The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
YALE ALUMNI FLOCK
TO BIGGEST REUNION
New Haven damned With Wis
itOrs for Commencement
Exercises This Week.
CLASS PARADES TOMORROW
Tuesday Is Alumni Day and Di-
plomas Will Be Awarded
on Wednesday.
CLASS PARADES TOMORROW

New HAVEN, Conn, June 13. - With
the largest gathering Il guests in Yale's
history the commencement festivities
opened tonight with the presentation OF
tho annual June play by the Yale
Dramatic Association. Since early yes
terday guests have been arriving until
every available place In the town Is filled
New Haven's two new hotels, the Tart
and the Garde are both filled to over
flowing this being the f,rst time that
the men one year out OF college In both
Sheffield Scientific and Academic are back
for q reunion.
Although the greatest secrecy Is being
maintained In regard to the costumes that
will startle Yale Campus on Monday
when the reunion classes get into their
rigs and make their first public appear
ance II Is broadly limited that FOR color
this Ia 10 be the gauaiest, gayest reunion
crowd that New Haven ever saw. Four
teen classes will be rugged out In costumes
ranging from the plain white sailor suits
that the nrst year men Will wear TO the
most startling Oriental rsgaffa of the
members Of 1911 Shelf.
The Shelf men of 1911 are TO don
Japanese costumes, 80 II is said. which
will include long yellow silk gown with
a green sash of silk. over this they VIII
wear "A kimono coat OF cerise md purple
slk topped off with a Japanese straw
hat The 200 Academic men back TOR
"triennia' will appear as pack OF
cards. or In reality several packs OF
cards One OF the prominent athletes
will appear as the Jack OF clubs. another
literary fght will be the queen OF hearts.
while the king OF diamonds will be one or
the most popular men in the class.
The members OF 1908 arctic appear as
medieval statesmen In costumes sugges-
tive Of their time and rank. They Will
pose as studies in chaSacter. The men,
bers OF 1908 Sheffield will appear as pro-
fessional BAN players.
The members OF 1904 Academic will
wear the regulation sailor costume OF
white duck with blue sailor collars and
blue bands with their class numerals on
their caps The members OF 1904 Shelf
field will appear in the regulation Tommy
Atkins rig. The other reunion classes
Who will appear in modest costumes "a
blue and white will be the classes OF
| 90 Academic ana Sheffield and IS
Academic and Sheffield
The most important prize at the Gal'
University. the John Addison Porter priz'
of $500. was unanimously awarded to
night to Philip Barrows Whitehead o
| GAINESVILLE, Wis. He Is In the graduate
school. His essay was on "The Conver
sion OF Pagan Buildings into Christian
Churches In the City OF Rome"
"Quentin Durward, Presented.
The Yale actors scored big success
when they presented tonight a dramati
! zation by two undergraduates, c. a
| Merz, 1915. and +. W. futile, 1915, Of
SCOTS Quentin Durward" The alumni
| occupied seats in classes and gave tn,
undergraduates typical Yale sendoff.
The cast included:
Louis XI.. King of France. st ddard King. i
The Duke of burgundy Frank + Tweddell. I
william de In Marck. ....... Truman Smith. ~
| The Count of Crevecour Pearson Wilslow. 'i5s
Lord Crawford. ............. James b. Lucy. =
Dunois. .............:...;.. Russell J. Carter. II
| Oliver. .............w. Roosevelt Thompson, N
| Tristran lHermite. Walter c. Leonard, N