Commencement Number •
VoL 1. No. 60. H ARTFORD, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1905. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
which the industrious freshmen bad COMMENCEMENT, 1905. 1905 Class History. scattered far and wide. When chapel Class Day Dance. approached we felt we deserved a well Reception Committee. earned rest. But after chapel, the fresh By FRANCIS GEORGI£ BURROWS. men in a body broke for the athletic The festivities of the class clay were field, and the sophomore , nothing loth, brought to a close at a late hour Tues- Honorary. It is ever the historian's privilege to took up the chase. Over briars, through clay morning, with the endin g of the Gurdon vVadsworth Russell, M.A., Senior Promenade. The promenade was M.D., '34. boast of the heroic deeds of his class; mud and water they floundered, and 1 which gratifies the vanity of the class, finally stopped in a free fight at the bot held in Alumni Hall, which was simply Rev. J ohn Bours Richmond, '40. delights the parents and friends, and tom of a ditch. Then came the tidings but very tastefully decorated for the ' Rev. Samuel Fermor Jarvis, M.A., thus makes the history a great success. that there was a larger banner raised on occasion. The colore scheme was green '45. It therefore requires no little assurance the campus, and all floundered back the and white. The walls were draped in ' Rev. J ohn Taylor Huntington, M.A., for me to admit that other classes just way they came, and again started a free white and hung with smilax. Over the 'so. as good have graduated before ours or fight under the electric light pole. Here stage, which was also draped with white 1 Col. George Abishai Woodward, that the college will be able to exist after the faculty intervened. Dr. McCook and decorated with palms, hung a huge M.A., '55. we are gone. old gold and blue Trinity banner, whlle , William Gilbert Davies, B.S., '6o. The truth is 1g05 is very nearly the underneath was a smaller 1905 banner, J Edmund Sanford Clark, M.A., ·65. normal Trinity type of class. As fresh ·which will now take its place with the George Lewis Cooke, M.A., LL.D., men we did the work we were told to banners of other classe$ ,on the walls. '70. do unless we could shirk it. As soph The lighting effect was very pretty. Fes- William Robinson Blair, B.A., '75: omores we labored energetically to pre toons of tiny Japanese lanterns, in which Bern Budd Gallaudet, M.D., '8o. vent the new class from following our were concealed electric lights, hung Sidney Trowbridge Miller, M.A., '85 example. As juniors we chose only from corners of the ceiling and met in Rev. George Winthrop Sargent, such courses as led to a life of leisure, the center. S.T.B., 'go. and as seniors we lamented our mistake Downstairs the gymnasium, where the Philip James McCook, LL.B., '95. and burned the midnight oil gaining midnight supper was served, was also Samuel Vv'illiam Coons, B.A., 1900. knowledge enough to pass off conditions. adorned. Here the color scheme was For the Faculty. And this, in one way or another, is old gold and blue. The running track Rev. John James McCook, D.D., '63. the life of the average college man. was hung with the college colors, inter- Robert Baird Riggs, Ph.D. Yet there are certain events such spersecl with American flags. The pil as every one must encounter during a Ja·rs of the gymnasium were draped four years' stay at Trinity, which to us with the same colors, while streamers 1905 Statistics. were of great import and now are of of old gold and blue hung from the fond memorv. For the sake of the class, corners to the center of the ceiling. then, I ask that you bear with me while Here they met in a huge old gold and Compil~d by CHARLES :M:. RHODES. I speak of them. blue "T". A light collation was served After the presentations, President Few of us will forget that evening in after the twentieth dance. Luther announced the names of those September, rgor, when we fir t met in The committee of the senior class who who had won "T's" and "aT's" during chapel and curiously looked about the had charge of the arrangements, and to the year, and presented the former with place in which we were to gather for whom the success of the reception is certificates, granting the right to wear the next four years; when for the first largely clue, were Charles Edward them. The statistician, Charles Milton time we joined with the sophomores and Gostenhofer, chairman, Frederick Rhodes of Steubenville, 0., then read upperclassmen in the hymn which from Charles Merecli th, Harry Clayton Boyd, the statistics of the class. After giv long custom Trinity has identified as William F. Bulkley and Robert M. ing the average weight and height of the Ewing. The dancing, which should have her own. Nor will we forget the ser R. 1\I EWING, Chtss Day Presitlent. class Rhodes said:- vices following chapel, which in another begun shortly after 9 o'clock, did not The majority of the class are smokers, way were just as impressive. It was in commence until ro, owing to the band but owing to the varying tastes no fa spiring to walk down the stairs, while picked our learned statistician from a concert on the campus. vorite smoke was chosen. Clements pre the college outside, stretched in two long tangl ed ma. s of legs and arms, and the The music which was furnished by fen·ecl a dry pipe and Baker cubeb. The lines and yelling "Fresh! Fresh! Fresb !" statistician unwittingly dealt the pro Colt's Orchestra and consisted of forty selection of a favorite drink was one of at the top of their lungs, were waiting fessor a severe blow in the pit of the dances, was exceptionally good. the most burning of the questions sub to receive us. Would that you could stomach. There was no glory for 'o5 The patronesses were Mrs. F. B. Al mitted. The teetolalers were in the ma have seen '05 running, scrambling, that day, not even for the learned statis len, Mrs. T. C. Babbitt, Mrs. G. S. Boyd, jority, but were unable to carry the day sprawling, crawling between those in tician. The most eventful period of Mrs. Cranston Brenton, Mrs. C. C. through inability to agree on a candi fiinitely long lines. The calm repose and college life is in the two first years. Bulkley, Mrs. G. S. Burrows, Mrs. ]. S. date, their votes being divided among dignity which now marks them was not After that one is content to stand on the Camp, Mrs. C. C. Clarke, Mrs. C. M. tea, water and gin rickeys. Beer was present even in the remotest degree. sidelines and yell "Get at 'em, Fresh Clement, Mrs. C. L. Edwards, Mrs. Hen finallv selected. Harriman and Blakes But be it said in justice to them, the men!" The onlv excitement comes in ry Ferguson, Mrs. D. W. Goodale, Mrs. ley are respectively the noisiest and rest of the college, both faculty and the final heats of the race for degrees. C. H. Gostenhofer, Mrs. F. W. Harri quietest men of the class. Clement is the students were no better. For a few Many were the time during the past man, Mrs. A. E. Hart, Mrs. H. M. Hop most popular. energetic professors attempted to inter week when some desperate senior held kins, Mrs. T. M. Lincoln, Mrs. F. S. The election of the handsomest man vene, and were hooted with as great U.P a defenseless professor in his study Luther, Miss McAlpine, Mrs. ]. ]. Mc was difficult, owing to so many of the gusto as the freshmen. Vigorously ob and forced him to deliver a passing mark. Cook, Mrs. ]. C. Patterson, Mrs. C. A. fellows being too modest to vote for jecting, they treated the students with But such strenuous work is over now. Pelton, Mrs. H. A. Perkins, Mrs. R. B. themselves. Gostenhofer finally won out scant ceremony, and '05 rejoiced. All that remains is for us to receive our Riggs, Mrs. W. ]. Roberts, Mrs. W. G. with a handsome majority. Gussy also On the morning of March 17, the degrees in the firm belief that they will Roberts, Mrs. Walter Sanford, Mrs. H. divides with Baker the distinction of freshmen, peeping curiously from their provide each of us with a living. T. Stedman, Mrs. E . P. Taylor, Mrs. W. being the prettiest. Our favorite pro windows, viewed with great satisfaction M. Urban, Mrs. J H. Wells. fessor is also our president. a large rgo5 banner desecrating our The alumni gave an informal band Ewing and Baker were elected the honored flagpole and a small crowd of DR. LUTHER'S TRIPS. concert on the campus from eight to ten. sports of the class, Gostenhofer is the indignant sophomores below, vainly en Colt's Band played a great many popu neatest and O'Connor the most perfect deavoring to remove it. But as the flag On Tuesday, June 13, President lar airs, and both undergraduates and ly developed man. The vote for fresh could be reached only by flying machine Luther made an address at the grad alumni joined in singing and merry est freshman was practically unanimous