The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-21

Of l,is Tough Riders. Jim McC'r,a an
/ .hu ntillma1. guards m The football team
tga auinbY Of thA nine, FRANK du Pom
and Jildge Meigs ~ Waterbury,
Ninetscn hundred Sasn has Herman
WEBSTER, iiia Rriid. IT NsW YoFx: Charls,
Dudley. the hatbacS; Ira Richards. IN
sHunier. an'l tharlny Taintnr. the hiRl
: in1nnr
b" SlieE snvTnnial clasS ia headed d,
dd,n tl1Ss. tho guard Uharles Rafferty,
tde captain and Eddin TraHell Of tho crew
Among tho FIRST % register In Ak.
triennial shell class was aDNr" Cnholan
Nil0 holds the Vale recOrd Tor the eco
but 20 90 hack IN the class dav exsr-
ciaeS Part 81 Tho academic programme
ineliided Whistlng by Tommy Hewea
songs by Carl lphnaR. yOdling by Meade
MinnegerOds and many other perform
ane,as not down on the regular btll Then
tha class pipa was passed about every
ON taking a pud II vas the hrst DillI
Tor some 81 ths men but every one
entered into the spiFit Of tho occasion
and the hundreds Of men In caps and
gowns forgot that the sun was lScatina
down on them In the realization that
this was the only class day for them
After Tho passing Of the class pipe separate
pipes were given out and a basket Of To-
hacoO was passed around. and then came
the rislng puia Of smoke from the pic
around which the guests 1T the seniors
and faculty were crushed IN. Prom a
stand al the side the second Regiment
band furnished music and led BY the
senior memhsrs ~ the Oles Club the
graduating clasa sang .Amici.- Wake,
Freshmen, Wake and Bright College
Years
The grafton was delivered by Carl A
LOhmann of Akron. Ohio and the class
poem by Arthur y Baker u Bridge port.
Conn. While reading tho class history
Tom Hewes % Hartford, Conn. was
interrupted with frequent bursts OF
applause.
hswes referred 10 Bob Iafl Of tlue
class. the Presidents son. in this way
Permit me. Mr. aud Alra Audiencs.
IN Introduce you 10 One who n Treemi.
nently the cause for our fame want
70 lmpFess on yon that We ARE "a nous
Robert AllOnNo Taft. Familiarity known
70 his frionds az TIM Crown Prince
OF another prominent man IN the class
Ted Coy. tho football star the historian
remarked: Bate your breath and lay
hold % yOur DocketbOOks when whisper
the name Teddy Coy. llaint you seen
HIM Ihats strange in athletics, Ia
study, IN literary wurk IN religion. In
short in all the c,Irriculum and extra
curriculum activities u fals life. OuI
clssN mot 7 & has lasting lmpre sslOna
which years Of lconoclaEtic SUCCESSORS
will not he able t0 eliminate
In his closing words ths class orator
Mr.. Lohmann. said.
Yale has laden ls with These gifts and
with truly bountiful goodness has en-
dowed IA with ability 10 repay all abs asks
IN return loyalty 70 her and to
follow her teaching. We have from her
cause In all that n Yale. In return she
asks a thoroughgoing edort In behalf OF
that cause ~ Indicative OF our loyalty.
A. We 20 n take up our position among
thoss men who for centuries have by their
record proved the lorce % this place oar
alma mater watches US with confidence
and hope. Shall Il also BE- with pride
Classmates. let our lives give the answer.
There was a lot of fun al the Shelf class
day eVsrrisee The history u the class
read bv Louis g. Campbell Of YOungs-
town. Ohio. confirm Tor the first time the
story from the historians and Shelf Z
point 81 view % the class outbreak at
Savin Rock after the class supper. Sew
eral seniors. one a pitcher on the varsity
team. have been put on probation until
neu October az one result of that fracas.
Ten 1t the class were fined in the courts.
This il how Historian Campbell described
the riot. and the description created great
merriment.
After the supper special cars were pro-
vided % convey them IN that premier
pleasure resort uf New England. Savin
Rock The party. HD0 strong and full OF
Rond spirits. boarded the cars IN add
ton ~ the live stock the bili % ladlnR Tor
the Journey showed a brass hand. nine
barrels II beer one cask u absinthe and
- AaganHatif yn
ia the accounts % the trip. hut the writer
Rleans that Il Sps some hybera (Orienta-
ton. a. Prof. Beach would say. Tbs
trail II the cars marked by hats. stems.
what had Once been car Nlndows. various
bits 81 human anatomOy, rOtably eyes
lrouRedl and ears tchewed1. and a.
decent intervals empty barrels. the latter
always DISAPPEARING amid a salute from
the gatling gun. In due tims the caravan
arrived az the Rock with two barrels OF
bser aud half ths cnak ~ absinthe There
a most peculiar thing happened. As the
last men stepped from the Storm beaten
cars th1se veterans of many years %
faithful service for tie Consolidated trem-
bled like Sheriian's horse at Shenandoah.
and then. even as the one horse shay. they
crumpled into q heap ~ splintered wood
and twisted scrap iron. With a iiendiah
howl Of ioy the class swOOped down upon
the wreck Eager hands drew forth car
wheels. axles. trucks and the like IN be
used az weapons should occasion arise,
while others in an exoaas ~ zsal tore No
the tracks for Yards around and armed
themselves with the rails. kven the
weak ut in the class took naksn ties
Thus armed. each % his taste. these
Hsthetic youths formed a solid phalanI
and charged. Would that ! could AIDE
uuataly describe that charKe. The charge
81 the &x Hundred. the stOrrning ~ Look
out Mountain. all the death defytng deeSis
of history must IN discarded a. picayune
COMMISSIONS. That column ~ domi-gOds
swept through Savin Rock like a fiery
hast from the inferno. They plOughed
through buildings. stone walls and crowds
Of pleasure seekers like a steamboat
through a school % Tninnows, leaying
ruin. devastation and the eight beer bar
rels I'm their wake. Women and children
In their uath were either tossed aside or
tTnTnpled under foot. and With the horrible
cultural cry % the charging mob were
mingled the shFieks and groana Of tho
manRled and dying. Prom the vanguard
around the last beeT barrel nov mounted
on the truck Of the eating sun. which had
been thrown asidel arose cries q PrOait"
and 'Geeundheitr IN this manner the
PAVILION u the flying horses vas reached.
Here the common people made thetr
Innt stand Here. inspired by the spirit
Of ~ and the teaching II George Camp
hell. they defled those geDtls students,
who, inspired BY the spirit ~ 1901, extra
div. wotid have deaecrated sacred inatt"
buttons like Vandnls in Rome.
-rhs hattie Waged lO0R and Justify,
hut n tho end the students retraated
In good order. leaving ten prisoners
In the hands % the enc ny ~ well ~ the
ninth beer barrel mot barrel OF beerl.
but carrying their wounded with them
together with the task. The latter was
triumphautly carried % the New Haven
GT~en. where gathered about the hagpols