The New York herald., 1922-05-19
Rain Puts Damper
on YaIe's Tap Day
for the First Time
Juniors and Seniors Clad in
Oilskins Circle Noted Oak
in Campus.

Special Dispatch 70 THE New YORK HERALD.
NEW HAvEN', May 1s.-Tap Day at
Yale when prominent juniors are chosen
for membership in senior societies, was
not the gay event to-day of other years
A downpour of rain, which started at 5
o'clock. just as the first man was tapped.
put a damper on the historic affair. 1t
was the first time rain has fallen on Tap
Day IN eight years.
The ceremony was held around the
noted oak in campus, juniors and seniors
being attired In oilskins. The great
honor, that of being the last man tapped
for Skull and Bones. went TO New
Haven man, Charles p. Luckey, manager
OF next years football team. He was
tapped by Wells C. Rott. acting chair
man OF the Yale Daily Netcs.
No one refused election 70 Skull and
Bones. Elections TO VOLTS Head were
refused by George c. Beckett of East
Orange. n. j., who accepted Bones ;
David II. Bigelow of Andover, Mass, who
accepted Elihu Club: Bernard p. Pelly
of Seattle. Wash. VINO accepted Bones
William l.. Jellifte of New York city
John Freeman Of Philadelphia, who ac-
cepted Elihu Club Edward c. Smith of
Kansas City. Mo-; William s. Syming-
ton Sd Of Baltimore, and Thomas Camp
bell Of New York.
Elections TO Elihu Club were refused
by Weyland II. Vaughan of Newton Cen
ter, Mass. Ray p. Foote fWashington,
d. c., and Lucian Z. Williams Of Chi
cago.
Mr. Beckett was the only man who
turned down two societies. He refused
both VOLTS Head and Scroll and Key.
The complete list in the order tapped
follows:
Skull and Bones-George w. Norton,
Jr., Louisville. Ky: Richard l.. Tighe.
st. Paul, MINI. Louis X. Hyde. Jr.,
Summit. N. j. John S. Cooper, Jr., Som
erset, KY; Alfred n. Wheeler Jr, New
Haven Edwin A. Jones. Jackson, Ohio;
Jonathan Q. Bulkley. New York; Ber-
nard B. Pelly, Seattle; Huntington L.
Day, New York Ralph Z. Jordan, Ban
gor: Francis O. Matthiessen, Casper.
Wyo George C. Beckett, East Orange,
N. j.; Russell W. Davis, Port Philadel-
phia; Maxwell z Foster. Boston
Charles z. Luckey. New Haven.
Scroll and Key-Ellery II. Hustled,
Peekskill, n. Y; Otis Buckingham,
Pasadena. CAL: Francis B. Comstock.
New Haven; Charles P. Stone, Wash
ington. d. c.; Charles NJ. Dole, And
over, Mass: David r. Hustled, Wash
ington. d. c.; John Brooks, New York
city; Hayden N. Smith, Buffalo, Wey-
land #. Vaughan. Newton Center
Mass; Festus J. Wade. Jr.. st. Louis;
William b. Hawks, Pasadena; Stuart
II. Otis, Chicago: John L. O'Brien, West
Chazy, N. y; Winfield Shres, Pitts
burgh.
VOLTS Head-Corneil M. Trowbridge,
Jr., Lake Forest, ILL.,: Caleb F. Eddy.
Wellesley Hills, Mass: Duer McLana-
han, Washington, d. c.: William d.
Banks. New York James G. Fullerton,
Jr., Minneapolis John l.. Holland, Jr.,
Chicago; Edwin II. Cummings, Jr, North
Attleboro, Mass; Stuart b. McNaught,
Brooklyn; Walter A. Donohue, Seattle ;
George S. Rice, Jr., Peto slSey, Mich. ;
Harry r. Marshall, New Haven; Clar-
cnce B. Mitchell. Chicago: James p.
Hendrick. New York william d. Ste
vens. New York. and Henri l.. J. Desi-
bour, Washington.
Elihu Club--Frederick S. Shaffer
Cincinnati; Joseph l.. Pond. New York
George NJ. Wheeler. Bridgeport, Conn.
Edward Emerson, Titusville. Pa. /: Rob
ert D. jackson, Washington; Samuel
c.. Hopkins. Jr., Catskill, n. y;
David II. Bigelow, Andover. Mass.
Playford Boyle, Uniontown. Pa, and
John Freeman, Philadelphia.