Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-12
a MEN BOYS AGAIN
d ALUMNI DAY RIOT
oF 10Y AT OLD PENN
Heads and Beardless
Wy lsss,tbs With Twenty
9.nds Go Mad for Hour
Dsfore Dol,n Game With Har-

Dsfore Game With Har-
srd.
!, ,hs forenoon there was $, about bout
faHps ten OF a big rousing' old-tlne
ruen o,s on University of Pennsyl-
anl us ,s as there would have been
eii, ea',p owfall suddenly had halted
,rolley car and automoOhe oapaU'e ,''.,.'
Fag IT, ,ns of Franklin's university
d taons ,belr foster mothers praises
sa F" ~ young graduates and scat
I. = their more sedate fathers anu
srandfathers strolled eIou' Iu unu mueo
ffa 1. front of College Hall once
W. caterers wagon drove up to
amply headquarters fronting on
~ oycnue. Occasionally a news
fNl' S.a along, bearing news Of what
" ANU. - bappen. But that was all
" s0ns known Alumni Day habits
!, have thought you'd mistaken '"o
N ,adenlv as a big, brass band
ny crowd Of baseball fans into a
:, enthusiasm and jubilation ana
~ inst that suddenly every
f7'1,s ..sd In an instant the streets
n the Clustering green campus
4. n ,smmed with motorcers dischargins
n .-.dsv and young grads" A dozen
hands of ragtime players
i,p...hooning 1t UP" at a dozen
sn noints. Vendors were under
pieso os,s feet selling pennants ana
rl Ith.rtv bells and everything that
f'l,o fs .ss az n souvenir. Half-costumed
f...in,s NV nc we're poking their heads out of
s.as where their classes had rented
iu.s" tor the day. Alumni were gather
so,,nd huge tables stocked to over
az ,r,tb sandwiches and salads,
sao h. crane juice-and such like fac
sn Of luncheon.
vousroN CLUB HoNoRs VETERAN.
+ c.u war veterans in the blue uniforms
~. ~ North and the butternut gray of
& sontb we're shaking hands and ex-
: s.,o,rr mellow "reminiscences over
....l,I receptlon in their honor in the
gg.ssson Club. observing the 10th birth
~ n their alma mater and the semi
.,,,nnlal of the closing of the Civil
", IN which they fought They were
,.,o1nr the University that sent 1000 of
4, sons into the stupendous conflict.
IA N a few minutes the whole gath
,sSr Of hundreds upon hundreds, with
s,ore Of bands by this time, had been
rr,nlsed in line by Major Maylin Joseph
gsIerlng. 'O2, the marshal OF the day,
IA were charging the North gate of
Fnnkn Field, passing its sentries and
eHng possession of the stadium.
esrbed as clowns, as babies, as canni-
M as aviators, they marched and
gnsr-marUhed, their bands playing like
radmen They cheered and sang; they
upsfed and cavorted.
. Provost Edgar F. Smith, Vice Provost
' bsah II. Penniman and William A. Red
ia president of the General Alumni So
d,,y walking abreast behind the
counted marshals as the long vari-col-
rsa line of marchers entered the field,
vHs escorted to seats in the south stand.
Following them came the classes, each
VIII It's band. The men of '75 led, carry
hs banners telling of their achievements
hf their Alma Mater in undergraduate
iiYs in founding the athletic association
"a organizing the first baseball team
IA the college boat club.
Alumni of 1879 carried silk university
hE. 1850 was garbed in academic mortar
haTds and silk gowns, 1895 in white uni
isfms 1900 with red and blue parasols.
ETay class Of the last 40 years was rep
iasnted
Garlic Chaplin running bases and
William Jennings Bryan riding in a jit-
~ cycle car contributed to the merry
nidng Of 1910 whose members wore brill
liant clown uniforms, set Off by feminine
hadgear. Intensely fiery red uniforms
e dlahle featured 1912's display. A Scot
lsA bagpipe band escorted 1905, wearing
lei and blue smocks.
An hour Of tia mad, riotous hour-and
lAsn the rd-Pennsylvanla baseball
game began at s.
FORTY KEEP OPEN HOUSE.
Forty classes held celebrations and kept
iisn house. The Oldest class which made
a. Elaborate demonstration in the parade
sA that Of 1875. with a big banner tell
ls how the staid businessmen who
eafched under it founded the Athletic
association and the Glee Club and or
Ialzed the first baseball team when they
tse Students 40 years ago.
sof the Confederate States the Univer-
" vas represented by Lieutenant Cen
~ John Clifford Pemberton, of Phila-
stphia, A who commanded at Vicks-
.ls James Murray Mason, '1S, Senator
~ commissioner with Slidell of the
selieaeraey to Great Britain and France;
-soinas y. Henry Carter. 80, colonel and
eat o. artillery of Early's Corps, Army
J. sorIhern Virginia; Gibson, '33, of Vir-
.'-A surgeon general of the State of Vir-
una kinlOch, of South Carolina, colonel
~ surgeon, c, S. A., and medical di-
lf''oi Oh the Department of South Caro-
u Georgia and Florida; Coale, surgeon
7. slonewall Jackson's stan; Mastin, of
{, .,-eana, medical inspector of the Army
|. ee Mississippi under General Beaure-
- Fenable. of Virginia, medical d.
- Of General Ewelrs Division, c. s.
earnett, OF Virginia, chief surgeon, c.
q. and physician to President Jefferson
.-fA and bis Cabinet.
biuDENr COMPANY FORMED.
7 easn the news came that Fort Sumter
seen fired on the University Light
Is was organized In the Uniyer-
S ..leh snieh was at that time located on
.,ss., where the postoffice now stands.
~ the entire student body enrolled
~. company, which was drilled by
- Point graduate. Professor Coppee.
- eno were students at that time
+. sAohanging "reminiscences today OF
+. .,.s. ssel OF war spirit that ran through
,s,,s graduate body A steady stream
~ s-ns men left college to march to the
- 4iiaost continuously while the war
~ Al the outbreak OF hostilities
~ s,llllsted in the Washington Grays.
s. ~ I'm Pennsylvania Regiment of the
ne regiment was the first which
"a Washington after the Balti-
s A-nt and was quartered IN the Cap
sa,l'.s1fe President Lincoln visited II.
or news from the war fields
eSated az the Continental Hotel
y opposite the college buildings.
eiung moments, or often when