New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
TAPS" ON RUBBER COATS.
Senior Societies of Yale Go
Through Ceremony in Rain.
FOOTBALL STAR SIGHTED
Son of Late E. H. Hartman
Makes Skull and Bones
Gridiron Leader in Keys
nv telegram IN The Tribune. !

By Telegraph n The Tribune
New Haven. May 1s.-"Tappings' for tho
Yale senior secret societies given to-day IN
a heavy rain resounded more heavily than
ever before because they fell with resound-
ing noise on rubber coats. Despite the
storm hundreds of spectators crowded the
campus and remained TIL the last member
was tapped In the college world the honor
of being the last. or fifteenth man slapped
for Bones" is the chief award of tap day.
To-day this honor fell to George Bruce Cor
telyou. jr.. son Of the former member OF
RoOsevelts Cabinet. Young Cortelyou is
one of the editors of The \ ale Daily
News and Is very popular.
Surprises were frequent in the choice.
William Averill Hartman. son Of the late
Edward II. Hartman. who had Ecen fore
cast as likely for Keys" WAS the first
member tapped" for Homes and accepted.
Wagers had been laid that Il tapped for
Bones" early he would decline the cleo
ton. awaiting a possible later chance to
enter Keys" Similarly Vanderbilt Webb
was received into Scroll and Keys after
hc had been set down by common report
as certainty for Zones" In taking an
election Ia Keys" Jesse Spalding, the
tradition which places gridiron captains in
bones" Walter Camp, Jr.. son of the Yale
athletic director and a football star, ac-
Companied Spaulding into Keys.
Several disappontments marked the
SlappinEs. chief among these were the
passing over Of Joseph Walker, president
OF tn" navy. and Of Douglas Bom"Isler'
the football end. by all the societies.
Walker is q son OF the Speaker of the
sachusctts House OF Representatives
and Il grandson Of the late Congressman
Walker OF Massachusetts. Some time ago
he defeated Young Hartman in the contest
for the navy presidency. Romelslcr was
prominent candidate for the football cap
tainCy.
II. r. Robbins business manager Of The
Yale News was tapped for Keys, hut
refused to accept. hoping FOR later cleo
ton to Bones" He was not aft"r"ard
elected to any society.
There were four refuSais Of elections 10
VOLTS lead. those declining. including
George STANLEY. intercollegiate golf cham
pion; T.. II. Baker. mile runner: r.. II.
Freeman. Of the Varsity crew squad, ana
George CLANCY, class deacon. None oil
them was taken into another society. Jack
Appleton, the oarsman, son OF the pup
Usher. was taken into keys
An odd feature occurred I'm the failure Of
Allan sheldon. Of Detroit. 10 be present on
the campus. He Is III i'm .,ew York city,
and the society Skull and Bones sent one
of its members to his room there 10 give
him an election at the hour the elections
were to be given here. An absence from
,l,a ia, occurred
before in several years The taps were:
SKULL AND BONES william Avcri'l
Hartman, New York city: Clarence Emil
Allen, ir. Salt Lake city; Henry Auchin-
Gloss Colgate. West Orange. ~ j.; Allan
sheldon. Detroit: William otis Waters, ir..
Chicago: Richard Wheeler Baker Ne"
Haven; HoIaday Philbin. Now York CI'y;
Calvin Duraud Alien. Bloomfield. y. j..
Alexander McAndr"W. NoIdh"m. cal.
Archer Hartman New York cts. Homer
Eugene Sawyer ir.. New York city; Au-
gustus sidney Lovett. jr.. Brooklin". Mas;
Alfred Cowlcs. Sd. Chicago: LaWrcnc" Van
Post Schwab. New York city; George
Bruce cortclyou. Jr.. New York Ciry.
SCROLL AND KEY Albert Bccchcr
Crawford, Cincinnati. Walter camp. ir..
New Haven. Reginald Lagrange Auchln-
Gloss. New York city: Jesse Spald!ng. chi
cago: cole Albert Porter. Peru Ind; Rob
ert owens Derrick. Buffalo; John Adams
Appleton. New York city; Arson Blake
Gardner. Washington, u. g.; Theodore Gail
lord Thomas. %. New York city. Charles
Henry Marshall. r.. New York city; Henry
Humphrey Parsons. New York city; Arnold
Whiteridge New York city: Lytton War
wick Doollttle, Utica, y. Y. John Coleman,
jr.. Louisville. and Vanderbilt Webb. New
York city.
VOLTS ;IEAD-Nalter Wilmington
Cox. Milburn. y. j.; Harold Scracg. Scran-
ton. Penn; John Mason Tilney. Brooklyn;
Stanley Buitt Wagner 81. Louis: Phelps
Barnun. Mamaroneck. y y; Charles Nor
gan Noyes, Warren. Penn; James ward
Twitchell. Pittsburgh: Edward Craig Lord.
New York city. Charles Wentworth Baker.
Cincinnati. Douglass Marshall Allen. Gin
cinnau; Albert Long Bartlctt. jr.. ST.
Joseph. Mo. Joseph EpcS Brown, IT,,
Brooklyn, Aaron Augustus Vanderpool.
Orange. y. j.; Murray Rushmore. Plain
field y. j.. and Henry FIT Warren. Al
hdny.