or more mediocre pole climbers, the uation exercises of St. Luke's School making. Over 500 people of Hartford in favor of Harriman, Harriman cast freshmen pursued their customary policy at Wayne, Penn., W. P. Brown, Trin were the guests of the college, and en ing a blank ballot. Jones and Gosten of looking wise while saying nothing ity 'or is a pt·ominent instructor there. joyed the concert to its close. hofer are declared the heaviest fussers. and attending recitations as usual. But On Wednesday, June 14, l1e visited Pelton is the promptest man and Farrow while Professor Hopkins was discours St. James School, Washington Co., PHI BETA KAPPA ELEC the biggest grafter. ing on the "Moabite Stone," he was Maryland. He enjoyed ·'Po baseball TIONS. Kennedy is the wittiest and has the rudely interrupted by cries of "All out, game there in the afternoon in which most shining intellect of any in the class. the school was victorious, and in the On Monday the following members of Freshmen!" and the class piled pellmell the Junior class were elected to Phi Beta Burrows is the craziest or, in other over the chairs and out of the door, evening both Dr. Luther and 'the words, the most original man. Welles school boys received with much en Kappa: F. A. G. Cowper of Milford, leaving the professor and the mobite N. H.; H . G. Barbour of Hartford, and is the hardest knocker, while Clement, stone in the company of a few empty thusiasm the score of the Trinity-Am F. C. Hinkel of New York city. Welles and Kennedy form a trinity of benches. The sophomores were rais her t game. The following clay he bluffers hard to equal. Gostenhofer is ing a huge ladder; '05 halted irresolute; made an address at the commencement voted the best dressed man and Clement one man touched the ladder, and was exercises of the school and in the The annual oratorical contest for the one who has clone most for the col told in vivid language to take his hands afternoon he made the athletic awards the F. A. Brown prize of $roo was held lege. The selection of our best athlete in alun~ni hall last Thurscla:Y evening. has been left to the wiser and more un off. With that the class seized hold and at the class day exercises. The pnze was won by Wtllt~;n _Perr_y prejudiced body. dragged the ladder across the campus On Wednesday, June zr, President Luther left us again, this time to ~teclman,_ r_go~ who. spoke on MtltOJ?- s In regard to the two questions which with the entire sophomore class cling AreopagttJca and Jts relatiOn to legts- concern our later lives when we have ing to a rope behind. '05 always speaks attend the exercises commemorative of the fiftieth anniversary of Tufts lation on the freedom of the press." ,. left Trinity, Allen G~oclale has been of that incident with pardonable oride. college. picked as the most likely to marry first Not so with the March 17 followinQ;. He made an address at their com Professor and Mrs. Edwards enter-~ and Blair R oberts as most likely to suc We were the victims of a malevolent memoration dinner and at the ' com tained the senior class in a most en- ceed. Evidently the two terms have not trick. The class had stayed up the whole mencement exercises the college hon joyable manner on Thursday evening been considered synonymous. At any night orevious tt>arin'! onw11 oosters ored him with the degree of LL. D. of last week. (Continued on page 2.) THE TRINITY TRIPOD.
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Captain-Charles Francis Clement of Sunbury, Pa. Manager-Frederick Charles Hin- kel, Jr., of New York city. 0. Morgan, cf. ]. C. Landefeld, 3b. ]. F. Powell, ss. W. F. 1adden, If. C. F. Clement, rb. J. Bowman, rf. (p.) W. C. Burwell, 2b. M. S. Dravo, c. W. Ba::1geley, p. (rf:) Substitutes-Marlor, Meredith, Ran- dall and Hyde.
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March T. Wed. 29. Westminster at Hart- ford ...... 6 3 April. Sat. I. Princeton at Princeton, 2 4 Sat. 8. Harvard at Cambridge, I 8 Wed. 12. West Point at West Point ...... 5 7 Sat. rs. Holy Cross at Wor- cester ...... 7 4 Wed. 19. Rutgers at New Brunswick ...... 24 2 Sat. 22. Lafayette at Easton.. 4 II Mon. 24. Pennsylvania at Phil adelphia ...... 2 o Tues. 25. Lehigh at So. Beth- lehem ...... 6 7 Wed. 26. Annapolis at Annap- TRINITY'S BASEBALL TEAl\I, 1905. olis ...... Thu. 27. Manhattan at New York ...... o 15 Fri. 28. Seton Hall at South SENIOR DRAMATICS. manner of this character. The hon Ewing-"Getoff my diamond!"- the Orange ...... o 2 ors of the evening belong to George sign on the Ewing athletic field. Sat. 29. Fordham at Fordham, 5 ( The Senior Class on Saturday even- for his very excellent portrayal of the George-Jew's beard and hat for lin May. ing gave a very successful presenta- character of Mr. Watmuff. guistic ability. Wed. 3. Mass State College at tion of a one-act farce entitled "Freez- , An audience which completely fill 1 Hartford ...... o I ing a Mother-in-Law." The title is ed the hall saw the play. Following Goodale-a pancake, his favorite edi Fri. s. Rutgers at Hartford. . . ro 3 to be taken literally, as the plot of the this,. until twelve o'clock, there was ble. Wed. ro. New York University play turns upon the actual (as intend- 1 dancmg, for wh1ch a large number Gostenhofer-Pitcher of icewater for at Hartford ...... 5 o ed), freezing of the troublesome of couples remained. use while "stumping" United Sat. 13. Wesleyan at Hartford, 6 o mother-in-law. I The committee who are responsible States. Wed. 17. Syracuse at Hartford, I o Mrs. Watmuff, the mother-in-law, for the success of this entertainment J ones.-Gold football for services on Sat. 20. New York University strongly 6pposes the attentions of consisted of C. H. Pelton, manager; freshman team. at New York ...... 6 7 Walter Litherland towards her daugh- W. P . Stedman, assistant manager; Kennedy-Hood, Doctor of Universal Sat. 27. Worcester Polytech ter, Emily, who is an obedient girl, R. H. Blakeslee, and Prof. Brenton, Knowledge (including the great nic at Hartford ...... ro I and is inclined to yield to her moth- stage manager. American game of Skill). Tues. 30, a. m. Wesleyan at er's wishes. Mr. Watmuff, a senti- Following is the program and Hartford ...... 2 3 mental old gentleman, who is also cast: Meredith-Letter file for his feminine correspondence. Tues. 30, p. m. Wesleyan at o~~dient to M_rs. Watmuff, receiyes a Piano Solo-Valse Op. No. I Middletown ...... • ...... 3 o YISI_t from his nephew, Ferdmand ' M.34 Moszko'wski Felton-Bottle of bromo-seltzer of size June. wlft, an adventurous youth, who has M B k sufficient to last him one week. Sat. 3. Williams at Hartford, 3 ro just returned to ~ngland from Ameri- "Freezing ~ Maoth~r-in-Law." Rhodes-Rattle, and World Almanac, Sat. IO. Williams at Williams- ca. The nephew discloses to Mr. Wat- c st duplicating the first gifts he ever town ...... 5 6 muff and the Y:oung Ioyer a solution Mr. Watmuff (at~a~hed to the · received, and "Six Weeks." This Wed. q . Amherst at Hartford, 3 2 which, upon bemg applied ~o the ear, past) ...... ]. H. George is a feat the faculty have never causes th<: temporary freezmg of the Ferdinand Swift, his nephew (at-..... succeeded in accomplishing._ BASE BALL CAPTAIN. body, _subject to recovery. Mr. \Vat- tached to fortune hunting) Roberts-Large hypodermic syringe muff IS a henpecke? . husba_nd, and, c. H. Pelton to induce the sleep which the re John F. Powell, rgo6, Unanimously under the guise. of aHlmg science, ~e Walter Litherland (attached to morse from his continual wicked Elected. states h1s w!llmgness to allow h1s Emi·l W t ff) C E G t h f 'f t b · t d 'fh Y a mu . . . os en o er ness will never allow. On Saturday, the I7th, the baseball WI e o . e expenmen e upon. . e Mrs. Watmuff (attached to the Stedman.:_Laurel wreath as poet lau attempt IS. made by a well devised the memory of her parents reate of the world. team elected John Franklin Powell of plan, but IS thwarted ~Y the Y''ung c. ]. Harriman Allentown, Pa., captain of next year's Wells-Bomb for the future use of team, by unanimous vote. love~, who hopes to wm .Mr~. Wat- Emily, her daughter (attached to muffs favor thereby. He discloses Walter Litherland) A R Goodale this famous anarchist. Powell is a member of the class of to her the plot. · · · · When these gifts had been distrib 1906. He entered Trinity from Lehigh Mrs. Watmuff, by substituting a 1 uted to the great amusement of the last fall. He is the fastest short-stop wine for the freezing solution, and I CLASS DAY PRESEN- audience the Class Day President Trinity has ever played, and was this feigning the freezing pro-:
