New-York tribune., 1909-06-04
IVY DAY At BARNARD.
Zine Substituted by Seniors for Tree
of Other Years.

The senior class of Barnard College observed Ivy
Day on the campus yesterday afternoon. Until this
year it has been customary the seniors 70 plant
tree 70 perpetuate their casss fame. but these
have not grown well. the Class OF 90 decided to
plant something which would
stay green forever.
And live for nineteen nine;
as the song put IT, So this year II was Ivy Day.
instead OF Tree Day
The first ceremony OF the afternoon the pres
entation OF the senior steps TO the juniors This
ceremony is of Barnards few traditions and
is therefore reverently observed by all outgoing
classes. The seniors. in caps and gowns. stand on
the steps Of the main entrance to the college build
ing. with the sophomores their sister class. oppo
site them. and the juniors and freshmen the
other two sides Of the square courtyard
The seniors then sing their senior song. There's
a College a Hilltop which undergraduate
ever is allowed TO sing. Then follows the steps ora
ton in which the class orator hands down the steps
70 the juniors Miss Olga Rilke vice-president Of
the class Of %. delivered the Grafton yesterday.
and spoke with vigorous class patriotism Of 'O9's
attempt to establish more of senior precedence al
Barnard by restricting the wearing Of caps and
gowns to seniors Miss Rilke called upon the class
to sing again some Of the old songs. The hrst was
the song they sang as freshmen when the 'sophs
tried 70 haze them.
Sophomores. sophonores.
We the freshmen do agree
Come and haze
You can't faze US
Ouchtv-nine-
Then they sang a sophomore field day song Of
triumph over the other classes and then the sons
with which juniors they welcomed their sister
freshmen Il When that old familiar tune rang
out the sister class IN jubilant appreciation struck
M their old response. It's nice to have a sister
class" After the songs Miss Lillian Egleston pres
dert Of the junior class accepted the steps in be
half OF her class
The next number or the programme was q sur
prise 70 visitors and members OF the class OF 10
and u The banner of the Odd Fellows Associa-
ton. formed ot the odd classes'o5. OF. ~ and Il
was presented to the sophoulores by Miss Eva vom
Baur president Of ~. Tie banner IS large and
green and IT a-e the numerals OF all the Odd
Fellows II is TO be handed down to all future odd
classes until the green field is covered with white
numerals Then r viii b preserved in the alumni
room, and 4 one started
The seniors then took OF their caps and gowns
and presented them to the undergraduates Then
hareheaded and all in white gowns they led the
,-ooassion across Mubank Quadrangle TO the colon
made % Brooks Hall wnere their ivy had already
hasD pIsuted several weeks before by the wise
gardeners of the class Miss Lillian CosSon deAV-
cred the ivy grafton the subject OF which sne SAID
she had taken from Life tthe magazine Ire
Rest Of the Alphabet she explained, meant tne
other things which were necessary for success N
life after the ; 3. had been won at college oI
,bAse the most essential for her classmates was
the continued cultivation Of a sense OF humor-
The most picturesque event Of the afternoon vas
the 09 NavpoIe dance ny tV-enty-tour girls WIN
s-aa1 and white ribbons and garlands 81 white
roses and smilax After the dancers had run away
leaving 'nas green and white MayPole alone III US
woven glory no one wanted 70 90 home SO ''7S
81, around on tha grass in the sunshIne ana S4-.7
an the college songs they knew They ended with
- ..,,-o,,o,f,-s for '0a-' and a blessing on the
weather man for the first pleasant ivy day in Bar-
nard's history