New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
TAP DAY POMP, YALE
TRADITION, IS SHAKEN
ABSENCE of the Picturesque Ush-
ers in Spirit for Which
insurgents Fought.
OZARK HORSES" CHOSEN
v,.ctions Called More Repre-
,entative and "Lineal Descend
ants Fail to Win Places on
Senior Society Rosters.
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x.v Haven. May IA Yale tradi
was somewhat broken. and new
= rleasing spirit Of democracy
,.,sng at least to the faculty and
oinsurgent" undergraduates who
,,d protested against the old order
rsbered in at the Tap Day cere-
.or,es on The campus to day when the
n., fortv-fve members of the Junior
Les we're elected to the three senior
societies.
Tho absence Of the general public
and the discreet withdrawal Of sopho-
ores and freshmen to their rooms, in
.hslence to the dictum Of Dean Jones,
~ the two upper classes in lonely
,Ossession Of the quadrangle and made
Tan Day one Of the quietest in years.
Many Of the spectacular features OF
che occasion We're eliminated because
~
fact particularly gratifying TO the
dean and 10 the rehellious sophomores.
VIM had oo-operated in the fight for
more simplicity ard less show. The
elections we're all popular ones. too.
and unusually representative. in con-
,rsst with the so-called 'misrepresen-
u,ive" elections OF previous years.
insurgents Are Satisfied.
While the opinion was expressed
that Tap Day" might in time fade
into the shadows II other Yale tradI-
lions. its doom i'm the immediate fut-
IRE vas not to be seen to-day. The
leaders Of the insurgent movement in
the sophomore class expressed them
selves as well satisfied with the lists"
n the men honorcd with election To
Skull and Bones. Scroll and Keys and
VOLTS Head Tho whole affair was
apparently such a success that il is not
expected TO become incumbent upon
the juniors Of next year 10 refuse
election to the senior societies, S they
had threatened 10 do if "misrepresenta
tive" students were tapped.
The men who came out Of the dark
confines Of the tomblike home of
Bones" across from the campus. and
the sacred portals Of the other two
society buildings a little further away.
With stern faces and determined pur-
rose TO strike telling blow between
The shoulder blades Of the lucky forty
FIVE" were "joshed" good naturally by
the non society seniors as they STROBE
upon the campus and sought their men
in the small crowd assembled beneath
the Spreading oak tree in front of
Dwfee Hall.
They we're "joshed" as they never
had been "jOshed" before by forty or
fifty neutral seniors. who weighted
down the limbs OF the "Durfee oak
but the jibes and sallies never bordered
on ridicule
Ponderous Dignity Lacking.
It was all done with happy student
abandon, but nevertheless it showed
that nobody intended to take things
with the ponderous dignity that had
marked the tap ceremonies Of former
years. 1t argued for a better college
spirit some Of the graduate onlook-
trs declared.
The family line" which has been
so closely followed by Skull and Bones
and Scroll and Keys almost invariably
IN years past. and which involved plac-
ing the lineal descendants of former
members Of the societies on their ros-
'ers at each election, was noticeably
Hoken to-day. when three men who
nso brothers in one or the other So
oety failed OF election. This feature
aso pleased the anti-Tap Day agitat-
"S and was strong evidence that the
senior societies intended to do what
was right in the future, some of them
said.
several dark horses" who had not
appeared on any Of the dope sheets
which the students always make up in
ADVANCE were recipients Of the envied