Class Day Exercises Enjoyed By the of President Luther that this beautiful cide whether the states were to be men. Both had their faults and weak field and excellent running track were united or divided, and whether the nesses which are well known. Both laid out and completed. We are just black man was to be b unci or free? had their good points and the world Seniors Monday Afternoon. ly proud of it as be111g one of the If the Union had lost, it would not remembers these today. At the end t1nest college athletic fields in this have been through any lack of effort of the war Lee immediately withdrew part of the country. Other material on the part of General Grant. As it from public affairs and took up his Hnndrecl• of Alumni and Friend• Present, additions will come, and we believe was the South was defeated, but not simple life manfully. By his great the day is not far distant when Trinity because General Lee was inferior to influence he urged his soldiers to turn will be advanced in equipment as well his opponent. Both men possessed the devotion to the South into patriot The c:ass of 1905 held thtlir Clas~ Day as in number of men to a position rare natural gifts in military leader ic aim for the new United States. exerciRes in front of Northam Towers at among the colleges even htgher if ship and both applied them to the best Physically, morally, intellectually, Lee three o'clock Mon·lay llftl!rno•lll. The dav possible than the env.able one she of their ability, and the result ? In was a man. He never failed to do his now holds. favor of the Union, because, as it was a perf~ct 011e fnr the occasion, except duty and without a murmur. He was The class of 1905 has witnessed an seems to us here in the North, we always willing to sacrifice self for for 11 I ittle Stlrpl u~ of breeze a11d the cam pus event that we hope will not be a part were r g llt. good reason. The name of Lee will looked more be.1utiful if pns.~1hle than at of the experience of any other class Let us first compare the two m dn always be remembered as that of a any previou~ occ;~ion of the sort. Selec for many years to come. We have as soldiet·s. General Lee received his man, who stood for what is right. tions were rendered hy Colt's Hand between seen the retirement of one president education at West Point and was then When he died he left the living influ of this college and the installation ot graduated. General Grant likewise ence f his noble character and an the varinus par~ of the ptogr:unme and Wil another who was inaugurated tn th .s entered West Point and he, too, grad uncxcellccl example of patriotism. On liam Duffy the vr~t,; ran janitor offioia t• tl at our senior year. We have experienc uated. But here is where Lee scores the other hand Grant had such a self the punch bowl and pas~ed around t he cus ed the Joss of Dr. Sm.th, for twenty first; he finished his course second in reliant spirit, that he could decide im tomary pipes and tohaccu. years the highly respected president his class, w:thout ever having received portant <]Uestions instantly and could of Trinity college, but have gained a demerit, a record to be envied; bear the gravest responsibilities with Garret Denise Bo"ne, Jr., 1906, the C'ol in hi place President Luther, a man Grant, however, only reached the mid lege Mar-hall, lee! the procession to their out assistance. He was loyal in ev who is now buildiing up Trinity. Pres dle of his class in rank, but as to his erything which he undertook and his seats, arran.:etl in the customary semi ident Luther has done more for the behavior, nothing is ever said. Dur quiet, unassuming manner won the circle, and the platform was occupied by college we can safely say, in propor ing the Mexican war, both acqu.ttecl respect of all with whom he came in Robert Moshy Ewing of Peoria, Ill., the tion to his term of office, than any themselves w ith bravery and showed contact. He was a man of the people. ther man has ever done. He is a man great coolness and resource under the His patience and perseverence were Clas~ Day Cl1airman. lle opened the ex of fascinating personality, of energy, hottest fire; Grant, although quarter ercises with the follo,Yiug: extraordinary. Soon after his defeat of ability. He understands undergrad master of his regiment, was always at as candidate for a third term as Presi uates perhaps better than most other the front when active fighting was PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. dent, under the shadow of death, he college presidents. As contrary to all going on; Lee as one of the chief en started to write his autobiography for expectations r am about to become a cr ineer corps, was constantly consulted the benefit of his wife. Suffering al graduate of the coll ege I can say th:s. by General Scott, the commander-in most ceaseless pain, he wrote on, day Guests, Undergraduates and Class- Dr. Luther is a man respected by out chief. After the close of this war, Lee after day to the f''ld, never uttering mates: siders, trusted by alumni, aomired I became superintendent at West Point, one word of complaint. This cour undergraduates. In brief, he is a type a position which he filled so accept ageous elf-devotion redeemed every Class days at Trinity have been for of the true representative Trinity man. ably that he would have been retained years the part of college life that ap thing which he had done amiss. It For fear that the class historian will longer, if he had not preferred front1er was a greater victory than that of peals particularly to the student body think I am inf1·inging on his pro warfare. Grant, however, after re- Vicksburg. and m ost of all to the Senior. Not v nee in these exercises I will stop in igning as quartermaster, returned ro At the graves of both these men, that we wish to boast of these occa truding on his rights and before con his family, living the life of a small the 1 orth and the South stood side by cluding will say just a word of what farmer with all its hardship. sions as intrinsically more important side, no longer divided, shoulder to we can forsee for the near future of \Vhen the Civil war cloud began to shoulder, captains of opposing armies than the academic functions presided ~he college. The most prominent form over the country in 186o, both bore their beloved commanders to over by our respected faculty. In fact question at Trinity today is that ot Grant and Lee saw the seriousness of their final resting place. Their faults the exercises may not be entertaining increasing the number of men- of the struggle. Lee had always been a and mistakes, o far a they existed, building up a double Trinity. To at strong Union man and now hoped to all present; the addresses may not are long . ince forgotten in the mem tain this object the president of the against hope that some agreement ory of their greatness as soldiers and possess great literary merit, and the college, the faculty, the alumni. and might be reached to put a stop to war as men. presentations and the statistics may even the undergraduates are putting preparations. When the war actu sometimes incline to be more interest forward their best efforts. As a re ally began, he did not h~sitate as to sult we have seen this year a decided his path of duty. President Lincoln CLASS POEM. ing to us than to the audience. The increase in the freshman class. In our even offered him supreme command fascination of our class days to us prospects for next year the most cau of the nited States army, but in a "Pro Patria et Ecclesia." does not depend upon literary expres tious predictions are for a class con respectable refusal, he said that he sion. It is the last meeting at a taining at least four times the num "could not take up arms against his By WILLIAM PERRY STEADMAN. ber of men that are graduated this state his home and his children." function entirely ours, given by us year. If these expectations prove true Grant also immediately took his stand The aged minstrel sat before the king and held on the campus. For the and the increase remains steady for and i1; a letter to his father said: '·I With harp in hand his warlike lay exercises, both saddening and humor a few years we may safely prophesy foresee the doom of slavery." In the to sing. ous in their effects, in a way sum up that the "Trinity Bantam·• will short early clays of the war, both men acted The king was young and handsome, ly assume a less unpretentious posi as petty officers; gradually, each rose the experiences of four years. These fair to see, tion in the eyes of onlookers, and with to the position of commander-in-chief And to the bard the monarch spake, feelings make the class day such an more brilliant plumage and with loud of his respective army and when the "Begin important event in our college course. er crow will take a more striking at war ended they determined the condi Thy song <.nd let it sound of war, If this afternoon we, the class of 1905, titude in the "Collegiate barnyard." tions of peace. and love." In another respect Trinity is taking As generals, Grant eems to have can