The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-17
YALE ALUMNI HAVE
THEIR MERRIEST DAY
Even the Sun Is Kind and
Energies From Rain
Dripping Clouds.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. June Is When the
time came for the closing events OF Alumni
Day the sun came out from behind drip
ping clouds and the day proved the pleas
ATTEST OF all Expecting continuous
downpour a; the Yale-Harvard baseball
game alumni and seniors engaged every
manner OF covered conveyance In the
town. These were used anyway TO add to
the merriment Of the occasion.
Tho reunion!sts. who kept up their
frolics throughout the night. marched to
their class headQua rters in the driving
rain early this morH!ng. The mile and a
half walk TO the ball grounds was the
event of the day. The paraders who
marched in light attire had to prance
about 10 keep warm. The twenty reunion
classes in line all had bands and repre-
scented the largest turnou; of alumni! In
Yales history.
a class OF polo players mounted, some
on live horses and others astr.de steeds
Of various breeds from the hobby to
pap!er mache, won applause. The players
had yellow ribbons across their chests
reading Votes for women"
The greatest applause greeted the pare
gorical float bearing the L. S, ships PINE
and Grape Juice.
After the game the classes visited Pres!-
dent Hadley. who addressed each class.
some went up the hill to see Prof Taft,
stopping on the way to give ex-President
Dwight a short call.
President Hadley at the alumni meet
ing this morning delivered the principal
speech. "In former times, he said. "the
trouble with the Divinity School, accord
ing to statements made BY It's friends. was
that II vas not good enough to attract the
- .t..Na H. nm n
bad enough to attract the money of the
sinners. like Harvard"
The affairs of state At Washington. he
said, were now In the hands or Prince
ton raher than Yale and he didn't
care to 60 into their politics or rather
their psychology.
The Rev. Edward l. Parsons OF
berkeley, Cal. an 80 man. presided at III
meeting. Among the speakers were Hol-
lis Il. Frissel head OF Hampton Inst!'
| tute H. H. Ramsey OF New York and
| william r. S. Griswold. also OF New
York.
Al the meeting OF seniors and gradu
ates under the joint auspices OF Phi Beta
| Kappa and Sigma NJ. Prof. Thoma,
Il. Lounsbu-y presided, William J
| Sch,effelin, Jr, of New York, membel
| OF graduating class In academic. spoke o.
Graduates and Phi Beta Kappa" Davlc
| Burr Porter OF Montcla!r. y. j., shef
field senior. spoke on THE Homo Sys
! tenn as "A Means for Promoting Highe
| Scholarship
| Dean Jones Of the academic depart
| ment announced that Kendrick DeanS
Burrough OF Cape Girardeau. Mo. LED
| tho seniors In scholarship for the -four
| years, and Dean Chittenden announced
! that Pierson Muir futile of Rockaway
| y. j., led his class In Shen with tht
, highest mark, 3.72 on scale or four
| In thor school. t'Onnectl
| cut led in the number Of men elected
| TO Phi Beta Kappa. with New Norl
| second.
| Uonors we're awarded to seven New
York academic seniors for philosophical
| orations. Connecticut mad six awards.
Twenty-slX Sheffield seniors got gen
eral three year honors and nine genera
two year honors
| In the medical school Howard Burton
| bartholomew OF Cobleskill. y. Y, got The
Campbell medal for highest rank in tn
course. The Reese prize for the bes
| graduation thesis was divided between
| LEROY Upson Gardner OF Merder. Conn.
and Donald Gardner Russell OF Walling
ford. Conn.
Recalling the rush night excitement o
| undergraduate days, the reunion ciasse
sent their champions to battle to-nigh
upon raised platform erected on tn
campus. In the glow of torches and re
Are there were some rough and tumbl
! matches that put spice into the celehra
ton OF the victory at baseball over Har
ward. While the wrestling was being al
ranged college songs resounded throug
the campus. where about five thousan
graduates and a dozen bands weg
gathered.
After the reunion dinners In var!ou
| college buildings the classes marched IN
/. streets. led by their bands. converglng O
: inc campus, where the jublation exceede
anything In recent years. Ira Snecd. !
Shelf. and Ben Brunderd, l3, wrestle
| three bouts TO draw.
A. l.. Buggy. 10 Shelf. was throw
. three times by Elmer Allen, 't3, In a
4 exciting match Mather Cleveland !
:. ! who was captain Of the wrestling team
!. undergraduate days, threw Arthur ALE
i'0i.