New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-01
Barnard Seniors in Audi
ence, but Take No Part
in Exercises.
NEW YORK BOYS
GET BIG PRIZES
Campus Night on Programme
for To-day, with Concerts
and Dancing.

! have been asked Dy tolumDlh w"
and its father, mother, sister. cousin
and girl-from-home than the brand
that was handed out yesterday at
Morningside. The seniors made the
! most Of IL. They marched all over the
campus, they sang Dear Old Column
I bia." they made speeches grave and
cav. they saw their baseball team lick
the crack Chinese University nine,
thew planted ivy meath the walls Of
81. Paul's Chapel, they danced in the
own and drank tea under the trees,
/ they
In short, it was Class Day.
/ The caps and gowns began to gather
on the steps Of Earl Hall at 1880, and
at sharp. to the strains OF "March
On to Victory" the procession had
wound down the steps to the lower
campus and through the gym doors 20
the platform, where il sat down to be
admired by the aforesaid parents and
friends. Conspicuous in the audience,
! for they took no part in the pro
gramme. were the Barnard seniors,
also in cap and gown. 90,
Hugh Llewellyn Roberts, president
| If the class, made the opening address
lie was followed by Camillus Rogers
! Trainer, of Huntington, L. l., who read
the class history. Nineteen hundred
and fifteen, according to Trainer, Is
unusual among Columbia classes, be-
cause it came to a university with
out football and after four years OF
hard work It goes away with football
a recognized sport. =.
Following the announcement OF
prizes and Phi Beta Kappa elections,
Sherman Blur delivered the class
poem and Franklin George Durham, In
the role Of prophet, predicted dire
fates for his classmates, ranging from
the Job of barker in three-ring cir
Gus to the Governorship of New York
on the Prohibition ticket.
"Freddie" Schang, the Columbia
lester. played Santa Claus TO the class,
handing out, among other gifts, foot
warmer, a toy balloon, a tin horn,
pair of angels wings and a bottle OF
beer TO the men, he said, who needed
them most. Then James Coletti, VINO
holds the Curtis gold medal for ora
tory. delivered the valedictory and the
class marched to the chapel, where the
ivy was planted. Milton A. Bridges
was the orator at this ceremony.
Announcement of Prizes.
The prizes were announced as fol-
lows:
Alumni Association prize. given by
the alumni of Columbia College to the
most faithful and deserving student
of the graduating class, value $50; TO
George Allen Smith, Of Port Chester.
Chanler prize, for the best essay on
the history of civil government IN
America, the annual income OF Sl,0OO'
bequeathed by J. Winthrop Chanler,
AZ; to Otto Herson.
Elsberg prize. a medal and 500 IN
memory of Albert Marion Elsberg, Vo'
for excellence in modern history; 10
Samuel Wolff Strauss.
Albert Asher Green prize OF sou IN
gold to the member of the graduating
class who has had the best record 1or
scholarship; to Leland X. ROBINSON Vi
East Orange. \. j. -.
Rolker prize, the annual income OF
{, OOO in memory of Charles NJ. Rolker,
ir 'O7. 10 the member of the gradual
ing class deemed by his classmates the
most worthy Of special distinction be-
cause of scholarship. participation IN
undergraduate activities or pre-emi.
nence in athletics, or a combination OF
these: TO Walter William Dryer.
Stokes prize of $40 bequeathed by
Caroline Phelps Stokes for the best
esay on the Rights of Man.; by
Samuel Irving Roseman.
Van Amringe prize, the annual in
come of $4,000, given BY George r.. lie
Witt. '67, in honor of Professor John
Howard Van Amringe, for excellence in
mathematical subjects offered IN fresh
man and sophomore years; to william
f. Curt.
Van Buren, prize, the annual income
OF $4,000. given by Louis ]. Hoyt IN
memory of John Van Buren,, 'O5, award
ed to the candidate for a degree in
Columbia College who passes the best
examination in analytical geometry,
differential and integral calculus; to
Leo Stern.
Phi Beta Kappa Elections.
Elections to Phi Beta Kappa, an
nounced by Dean Frederick P. Keppel
of Columbia College: j. b. Armstrong.
New York City; ". D. Braislin, New
York City; H. X. Chadwick, Madison,
n. J.: James Colletti, New York City;
A. Elwyn. New York City; NJ. n. Els
ner, Poughkeepsie. n. Y; W. G. Fogg.
New York City; p. NJ. Grant, Birming-
ham, Ala; A. A. Haldenstein, New
York City; W. R. Ilsen, New York
City; J. A. Kinney, New York City;
I. B. Devine, New York City; J. A.
Murphy. Buffalo; NJ. A. Ranes and d.
NJ. Rothenberg, New York City; f. f.
Rovillain, New York City; Fl. W.
Schneider, Evanston, H.; Leo Stern.
New York City; S. W. Strauss, New
York City; J. G. Sweeney, New York
City. and J. II. Weaver Elected in
February: J. 6. Baldwin, New York
City; W. Malsoff, New York City; L.
r. Robinson, East Orange, n. j.; s. I.
Rosenman, New York City.
Tonight the third annual Campus
Night will be celebrated on the Quad
rangle and Grove. The university
band and the 7th Regiment Band will
play alternately, and the seniors will
sing on the steps of University Hall.
At an organ recital will be given in
st. PauPs Chapel.
The Grove will be decorated with
colored electric lights and the whole
Campus fenced off, the only entrances
being through the gates at Broadway
and 10th Street and at Amsterdam
and 1l7th. Admission will be by
ticket
Last year the students and their
guests danced on the stone tagging
in front of the library, and this may
herome an annual custonn