inspire in our guests some of our a step forward. She is about to launch more persistent determination, which Then suddenly from out the gather own enthusiasm and an interest in the the first college marine biological lab won for him uch names as '·Uncon ering night occasion, we shall feel it as a day oratory in existence. With this suc ditional Surrender Grant," and "the A swallow fluttered in into the light not unsuccessful in attaining its ob cessfully accomplished Trinity's at man of destiny." He never gave up That flashed from a myriad candles ural History. department will take till there was absolutely no hope of here and there. ject. even a more prominent position in victory or till every resource had been It has been the custom of every the scientific world than it now oc tried. He possessed in a striking de Then quickly in the king's aston class day president to make a brief cupies. Also important additions to gree all the essentials of a soldier. ished sight review of the changes that have oc our museum will be made. With these During an engagement, he showe The bird flew out again into the such rapidity of thought, that he could curred in college during his four immediate prospects we are satisfied dark. and shall leave future classes to move bodies of troops with unequalled years' course. My loyalty to college chronicle their results. promptness. Although his achieve A single chord: The bard began to tradition is so strong that I feel it In conclusion to our guests here ments in active battle far outshme the sing, my duty to follow this honored pi-e present I wish to express for the class strategy of his campaigns, yet he pos "That bird was life to you and me, sessed such a knowledge of topo cedent. Of material changes we have of 1905 the most hearty welcome. We Oh king, hope that you may enjoy these our graphy that he could distribute his We came from darkness we know not witnessed but few. We have seen, last efforts at entertainment as much army to the best advantage.. An_d_ Lee whence, however, the establishment of a col as we enjoy offering. was not inferior to Grant 111 1111lttary Just one brief moment in the light lege commons under the management science. He possessed complete and then knowledge of its technique and was of people who early acquired the We passed out unto the dark, we ORATION. especially skillful in organizing raw know not whither." Trinity spirit and already seem to be troops. Throughout the war his con a part of the Trinity family. The im duct was marked by his lack of bitter The harp is silenced: the minstrel's provement of Summit street back of A Comparison of Grant and ness towards the North, although his voice of old devotion to the South was intense. Has ceased its tones. Death's arms the college has made a beautiful bou Lee. When Grant finally captured Lee's levard of a public highway. Robert enfold army his terms were so chivalrous The soul of him who sang and him By .ALLEN REED GOODALE. has fertilized the campus and added and generous to his opponent, that who heard, three new stones to the steps south Two men on opposing sides; one the South respected him as much as The romance and the mystery are of the gymnasium. Our most notable fighting for the Stars and Stripes, the their own general; they could not for cold, get that he was the victor; but then improvement is that of the new ath other for. the Stars and Bars, but each But we for one brief space are in struggling for what he thought right could they help acknowledge his · the light. letic field. This field, provided by the and for the be t interests of the coun crreatness of heart. On the day that alumni and the Trustees of the col try. No nation ever had two more Lee surrendered, when he rode into In the light lege, has been and will be of the loyal sons or more devoted patriots Richmond at the head of his shattered A little while, army, no cheers from the Federal w~re With the sorrow greatest value to the undergraduates than Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Although by no means equals more hearty than those that were gtv And the smile, and to the alumni and of great ben in age, Lee being _the eld~r, both en him. With the tear efit to the athletic teams of the col played leading roles 111 the h1story of We must not leave the subject with And the laugh, lege. It was due chiefly to the efforts our country during the contest to de- out comparing the two generals as A little while. THE T RINITY TRIPOD. 5
In the world It matters not if you gain power lyric self-expression; he also tries to the pursuit of the Muse. It is not only A little while, \\'on by you in the hard fought solve some mystery and to penetrate poetry which suffers the appeal-all With the struggle strife, to the heart of things. There is no of literature is less than it ever has And the trial, It matters much if you forget the hour lack of enjoyment by the public of been before. Everyone is trying to With the joy Your college gave to fit you for today in the first four. There is no outdo his neighbor in some practical And the gloam, your life; reason to suppose that song, wit, sat matter and only g ives his attention to A little while. So thro' it all, Ire, or even story-telling are less pop that. Modern travel is so fast that Happiness or woe, ular than they were fifty or a hund the people are deprived of the seclu In joyful lays Do you hear the call' red years ago. People read with just sion that was forced upon men of Of student days Arm 'gainst the foe as much pleasure verses of these del TRIPOD-EIGHT. We sing the sweet, sweet story. And fiaht for right, icate orts a they ever did. But it earlier times, and of the leisure known For Church and State thro' all eter is the last that is the most important in the hours of our ancestors. There The purple haze nity. function of the poet. It is here that is nothing in modern life helpful to Of bygone days the meaning most can be strictly re the deeper spirit of poetry. Poetry Seems like a distant story. COMME NCEME NT ORATION. inforced by rhythm because in poetry is a thing that never has been and the writer has the power to suggest never will be read and understood on The portals fair By A. R. Goodale. that which escapes expression in the commuter's train; it cannot be put Held knowledge rare prose. For example, how finely aside with a s mere skimming of the At the home we so revere; The Function of the Poet, Has it Shakespeare makes Prospera say, words but it must be read and re-read Ended . ··we are such stuff as dreams are and studied before the meaning can Thy pleasant halls, made on; ever be apprehended even dimly. This The joy recalls In trying to answer the question be And our little life is rounded with would seem to be self-evident. Of friendships true and dear fore us, we must first determine what a sleep." Love of poetry is not now taught is the functi n of the poet. vVhat Or Macbeth, in the homes nor in schools as for· Firm friendship fast must he do in order to be distinguish "Tomorrow and tomorrow and to merly. The public taste is not so Thro' life to last ed from the ordinary prose writer? morrow inclined. The reader of a masterpiece We made beneath thy elms. Has his influence on the develop Creep in his pretty face from day may say "Everytime I read that I ee ment of humanity been great enough to day.' new beauties in it. It means more." So brothers, I pray you let memory to warrant putting h.m in a distinct Who i there that cannot see in his And the editor of the magazine re• Oft turn to this home that we love, class by himself? mind all sorts of fantasies drawn by plies, "I like the poem myself but That we prize as the gift so divinely The simplest answer is that he uses these simple words. The seer qual not for my magazine. You see, one Bestowed by the great God above. language and puts ideas into words ity is the true poetic criterion; it has has to read twice before one sees its just like the orator or the historian, been the function of the poet to amuse full meaning. It would go well in a Like the beacon that strengthens the TRIPOD-SEVEN to express worship, to instruct, but book; but magazine readers cannot sailor but with great attention to the use it is its highest to suggest that which stop to think. We want something \-Vhen his ship on the wild waves is of verse-forms. The element of is beyond the reach of prose to ex that shows exactly what it is at once." tossed, rhythm, for instance, in some unac plain, the true nature of I fe. It is Poetry must be listened to, not mere May you be to us, Alma Mater, countable manner intensifies the force this function that may be said to have ly read. Take for example the famil When on life's dark path we're lost. of the idea. It heightens the color ended. iar poem which ends with, of the words, be they serious or