The sun., 1909-06-30

homo plate. The gondoliers OF 90 hat
secured tho frames, sort OF rims the,
were, Of two imitation racing shells
Eight men held each oi. them az. high a.
other aourished oars, A pistol sho
rang out-that's just it; the shot did rint
out, as the yellows always put IT.
Each Grew began TO run backward u
a hotly contested raoe. In one OF thu
shells q man stunmled, caught oral
with his foot, he explained afterward
and fell. 1t stopped the boat. The
was swamped. The other crew crossec
tho home plate safely and it's partisani
waded into the deep, deep water anc
patted them on their backs as noble
vlctors and saviors OF Yales honor
Then two or three hundred blue toy
balloons were released and sent soaring
of toward New London In token Of what
fall Yale men want to do to Harvard'f
crew in thursdays boat race.
This ended most OF the tomfoolery and
the police aAd ushers waved the mourn
ers into their places in the stands, where
all hands watched tho Yale and Harvard
teams warm up. Then came the ball
game. You can read the details on the
sport page.
1t wasn't very lively until 1t was more
than half over, Yale seemed TO dread a de.
feat, because for five innings Harvard
played classy baseball. Now and then
there was liberal applause over sharp
fielding; the batting was a weak affair.
But the first real enthusiasm came from
the Harvard benches when Hicks, the
Harvard pitcher, struck out three men IN
the fourth inning. pitching, only nine
balls. In the fifth inning Yale got busy.
bases and one got home on mixup
whom third man got TO first, Then came
Philbin with his big stick and ne iainIhod
the sphere almost into the tall timber.
where the 7. X. jungle first appeared;
Two men scampered home and then
"Boola' was heard. After that IL was
nothing but Yale cheers and songs and
riot Of enthusiasm with the girls adding
their shrieks to the roars OF the boys.
The -Hot Old Time tune smote the
Yale blue heavens. When the game was
ended the paraders all swarmed out on
the field again and high jinks of all kinds
We're exhibited in the full delirium of
Yale, joy. John Harvard had been
humbled in the dust again. Hooray,
hoorayi Then the parade came back into
town. staggering, tired. but oh. so JOY
GUS! And the town has been keeping 1t
Such was alumni day at Yale. as fair a
day and as happy an alumni day as the
university ever celebrated.
Twelve classes Of the academic depart
ment; '53. so. '04, 80, IA. 70, "a, 80 "a,
GLASSES of Sheffield. 70. "a. 80, 'sl. 20,
'0s and 08,'also had reunions. Each OF
these Glasses is having a dinner tonight,
and in addition the famous class of
1892, to which all Yale alumni belong
whose. classes are not having reunions,
is having a dinner in the Yale Commons.
Frank Butterworth. the famous foot
songs are rolling out Of score Of these
meeting places and the Yale Bulldog
spirit is brooding over them and all the
rest Of New Haven.
Samuel 7. Rogers. ~. Of Bridgeport.
who registered himself as -Quondam
Professor, is the oldest alumn,s present.
Here are some Of the old boys OF the
the University Library, the mere kids
Of the '7os, sos, eos. lsoos not counting;
Ruggles, so. Milton, Pa; T. NJ. Godfrey,
"a, Riverhead. n. Y; z. T, Fairbanks,
80, st. Johnsbury, Vt: c. B. SlingluiT.
SO, Baltimore; C, Ledyard Norton, 80.
Mass; J., NJ. Hewett, SO, Lyme
C. Iona da.n s. spIwSsSss 81 chs@so cean
Strong Comstock, 81. A. s. Curtis. CO.
Conn: Felix Amant. SO.
Pa: D. Magrudef, SO.
c. l.. Thompson. SO, Provi-
dencc; A. D. White, SO, president
OF Cornell, who modestly registered HIM
self as Teacher; Z. NJ. Williams. "a.
Chicago; Joseph Lanman. "a, Minneapolis;
X. T. Eddy, 81. Minneapolis; Robert
Brown. 81. New Haven; Stanley P. War
rem, 60. Portland. Me-; c. G. lockwood.
Jr.. "a. Princeton. n. j.; W. Z. Wheeler.
90. Pottsville, Pa; ". H. B. Pratt. 08.
Brooklyn: ". r. Eastman. 81, Albany:
H. NJ Whitney. "a. Branford. Conn; b.
B. Lyman. "a. Bath. Me-: c. L. Conk-
ling. 'e4, Springfield. Ill; George A. Pat
ten, 81, New Haven; Henry Vim, SO
Maiden. Mass; j. H. Van Gelder, 'si.
catskill. n. y: Theodore Fitch, "a,
Yonkers; s. H, Dana, 90. Exeter, N. H.;
W. II. Hinkle, go, Detroit; F. s. Hayden.
90, Jacksonville; A. w. Harriet, SO.
Turks Island, West Indies; II. \. Brock
way. '66. Los Angeles; Henry Epson. so.
New Britain. Conn; W. W. Gordon. "a.
Ga; c. c: Palfrey, "a; Frank
in, La; Hamilton Wallis, 'e3. Colchester.
sonn.; s; Davis Page, SO, Philadelphia;
%. New York; Joseph Warren, SO, Boston;
Y. Y. J NJ. Thayer. go, Norwich. Conn.
4. o. Missioner. '57. Erie, Pa: Samuel C. |
lale. '54, Minneapolis; Gilbert Fay. 80,
hartford; +. j. Jones, so. Cincinnati and
NJ, Depew. 'ss, New York.
Commencement exercises will be held
morning and President Taft
yil be the chief guest. He will be Yale's
zig Bill Taft as usual and the day bids
air to become Taft day as we'll as COM
nencement day.