Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-12
SONS OF OLD NASSAU
MARCH IN THE ANNUAL
"PEERADE" OF ALUMNI
1000 "Old Grads" Appear
in Diversified Costumes.
Only Surviving Member
of Class of 1850 Leads
Procession.

PRINCETON, NJ j., June i2.--The great
Alumni 'peerade," the big feature this
afternoon Of the reunion festivities for
the graduates Of Princeton. was the best
in years. With many hundred "old boys
In diversified costumes in line. the pro-
cession set new record in every respect.
Floats carried the emblems and insignia
Of the individual classes The brilliant
uniforms and the 20 or more bands also
were features
The two thousand or more grads who
have returned to their alma mater for n
day at least, after a morning spent in
greeting old friends and renewing ac-
quaintanceships, assembled at one end
OF the field and then paraded around It
to the seats reserved for them for the
Yale Princeton game.
The first man In line, in the place Of
honor at the head OF the parade, was
the single surviving member Of the class
Of 1850. That means 65 years out Of
college. and the crowd shouted and
shouted It's greeting as the aged man.
supported by two younger graduates,
stepped out bravely and, though totterlnE
In step, displayed the same spirit as the
youngest member Of the class OF 1914.
CLASSES FOLLOW IN LINE.
Following the old grads came those
classes which do not have regularly
scheduled reunions. Then came 1860, '65,
| 10 rs. and so on.
The older classes clung to conventional
garb but beginning with 1895 the units
| appeared in varied costumes, eliminating
in the convict garb of 1918
Nineteen fourteen were sailors.
A real live battery borrowed from the
National Guard was feature of their
| section. Nineteen twelve were artists in
| blue smocks. 10 were Greeks. 0l wore
| green blazers, and so on. Many banners
bore inscriptions thrusting fun at Bryan.
What do we think of Bryan?" said
one.
Wilson. that's ALL" said another.
And another, "Bryan's out and we are
here. Cheer up
After the parade the entire crowd In
the stands stood and sang MY Country,
, 'Tis OF Thee" while Boy Scouts, who
were taking a collection for the Red
Cross. stood attention in front Of the
main stand. Finally, after singing "Old
Nassau" with some 10000 men waving
| their hats, the crowd settled down for
| the game.
The class Of 1860 celebrated its 55th
reunion. Seventeen persons out of "a liv-
| ing were all the present members.
| Eighty-hve were graduated in 1860. This
| is the high per cent. of 7Os in attendance,
and 1t is believed that this class will
carry off the 1901 reunion cup, given to
| the class having in attendance the largest
percentage Of It's living membership.
All the class have been married. several
| twice, and there are about so children.
One 80 man and his wife will celebrate
their fiftieth wedding anniversary at this
| time.
The class of 1865 was in Princeton for its
| ii In coll
during Civil War times, has 2S OF its 30
members living. Eighteen Of the 2S were
| in line most OF the rest being in bad
health or living at a distance. Among
| the prominent members is w. H. Fleming,
author and lecturer on Shakespeare, OF
| Philadelphia.
Mrs. Andrlan JolIne, of New York,
widow of former member of the class
| Of 1870, is an honorary member OF that
| class and will tender them dinner Mon
| day evening at Princeton Inn.
Glass of 99 was attired in straw hats,
white trousers and dark coats and white
umbrellas. There were large number
! of sons of the class in line. Moving pic
| ture operators followed the class about
| through the entire day and films OF the
program will be shown at their headquar-
| ters Monday. The class announced that
| the "long distance" cup will go to the
| Rev. Henry A. McNulty, of 500 Chow,
China, who arrived this week for the re-
union. Dickson Queen Brown, of New
! York, donor Of the cup, gave ten gold and
! 40 silver watch fobs for the fifty men
! from the most distant points who re-
| turned TO reunion.
There is some interesting personal data
regarding members of 95 who are now
| In the war zone; John p. Poe, now with
the British army near Ypres, sent word
| he is ''unavodably detained from attend
| ing the reunion. He is with the heavy
artillery and his battery went through
| the battle of Neuve Chapelle unscathed,
John W. Garrett, former United States
| Minister to Argentine. now on special
duty in Paris in charge of German and
| Austrian civilians interned in France, was
also prevented from attendance, having
| 40, 900 refugees on his hands
Harold f. Mccormick. of 1895, vice pres
| ident Of the International Harvester Com
pany, is now in Switzerland Thomas
SlIdelI Is also held up abroad. Mr.. Sill
dell was in the Cathedral at Rheims when
| first bombarded later went down on the
| LusitanIa, ioated around four hours and
was finally rescued.