light. Tow, men are as much interested in ·'I could not love thee, dear, so much Like the bright star that shines from Even jokes seem more pungent in the mystery of life as in past ages. Loved I not honor more." above us, Yerse than they are in prose and sat If the purpose of verse is to intensify One cannot see the full significance Far above from the canopy blue ire, as can readily be seen in Lowell's meaning, why is poetry not as power without reading between the lines. Ever beckoning us onward and up ··Biglow Paper" is much strengthened ful a force today as it ever has been? The first purpose of poetry is to be ward by rhyme. Take, for example, the s·mply because a mood has come over stow on the people who are able to ac May you be to us l\Iother so true. idea of the following from Wads the world in which men do not wish cept it, a certain pleasure, by means worth: to have the pres ure of serious prob of the imagination. Poetry must step From the ways of evil and wicked, "The stars of midnight shall be dear lems increased. The age is too scien out into the world modestly, without Guide us and guard us, we pray, To her; and she shall lean her ear tific; it must have a statement of a parade and find the people whose The temptations that life throws In many a secret place thing as it really is; no ornament is nature is such that they will receive about us Where rivulets dance their way wanted. It regards exaggeration as It. It must look to them for susten Must yield to the blessing, you say.· ward round, unfair to the truth. All ideas must be ance whether they be few or many. And beauty, born of murmuring expressed so that their meaning can It is not a new kind of cereai or au When we part from thee, dear Alma sound, be definitely seen without any exer tomobile to be advertised. There are Mater, Shall pass into her face. tion on the part of the reader. To the a! ways some persons, who in every From the home that ever shall be v.,re all know that a solitary child ordinary person, the reading of poet age are fond of poetry, but in this The best loved on God's mighty foot of sensitive soul will deriYe a certain ry is a task because the mind must twentieth century they are few. The stool, quality of expression from early con exercise its powers to a high degree. public seems to lack a real standard Though we search from the sea to tact with simple, natural things; and The public wants to be entertained of criticism. In the critical magazines the sea. it is very evident that the verse form and this accounts for the great amount there is enough blame or praise for brings out the force and significance of light fiction that is written. This a certain work, but there is scarcely And thy motto shall be our watch of the thought with more depth and scientific attitude is slowly communi· any analysis of the principles of verse. word, beauty than prose could. Perhaps this cated from the strictly educated man The fault of this decline lies with When we cope with the world's may not appeal to everyone. But to the masses and now has permeated poets and people alike. The ordinary mighty power, most people will agree that the music all society. The old fashioned oration education is not li ke that twenty-five For Church and State thro' eternity of the rythm strengthens the mere and novel are now of no interest, and years ago. Children are not now And the hand of God give us power. words; that the sentiment is increased besides, much of the old-time enthu trained in the creation of beauty or by the steady beat; that the meaning siasm for the beauty of nature is lack in the love of the beautiful, education T he romance of our student days is i intensified by the art form. ing. "A quiet realism" has been simply means "the art of getting along past, Considered historically, poetry al brought into prose and poetry too, in the world.'" As a result, we come Those happy days too joyous far to ways ha been a great force in the while music seems to be the one re to regard poetry as only an· empty last, world's development-social, political maining imaginative art. The spirit fancy, "a mere cloud colored by a Before us lies the world, a mighty and religious. Homer, "the father of of the age is realistic, and it is im rainbow," a thing with which a ser land, poetry," showed the early Greeks by possible to run counter to it. To the ious man should not trouble his mind. And duty sendsl its call to us at his patriotic songs that they were in modern man things must be what The poet is often looked upon as a last, the world for a purpose and thrilled they seem. In the poets of the past strange, eccentric man, hardly a nor To take our place and join that loyal them with a sense of their destiny. imaginative fervor is pardoned, but mal being. The trouble is that many band. He stirred up their love of country from a man of today we are impatient modern poets seem to have no real Where, brothers, ever shall our and created a Hellenic race-conscious of any form which colors fact, as it poetic knowledge. They write poetry watchword be, ness. The Hebrew scriptures were seems to us, illegitimately. The world to make a living, not because they feel For Church and State thro' all poetry to the Hebrews and they found does not want words that merely sug inspired. They seem to exclude them eternity. out through them that life was full of gest. "The airy nothings" are no selves from the world. While they are spiritual significance. Our own Pur longer in demand; it is waiting for singing of the simple daisy, the Rus Dear Alma Mater, in thy ivied walls, itan ancestors were influenced greatly fact and ideas, definitely and clearly sian throne is shaken by the tramp of Thou taught'st us indeed to meet by the Psalms and the epic poetry of stated. an aroused and awakened people. As life·s hardest calls. the Old Testament, far more perhaps There is another cause which has a consequence, our poetry lacks the When thou should'st send us forth to than by the ethics of the New Testa brought about this fall in poetry and red blood of the heart life; it is color run the race, ment. \¥hen they left their homes that is the type of character represent less and cold. Moreover, poetry is The time now comes to leave thy and came to this land to enjoy relig ed, for instance, by President Roose democratic from its very origin but to pleasant halls; ious liberty, the Bible was almost their velt-the strenuous life. The hustle day is regarded as aristocratic, for the To join that loyal band and take our only literature. And so, down through and bustle of the modern world gives chosen few only; and the modern au place, American history, it is self-evident little repose to the man who is strug dience is democratic. Hence, the ap Where, brothers, ever must our that with poetry comes developm ent. gling for existence and the feelings peal of poetry is very restricted. The watchword be, The thoughts inspired by the imagin real modern form of literature is the aroused by this struggle are much novel. For Church and State thro' all ation of the chosen people, have ar more lively and urgent than those to eternity. oused us and brought us to our pres The poet in his highest function as which literature is addressed. It is interpreter must follow the best ent position in the world. the day of competitive noise. Every To you both wealth and power may No two men had more to do with thoughts of his day-the thought of one is looking for excitement, so that If come, the making of Scottish history than no time is left for serious thought. the few. a modern w riter were t o say as Shakespear~ A humbler portion be my share; Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. The leisure hours needed for the high To you the grace of love may come They were men of the people, with "The cloud-capped towers, the gor er forms of poetry are now taken up geous palaces, In life and loveless I be there, the advancement of their country in something else more exciting and But thro' it all, foremost in their thoughts. Shakes The solemn temples, the great globe more insistent. People no longer de itself, Happiness or woe, peare's influence on the whole world sire the spirit of detachment from I hear the call is still felt and will continue to be Yea, all which it inherits, shall dis which care is necessary for the inter solve, Arm 'gainst the foe felt for a long time to come. pretation of verse. Again, the young, And fight for right The poet in his writings uses every And like this insubstantial pageant both youth and maiden, are too much faded, For Church and State thro' all eter thing for thought material-humor, taken up with the various sports of nity. Leave not a wrack behind." and satire of all kinds, narrative and the age, to find time or interest in (Continutd on page 7.) 6 THE TRINITY TRIPOD.
