n. j.; H. r. Medina Of Brooklyn. N. y;
c. X. Phillips OF Mohrsyille, Pa; 8 W.
Phraner OF Bloomfield. \. j., l.. P. SCOTT
Of Summit Hill. Pa; William Shand OF
Lancaster. Pa, and Samuel Shellaborger
OF Washing ton, ~. u "
The is2d commencement meeting. Of the
trustees was held this afternoon and Gov.
Fort OF New Jersey, ex-off'cio presi-
dent OF the board. WAS present.
Gifts amounting TO Si4S.s2l 10 were an
nounoed, the largest being that OF sloo, 900
from the estate Of Mrs, William Earl Dodge
OF New York. II was announced that
the fund Of $4,000 for the infrmary en-
dowment had been raised by the ladies
auxiliary and that IL was the intention
to increase Il TO a round 100000. A num-
Der Of promotions In the faculty were an
nouncej, the prinelpa! one being that OF
f. q. Elliott, Phi. D.. the new dean Of the
college, from preceptor In politics to a
full professorship; L. +. Eisenhart, Phi. D..
and z. P. Adams. Ph. D., former preoep-
tors, were elected to. professorsh!ps In
mathematics and physics respectively.
A glee club concert and the sophomore
promenade closed the days activities.