The sun., 1909-06-30

leilOWS nearly Iell OH unelT seAtS 30 nuCl
did they shake with laughter.
Young Embree said that his class hadn'
had much of a chance as yet to wea r {
blister on the faoo Of time. but he pleadet
| for more opportunity. He got a whacl
in at President Hadley by telling how onct
the president and Ambassador Bryce were
walking along the green and DR.. Hadle,
was expatiating on American humor, He
maintained that tho American street
gamin was the best exponent of our humol
and suggested that they try 1t on tho frs
gamin they met by asking him some
ridiculous question. Accordingly DR.
Hadley soon addressed an urchin in this
fashion:
Good morning. my boy; can you tell
me what time it Is by your nose9'
Quick as q shot came this response
i don't know, sir; my nose amt running.
How 8 yours?'
Young Embree said his class had been
out OF college only three years. but no was
glad to say that 1t already knew enough
to tell time.
DR.. John A. Hartwel. Sheffield. 80. the
famous football player. was introduced
and declared that the American public
Josh Billings's advice to the young men
to be like postage stamp and stick to
something. was all right but he thought it
would be we'll mot TO stick too fast until
we know what we are sticking to-
Then the meeting chose this executive
committee for next year:
, President Hadley, Lee Mcclgns; the
Baldwin. sohwab. Parker, II. E. Smith.
Woolsey, Chittenden, Corwin. b. W..
Bacon. DR.. j. P. c. Foster. Messrs Thomas
Hooker Henry B. Sargent. Frank L..
Bigelow. Eli Whitney, L. s. Welch, h..
Stuart Hotchkiss. Henry H. Townshend.
Victor NJ. Tylaer, Zieeler Sargent. Joseph
". Rowe. James X Blake and Prof. G. h.
Nettleton.
After this the alumni stamped out, all
vowing that they had had real fine old
fashioned Yale experience meeting. By
that time the campus was getting lively.
Bands and drum corps were beating up
and rulying the classes. which were in
costume. Hundreds Of young women
were sweeping in and out OF dormitories
and soon the highways and byways were
crowded with queer looking creatures
who were celebrating the fact that they.
had graduated from Yale by producing as
fine a grade of tomfoolery as any vaude-
vile stage has ventured to offer.
One young man gravely paraded
around the old campus with a sign on his
back reading: Flat to let" The situa-
Another bore this printed ornamentation:
Il love my legs. but oh, you fatted calf.
The drum beats and calls finally got
the costumed classes together and then
a procession nearly a quarter OF Daile
long and containing half a dozen blar-
ing bands passed out Chapel street to
the Yale athletic fieldi Thousands viewed
it and and apSpauded Sa an /, on the way Sayy
at the baseball grounds ahead Of IL.
Every seat except those reserved for the
marchers was filed before tho process
sion finished its mile and half parade
Such a difference from the ordinary
crowd at a big baseball game. Moro
than half OF the crowd seemed COM
posed of young women. What. parasols
green, rcd. white, blue. mottied there
were out there on the bieachers. Look
ing at them from the press stands the
blea cheers seemed to be populated chiefly
with white shirtwaists and variegated
parasols
Soon came the boom, boom. boom OF
the parade An opening was made in
The crowd that formed circle OF human
ty on the open part OF the field. where
also SCORES OF motor cars had been parked,
and then came weird parade into the
centre. First wore about seventy-fve
members Of the class OF 10. thirty years
put OF college. Their band played sAuld
Lang Syne' and every member of the
class wore long Rip Van Wrinkle stream
ng white beard and the whi:est of white
lowing locks, Many Of them hobbled
Did age. They were 30 disguised that
.her grownup daughters in the grand
stand couldn't even tell who was in that
-.
Following 10 came the class of "a,
,he only class that .paraded without
costumes. They nrried big blue
banner telling who they we're and they |
nod Gpa tiYna ahoutip u In friapdo in |
the stands.
Then came the class OF 80, all in white |
gowns and white mortarboards with
blue tassels. Next was the class of "a, |
dressed in kahki with the Sheffield men,
oers dressed in white, the costume being
. la Roosevelt. More about that later.
The class OF 90 was also in white.
When the class of 'o3 entered under
he charge of Give Du Val. chairman,
here was big stir, They wore sabots
IN their feet, paper mache things that
covered their footgear. Their trousers
we're of blue and baggy where trousers
ought not to be baggy; They had little
ron under which .protruded shocks of
,ermilion hair. They were supposed |
o be Dutch peasants. And how they did |
,avort. The Sheffield members OF the |
,lass were dressed as Venetian gondoliers,
md they swung their oars in unison and |
made pretty picture.
Then came the pirates Of oe, wicked
ooking Capt. Kidds all OF 'em, with big |
bandanna headgear, red splashes
II b-l-u-d on their faces, crossbones. de-
,ices in black on their cheeks, with toy
runs in their hands, and knives, awful look
ng things In their belts They wore black
,nee breeches and they also committed
/ heinous crime against Yale spirit and
for every one OF them had his
ar,r and in Harxn rfl at atn,kipna |
r,indled an old craft on wheels supposed
o be pirate ship and one Of the wicked
rev carried sign reading -Broiled
obsters.' What dangerous looking spec
mems they werel And how every one in
he grand stand shuddered on seeing
heml Oh. it was awful!
The entire baseball ground by this time
sas filled with the marohers. The bands
made finer discord than any East Side
he oostumed classes made Kaleidoscope
8 they pranced about. doing all sorts Of
lides and steps and pigeon wings and
and then they gradually
pened their ranks. Something was about
o occur.
Two pieces Of African scenery were
rought. They were back to back, with
between them. They had
ictures Of jungles and rivers and lions
nd giraffes and other beasts on them.
he class Of % Shelf, hunters. and led
ingle. With T. Il. was a youngster
lbelled Kermit. A trumpet blast fol-
,wed and out from the space between
ne two pieces OF scenery ran frightened
,onster elephant.
Did he. get away? Not on your life.
j. h, and his sturdy. rife, also Kermit,
ave chase. Bang! bang! went T. RS
fe, and oven Kermit shot off a Doppun.