COMMENCEMENT. VALED ICTORY. of truth; that constant aloofness from with the satisfaction which attends Latin Salutatory. Delivered by Edmund Samuel Carr. the business irregularities of today is work well done. necessary to the brightest success and And finally classmate , I mu t say Friends all, we have assembled you honor. The only reward for such de farewell to you. \ Ve are all agreed Delivered By CARLOS EUGENE JONES. here today to solemnize a death, yes, votion as yours and his, is thanks il that these four years have been the irretrievable death of our class' limitable from us and all Trinity men. fraught with meaning. But if each It is my duty and privilege, in the self. We do not wish you to think As we all of us leave our college one of us were asked just wherein this name of my classmates, to speak to that we mean by these words to assert life, and most of us your episcopal meaning lies, many answers would be you, officers, alumni and guests of this figuratively that our activities as a jurisdiction, Right Reverend Sir, it is given. One would probably say that college, a few words of salutation. class have today come to an end. Or most fitting that we should pay our his classroom work laid in him the Someone may ask: "But why in rather, we do wish to understand this respects to you, and express our ad foundations of a specialized education, Latin? For it is clearly a useless and with much more besides. For we be- miration for your scholarship and cul or that his reading during leisure empty custom." To such objectors I lieve that our class' self, our classhood ture, for the faithfulness and kindly hours had produced in him a solid have a few words to reply. For this as we may call it, is a certain reality spirit with which you discharge your literary appreciation. Another would is not, as some think, a mere custom and that today it actually perishes. pastoral duties. At our time of life reply that by his intercourse with new handed :!own by the fathers to make For our classhood is no mere sum- when men are particularly self-reliant personalities, he had gained a real in this academic assembly more august, mation of our individualities, but is and have not yet learned to distrust sight into human nature. And still to furnish a cause of laughter to those itself an entity, real, unique, personal. their own intellectual arrogance, we another would assert that the friend who do not understand and to cover It has for its material the personali- are yet gladly induced by the intellec ships he~e fostered were of the par the sanctity of our thought with high ties in it, but for its meaning it de- tual elevation of your teaching and amount Importance. And all might sounding phrases. Far from it I (Al pends on the mutual interrelations, the Christian spirit manifested in your well be right. But yet the most fun though I am persuaded that the the common characteristics and ideals leadership to trust in your saneness damental aspect of this meaning of thoughts of this particular speaker of those personalities, just as our- and moderation. our college life lies in the change ef ought to be adorned in any way pos selves have for their material our dif- And in giving you one parting sal fected in our ideas of ourselves and sible.) ferent sensations, our perceptions, and utation, Dr. Luther, we wish to add more particularly of our ethical s'tand But, joking aside, let us speak se our conceptional activities, but yet a few weak words to the universal ards. For when we came to college, riously. In my humble opinion, our their meanmg from these interwoven encomium which you have won. We our ethical perspective was almost en use of this language is most worthy and referred to some common end. have appreciated the privilege of be tirely external. Some things had been of our learned audience and of our As in the case of a human self, our ing under your tutelage. We have es required of us as being "right", others college. For by reading the writings classhood has had its inception in pecially admired what we believe to prohibited as being "wrong". Our of these ancients we find the founda time, its gradual growth influenced by be thoroughly characteristic of you, ethical distinctions were those ot tions on which this our republic is its environment, and its continually your high valuation of the moral and others accepted by us with no con built. Shades, therefore, of Cicero, more definite consciousness of itself. mental standpoints of young men. We sciou recognition of their correctness Virgil, Caesar and you, Christian fa As in the case of a human self, it has are pleased that dignified strictness but with a mere unreflecting percep thers, from whom we receive so much conceived an ideal toward which it which goes with your office has not tion of their popular acceptance. help in living a better life, deign to has felt impelled to work and strug- dissipated your former sympathy, or At college we were taken from the accept as a slight annual tribute the gle. As in the case of the human self, weakened the bond of fellowship be more or less guarded seclusion and use of your language on this occa it is an ideal construct, based both on tween you and your students. For compulsory regulations of our home sion! its imitation and on its despication of more can be accomplished by willing surroundings and placed in what Rt. Rev. Bishop of this diocese, to other selves, and its own peculiar in- •co-operation than by compulsion. And seemed to us absolute freedom among whose heart this college is dear, we teractions. And it is the death of this we wish also to give utterance to our fellows who were frankly expert in heartily rejoice that you are here .vir.h actual existent reality which you have admiration of the vigorous effective its possibilities. Our standards of us, we salute you first of all. Fur you come today to solemnize. ness which has characterized your ad- character immediately clashed with are the head in this dioce~(! of the But, friends, it is natural law that ministration in college affairs, and o theirs. For the morality of college historic church, members of which every death provides material for new your thoughtful, decided declarations men as a body of college class founded this college in the inten::3ts of life. The leaves of the forest, when about such questions as are being dis hoods, is little more than a "code religious toleration. fallen and decayed, enrich the loam cussed by the academic world at large. of honor." It is strict regarding the And you, 0 trustees, by who«e , are from which new vegetation springs. Such masterly opinions cannot but reactions of its constituents on one we are governed and benefitted, we The thoughts and aspirations of the redound greatly to your own credit another but slack in its injunctions rejoice greatly in your presence tuday; men of the past, realized in their lit- and to the honor and influence of ou; on those constituents themselves. It we are happy to salute you. Owing to erature, their inventions and architec- alma mater. emphasizes all that preserves its own your labors for our college we }:ave tural legacies are the material for the As we turn our thoughts to you, harmony and furthers its ends, but a president who shares and loves our achtevements of our present. In the members of the faculty, we are sin disregards all else. And so it may traditions, and who through the com most ultimate aspect there is no such cerely