New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
COLUMBIA IA VOTES
BARNARD GIRLS BEST
Fair Seniors, Guests, Hear
Men Students Give Them
Place Over VaSsar.
FACT AND JEST IN
CLASS DAY HONORS
Water Leads Favorite Drinks and
Tennis the Sports -Republi'
cans First in Politics.

Tho class OF la14 OF Columbia college
me-, for the last time as UNDERGRADUATES
yesterday when they held their class day
exercises in the university gymnasium
Relatives parents, sweethearts ana
friends crowded the auditorium while the
exercises were going on.
Tho Barnard seniors were guests OF
honor, sitting in body in the 'front.' VI
tho hall, and 10 carry out the departure
from tradition more strongly the Coiuin-
hin seniors voted Barnard College as mo
hest girls college. thereby placing II DC
fore wellesley, Nassar, Smith ano othcr
institutions, which in the past haVo ne,o
first rlacc in the hearts Of Columois
graduates.
The most keenly anticipated part OF Inc
programme was the announcement. OF '"o
election OF members to Phi Beta hsppa'
The thirteen members of the class CHOSEN
~ receive the key were Albert Gym
Rothweu. Benjamin Grossbaum. Benja-
min Braverman, Joseph Lntz' CARA
baldi TAguardia, Mortimer May, Edward
Lehman, Joseph J. Tanzols. Peter StaIn'
ir. G. *. Osterhaus. John l.. ClaSs'
chester W. Peterson and Milton NJ. Lor-
entz. At the January elections clinton
NJ. Pang jr., 8 Chinese student, and Ed
win H. Zeydell were elected 10 Phi Beta
Kappa.
The leaders in the class exercises ~ere
Alvin Graham, annual address; Kirby
Grafton, history; James Blackwell
prophesy: Louis Jabine, poem; kennetn
Watkins. presentations Adelbert SMITH
ers. valedictory; James Howard PWdy'
ivy Grafton
Albert Cyril Rothcell. who few weeks
ago was elected the recipient OF the
alumni association prize. awarded TO the
most deserving student. carried OFT hisn
honors in the class He was named oest
ALI round man, most brilliant most re-
spected. most thorough gentleman ana
most typical college man. He was sec
ond 10 Dan Meenan captain OF the
basketball team, as best athlete ano
second TO Donald McNulty as the most
modest
Alvin Graham. president OF the class
and business manager Of the "Specta-
tor" vas named as the member OF inc
elias. who has done most for Columbia
and also selected as the one most hheiS
10 succeed the best singer, the best actor
and the most energetic.
James A. O'Nesle, star pitcher on INV
varsity baseball team. was voted inc
most popular. the wlttiest. ths best nat
ured. the most original and the mos,
versatile.
Football, contrary 10 all Columbia ira
d,tions, was tho third on the list or ia
yorite sports, tennis. running first aho
baseball second. Water had q votes Tor
the favorite drink. and beer ranked sec
ond. with II votes; milk. /; grape JUICE
r. SOUP, chocolate and matted milk. each D.
Princeton was chosen as the favorte
mems college next TO Columbia, win
Harvard second and Yale third. The
seniors selected the hesitation as their
favoritc dance.
For the tenth successive time Mauoe
Adams was chosen the favorte actress
while Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson dis
nlaced David Warheld as the faNorite
actor. Napoleon is the seniors character
IN history. "Evsngelins" the favorits