The sun., 1919-05-16
TAP DAY HONOR WON
BY EX-NAVY AVIATOR
David L. ingalls, of Cleveland
Elected to Skull and
Bones at Yale.
VAN SLICK NEXT IN LINE
Scroll and Keys and VOLTS
Head Also Take Their Pick
Of the Juniors.
Special DespatcA to TIE suN.

NEW HAvsN, May 15.--The three Yale
senior societies, Skull and Bones,
Scroll and Key and VOLTS Head,
tapped forty-nve men from the
academic class Of 1920 this afternoon.
The last man to be tapped by Skull and
Bones, which is considered always the
greatest honor Of all elections at Yale,
was David L. Ingalls, of Cleveland. He
served In the war as a navy aviator
and returned to school from service in
February. was elected captain of the
hockey team and recently has been re-
elected captain OF next years team.
Next to this honor comes the first man
to be tapped by the Skull and Bones
society. This fell to De Forest Van
Slyck Of New York. He was the chair
man of the Junior prom this year and
ball team for the last two years. He
has been elected captain Of the team
for next year.
The 1920 members OF the Yale Daily
Neps figured prominently in the cleo
lions, B. Hadden, G. Stuart s. Hemins-
way, Calvin T. Trowbridge, William D.
Whitney, Henry A. Luce and Francis
T. Hobson. all being members Of that
publication to get the coveted elections,
The election Of twelve or fifteen other
members of the Junior class to the
Elihu Club will take place Monday
morning.
All gates to the campus were locked
but the windows Of the campus were
| filled with lower class men, who fol-
| lowed with their eyes the senior mem.
bers of the societies as they wandered
through the clump Of juniors under the
| historic tap tree. AS the clock struck
s three resounding whacks were heard
| as the societies tapped with hard blows
| on the backs of the fortunate juniors
| From this time on the election camt
| about every minute until at AS Skull
and Bones tapped it's last man.
| Those who were tapped were: Skull
and Bones--De Forest Van Slyck, New
| York: James McHenry, Baltimore; 10
seph Weir Sargent, New Haven; L. @
| Winter, Chicago: Henry r. Luce
Changtung. China; John NJ. Hincks
| Bridgeport: H. p. Dawson. New York
| Theodore Leo Sanford, Lakeville, Conn.
| Morehead Patterson, New York: BritoI
Hadden, Brooklyn: Alfred @. Schermer
| horn, New Yor; Frank p. Heffelfnger
wayzata, Mimi. Francis T. Hobson
New York. and David L. ingalls,, Cleve
| land.
Scroll and Key-Seymour II. Knox
Buffalo; William d. Whitney. New
Haven; Charles l.. Faherty, Chicago
Nelson ]. Smith. Syracuse; Elisha 3
Fisher. John G. W. Hustled. Peekskill
Blake T. Lawrence. Short Hills. N. ].
Charles 8. Hemingway. Brooklyn
Robert Lyon Hammill. Hinsdale. Ill.
Evans Woollen. Jr. Indianapolis; job
Crosby. Jr. Minneapolis; Benjamin Z
Jennings, New York: George F. Law
renee, Jr.. Ralph p. Hanes, Winsto
Salem. N. C.. and Pierrepont D. Schrei
Der, Short Hills. n. J.
Il VOLTS Head--Jsmes S. Hemingwa,
Jr., New Haven: Charles c. Holmes
Fall River; John w. Andrews. Ne'
Haven; Walter Mills. Chicago; Rober
L. Fisher, New York; William I
Prlzer, East Orange. n. J.; Calvin I
Trowbridge. Lake Forest. Ill; Egber
.IG. Driscoll, st. Paul: Charles "
Gamble. Haverford. Pa. Charles Sted
man Garland. Edgewood, Pa; Graf
H. Munson, wallingford. Conn; job
H. Hamline, Chicago; Collier Platt
New York; Elbridge Stratton. Bronx
willie. n. Y. and Zaccheus Gordon, Jr
Brookville, Pa.