saddened at the thought of say loudly condemn a slight breach of ing years will always with a strong thll1g as death: there are only varying ing farewell. In our intercourse with "class spirit," but easily condone dis hand guide this academic ship through manifestations of life. And thus it is you, your personalities have aroused honesty in examinations. At first our tranquil waters. that we, the constituents of our class- in us much admiration and emulation morality was especially by this l~tter, Rev. President, you, who have hood, are by its death released to be- and your scholarship and culture hav~ the slack side of that of our classhood. through four years counselled us not come essential parts of other social given us an insight in the more ideal By their continual contradictions the only in scholastic affairs, but also in selves. One of us may be a control- and refined aspects of the world's in truth of the beliefs hitherto unques spiritual, we salute you with all our ling element in a parochial self, an- terests. We do not understand how tionably accepted were doubted more heart. We deem it no small honor other in an academic self, and another you unite so felicitously your broad and more. And doubt led to trans that we are the first to receive our in a commercial group which is a real refinement with the specialization re gres~ion. Moreover our slumbering diplomas from you as president. self. And some of us may even be quired of modern scholars but we cravmgs with our impulsive longing You, 0 professors, whom we have significant units of the mighty self are agreed as to the delightfulness of for freedom, awakened by even a followed but indifferently as you show_ of our nation which i~ over us all. the union, and, Dr. Hopkins, we wish slight indulgence, began to beat ed us the path of learning, to whose Therefore let us not gneve. overmuch to pay our respects especially to you against the prison bars of convention still patient labors we owe so much, it but let us be comforted wtth the as- today. We regret that Trinity Col and thus assailed from without and is very pleasing to us to salute you, surance that our classhood's work is lege is to lose one who is so happily from within, we often abandoned our with all our heart, more than these well done. For it has accomplished endowed with scholastic preparedness, selves in the mad exhuberance of our words express, we give you thanks. that for which it was born and has literary eminence, and that charming passions, to extremes of recklessness Alumni, elder brothers whose ranks died. It has stamped us with its mark. personality which has endeared its and license; or if we were of a more we are about to join, whose love for It has grafted into our natures some possessor to us all. We wish you a reserved introspective nature, we may our Alma Mater inspires us with the of the ambitions and ideals which new, true success in your future field have sickened intellectually in pessi same fervor, we rejoice to see your w~re essentially its own. Its memory of usefulness. And we cannot help, mistic cynicism. faces here today; we gladly salute you. will ever be a potent influence in our Dr. Edwards, giving witness to your But either state is transitional. The Benevolent friends, worthy matrons, lives. And this death of our class- unfailing courtesy toward us. For as unbalanced exaggeration is unnatural. beautiful maidens, we thank you for hood has been vain and ineffectual our class officer, you have fulfilled Our natures instinctively struggled to your presence, encouraging us by your only if we reject these its legacies, with grace and tact, a task often as adjust themselves less radically. Our benignant countenances. We pray and do not apply the capabilities disagreeable to you as obnoxious to classhood's social strictness had pro you to hear us with your accustomed which it has given us to the new us. You have won our liking by your bably already acquired great influence indulgence. selves of which we shall become parts. urbane severity. over us. So in our moral aimlessness Fellow-students, with whom we It has died to save us. Let us, then, People of Hartford, we have found we cultivated it with desperate fervor. have associated in studies, in athletics, not spurn that salvatiOn so freely giv- our sojourn in your city very pleasant. Our social reputation became para and in social life, to whom we in de en, but eagerly seize it, and use it by You have somehow caught the secret mount to us. Our promises were un parting commit the honor of our com entering zealously into the new selves of building a town which combines breakable, our honor impeachable, our mon Alma Mater, hail, ere we say fare before us, trying to make them effect- the cultural facilities and cosmopoli friendships so sacred. Our activity in well! We know you will always have ive and significant in the eyes of the tanism of a city with the spaciousness our class soon showed us that this as a motto "Floreat Trinitas," and world. _For ~his transformation of t.he and rest of the country. And you rudimentary morality was indispensi labor "pro ecclesia et patria." energy 111hented ftom the old self 111- yourselves have the awakeness and ble for our classhood's life and peace Finally, my dear classmates, with to the achievements expected of the alertness of the modern American and our own social survival. So we sadness, I salute you. We shall go to new is the real meaning of college without losing the temper and atmos soon grasped it with a conscious as different parts of the world, where the commencements. phere characteristic of your old Pur surance not only of its external obli duty of each summons him. Through . And, . Trustee_s of Trinity . College, !tan aristocracy. May your acceptable gation, but also of its internal neces four years we have lived here as com 111 pass111g on mto our relahons, we 111terest continue to foster our institu sity for our highest social ideals. Thus rades; and the memory of this time wish to thank you most earnestly for tions as effectively in the future as it for the first time we accepted our will always be a pleasure to me as to the advantages which your care and has been in the past. ethical standard with a clear deliber you. One of our number, recently labor has afforded us. We are espec- To you undergraduates, we commit ate recognition of our moral need of snatched away by cruel death, we ially reminded of your interest and the upholding of the ideals and tradi it. In the new enthusiasm for the mourn-one who, the course of his life work whenever we think of Colonel tions which we have received from ethical construction we probably be not yet run, has received the reward of Greene, by whose death you have re- our collegiate elders. Understand that gan to reconsider the old higher indi his early labors. Studious, devout, cently suffered so irrevocable a loss. your world is the training school of vidual ideals which we had discarded. faithful, "ad omnia paratus," he has His unselfish a.ctivity for ~h~ welfare Trinity graduate, and has a large in And as life rolls on we have found and left us a noble example of a life spent of our college ts charactensttc of you fluence in shaping his character and shall continue to find that we can in accordance with our motto. May it as well. The world is far poorer by that thus you are in a very real ;ense slowly readopt them, convinced that be given us so to live this life that in that death, but far richer for his hav- the college. Take care that you ac~ they have a real validity from the the place whither he has a short time ing lived. For hi~ name. was a syn- quit yourselves so that when you fundamental nature of our inmost preceded us we may obtain eternal onym of commercial upnghtness and come at last to this place which we hearts. For a thoughtful man al- life. integrity; his life was an embodiment hold today, you can hand on the task (Oontinued on page 7.) THE TRINITY TRIPOD. 7
