New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-16
GALA CLASS DAY
FOR YALE IA
Picturesque Uniforms Mark
Reunions Meath the Elms
of Old Sons of Eli.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
HAS CENTENNIAL
Exercises for Academic and
Shelf Seniors - Grand
Pageant To-day.

pageant lOsudy'
,r-ror, a stan Correspondent OF The tribune
vow Haven. June l5.-Handsome Dan
the old Yale mascot would have parked
he face blue had he taken part IN the
-;ot ~ color which prevailed the campus
- the real opening Of commencement
Yesterday. British soldiers. American
no,,i,entals Spanish war veterans
chinese mandarins, polo team suosu-
+7,tes gorgeous yachtsmen, living pray
H. ards. trim sailors from the Yale
Se,-of.war. and Just plain "old grads
!. citizers clothes. mingled with the
thong Of reunionists in uniform who
r-a,derod from point 10 point where the
various class day exercises were heid'
most OF them meath the elms. in the
open nh.
The graduates stormed the town. They
al carne back in eXhuberant spirits TO
renew acquaintance with Father Eli
The BIC crowd came in to-day. Aale
so,es Yale cheers and Yale music by
~. hands which head each aggregation
=, class reunionists will not die out I'M
81 Wednesday. when the formal eN-
ercises" end
To-dav was a gala day for ell the de-
~.-trnents Of the university. Outside the
,og,,lsr exercises Of the graduating
classes. which are the most important
~ the manifold events to the deparuns
children Of Eli Yale, the celebration Oh
the centennial of the Yale Meoicai
school IN Woolsey Hall in the AFTER
noon was perhaps the feature OF the
day, r..s...
Addresses were made by President
Arthur Twining Hadley, Or. waiter
Rslnh Steiner, Of Hartford, and PROBES
.or william Henry Howell. Of Johns Hop
kins University. President Haley anu
others spoke again at the dinner OF 'ne
Medical School Alumni Association IN
the university dining hall in the even
\jng. The grads" gave themselves up
M-day 10 informal reunions at ther
class headquarters. -,
Tomorrow hilarious class meetings VIII
be held at high noon. Then viii come
the march 10 the field. The grand ia
gsant on the diamond, which is the
browning glory of the day, with rs
dancing and prancing of the multi-co-
ored uniforms, will take place just before
the Yale team proceeds to beat hai-
ward.
The class day Of the academic seniors
was held this afternoon in the amphl-
theatre on the campus. just before
o'clock the seniors, led by band pa
raded around the campus behind ther
colors before marching into the arena
and lighting up the customary long clay
pipe.
stoddard King, Of Spokane, delivered
,bA Grafton. He urged his fellow gradu-
ates 10 hitch their wagons to STAR en-
nbasizlnr the importance Of setting and
following a high ideal II success was 10
he obtained. Kenneth Rand, Of Mime
spons, read the class poem and Almet
Francis jerks, jr., of Brooklyn read the
class history.
At the close Of exercises the class Ivy
was planted. at which the Ivy ODE
composed by K. d. Burrough, OF cape
Girardeau, Mo-, was sung by the CLASS
Then mortar boards and gowns were
dored. and the seniors rushed away 10
nrepare for the concert Of the Glee and
Banjo clubs at Woolsey Hall tonight.
The large attendance Of pretty girls IN
summer array added to the brilliancy Of
the setting for the class day exercises.
The seniors Of Shelf held their class
Nay exercises in Vanderbilt Square in the
\Irenoon They wore the familiar long
Ftemmed churchwarden pipes in a little
loop on the back of their gowns. They
filed them from a large tub Of tobacco,
half Of which was used in stuffing the
bowl Of their huge class pipe. The charm
ing accessory Of pretty girls and proud
mothers was as much in evidence at the
exercises Of their brother academicians.
II. Sewer Bonnie, OF Louisville, made
the class grafton. An extremely witty
class history wa delivered by Kenneth
Hull Bristol. of Brooklyn. Jonathan
Hunt, Of Hot Springs, S. D., read the
class prophesy. Everybody sailed out in
the street after the exercises to enjoy the
picturesque uniforms. which are more Of
feature this year than ever.
Perhaps the most spectacular costume
vas that Of 1904 "Sbef," the British SOL
diers with their equipment, complete
even to the swagger stick. Under COM
nand Of Captain or Colonel Edgar T.
Glass they took possession Of portion
OF the campus early in the day by the
authority Of George V, King Of England,
Scotland. Ireland and Wales" etc. The
class OF 80. academic, made a neat show
Ing in line as they marched about the
town, seventy-fve strong back at their
fifteenth reunion. They wore natty White
duck costumes. with blue belts and Ia rye
blue numerals on white hats
The programme also included a meet
ing OF the alumni advisory board and OF
me Yale Corporation. at Woodbridge
Ian. The senior promenade in Woolsey
--All IN the evening was a brilliant affair
Miss Garretson to Wed June 20