V .A.LEDICTORY. HARTFORD BUSINESS DIRECTORY, (Continued from page 6.) Jefferson Pharmacy, Space in this Directory $3.00 per year. ways knows that he is truly moral, 990 Broad St., Cor. Jefferson St., Hertfarlll, A not when he follows certain static Art Stores. external laws, but when he observes PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Wiley's, 684 Main St. certain regulations made necessary by Keepo everylhin~ you need In •h• line ef Attorneys, his own nature, and that of society as Schutz&: Edwards, 64 2·~ Conn. Mut ual Bldg. Pu re Druts, Patent Medicines, Ttllet Articles, ftc. Automobiles and Bicycles. a whole. This morality in the future FOWNES' GLOVES Pope Manuf&cturing Co., 4:!6 Capitol Avenue. may be assailed and even modified, Automobile Stations. but it is too firmly grounded to be S. A. Minor, 120-124 Allyn Street. overthrown. Banks. Fellows, it is not just in you to The lEtna National Bank of Hartford, .iEtna Will be worn longer this T. SISSON & CO., Life Insurance Building. ask me to say farewell to you all. I Barbers. cannot do it. But let me lose myself March's Barber Shop, Room I, Conn. Mutual in your welcome, dear company, and season than other::,, -that Building. let us all together, each for himself, Alphonse Goulet, ~eublein Barber Shop. Druggists, Decorators. repeat to all the rest of our small is, other gloves. Simon & Fox, 240 Asylum St. band a sad pregnant farewell. Druggists. · .Jelferson Pharmacy, 99o 1 l:lroad Street. Marwick Drug Co., Main and Asyllmi Streets and Asylum and Ford Streets. 729 Main St, .;!. Hartford, Cona. T. Sisson & Co., 729 Main Street. Electrical Contractors. The Rice & Baldwin E lectric Co., 214 Pearl St. Florists. Mack, 5 Grove St. WM. D. BALDWIN. LLOYD B. WIGHT, F umiture Stores. Fenn, Main and Gold Streets. BALDWIN &. WIGHT, BUY OCKNEY· SWEETS Haberdashers, Patent Lawyers- and Solicitors. ., Ohamh.,rlln &Shaughnessy, 611-67 Asylum St. Established 1859. Horsfall & Rothschild, 9a-99 .A.•yl um St . The Best Chocolate• Hotels. 25 Grant Place,WASHINGTON,O.C. Possible to l't'lake Hartford H otel, near Uniuu Station. PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, COPYRIGHTS, Insurance Companies. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company Karl Herbert Fenning, Trinity, 1903. at Our Candy Corner. Main and Pearl Streets. Livery Stables. P . Ragan, 866 Main St. Printers. EMMA R. ELMORE Oolumbia Printing Office, 496 Capitol Avenue. Cl!!. marwick Drug £o., Meyer & Noll, 302 Asylum St. E. S. OARJ(.. PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER, R. R. and Steamship Agent, two Storts, H. R . Gridley, 24 State Street, I.Jity Hall Square. Sage-Allen Building. mata 1114 JlsYlllll Sts. JISYIIW 1114 ,.,..... Restaurants. Mrs. Goebels. 868 Main St. THE SIXTH GERMAN. Theme~ typewritten a.t reasonable cosi. The Charter Oak Lunch. 220 Asylum St. Manifolding distinctly printed. Schools and Colleges. Trinity Col1ege. The final cotilli on of the German club was held in alumni hall on Fri Shoe Repairing. FOR-- Tony Olson & Co., 123 Pearl St. day night, the 23rd, and proved a very Chamberlin & Stenographers, successful windup to the series of FLAGS, BANNERS Emma R. Elmore, Sage-Allen Building. germans which have been held this Tailors. AND-- Shaughnessy, Oo.llan & Co., 8 Fotd Street. year. The first half, as usual, was a Stern Bros., 80 Trumbull Street. regular dance, and after supper came EASTER NOVELTIES E. S. Altem us, 27-28-29 Catlin Bldg., 885 Main St. the cotillion, led by C. Hamlin Pelton .James A. Rines,~2 Asylum Street. -- GOTO -- M . Hullop, 171 Main Street. of the senior class. Theatres. The patronesses were Mrs. Flavel J;atttrs and outfitttrs, Poll's. S. Luther and Mrs. Cranston Bren SIMONS & FOX ton. Those dancing were: C. H. Pel ton with Miss Wander, C. J. Harri Decorators 240 Asylum St. 65·67 Asylum Street, Hartford, Coaa. man with Miss Harriman, C. F. Cle LOOK FELLOWS ! ment with Miss Potter, of Baltimore, COMMENCEMENT ORATION. Call and sec C. E. Gostenhofer with Miss Mary (0ontinued from page 6.) YOUR FRIEND ] \-1;\CK Roberts, G. D. Bowne with Miss So We should say, It is not true; an atom phie Bradin, H . Burgwin with Miss cannot disappear and leave no trace if you want FLOWERS and he will Allen, F . C. Hinkel with Miss Toy, COLLEGE see that you make a good impression. behind, because we know that matter H. G. Barbour with Miss Austin, of is indestructible. The poem "The 5 Grove Street. Norwalk, H. G. Hart with Miss Whit Man with the Hoe," seems to us to be telsey, P. C. Bryant with Miss Plum a false picture of the effect of toil, the mer W. R. Cross with M1ss Van idea of the earlier poet is better, FElLOWS W .i..LT:I:R S. SCHUTZ, 8T.&.NLEY W. EDW.l.RDS Zil e; P. M . Butterworth with Miss ''The thorn, harsh emblem of the Trinity '94:. Yale, '00. Erwin H. T. Morgan with Miss Clag curse, are, as a class, very SCHUTZ & EDWARDS, horn, 'A. T. McCook 'oz with Miss Puts forth a wilderness of flowers: McCook, and R. N. Weibel, 'oz with Labor, man's punishment, is nurse particular about their ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Miss Illsley of Evanston, Ill., also the To halycon joys at sunset hours." 142- 5 Connootlout Mutuol lulldlnc, following stags: J. M. Walker 'or, To the older poet we say, "You are appearance. HARTFORD CONN, A. T. Wyncoop 'or, H. R. Mcilvaine very excusable in your conjecture be Telephone No. 1838, '04, J. W. O'Conner, ex-'os, R. M. cause it was a natural thought to you." We have the sort of .. Ewing, 'os, D. M. Fackler, ·o6, C. L. To the modern one we say, "Your Trumbull 'o8, Mr Ficklin of Yale and philosophy is wrong. Labor is a con CLOTHES, DELIGHTFUL SEA TOURS Mr. Vincent of Union. dition of life; your perspective of life HATS, and To Georgia, Florida, Cuba, Nassau, The favours were of an unusually is radically false." attractive character. The priz.e round J, e.Uco, Jamaica, Bermuda and all To sum up: Serious poetry is not FURNISHINGS was a peacock feather fan for th~ la wanted because men demand a simple Southern Winter Resorts. dies, won by Miss Allen and a silver statement of things as they are. Light that they like and we Booking now to the knife for the gentlemen, won by C. F. verse is as much liked as ever, but repeat that Clement. The german was continued the function of the poet as interpreter until two o'clock. is ended, because the scientific man is IT PAYS . • EDITERRANEAN the modern interpreter of life. He HORSFALL TO BUY a From Boston and New York. The Charter Oak Lunch has found out many wonderful things, ROTHSCHILD, but is wary about guesses at the un OUR KIRD. Outfitters, TO C:· ·- TFORNIA, by Steamer, all 220 Asylum Street. known. The more we know the more Rail or Personally Conducted Tours. we find it necessary to keep to mod Knox Hats. U-11 Aoylum St., Hortfor•. Special attention given to correspond Clean and attentive service with food of est, simple statements. But these are ence. the best, and at very reasonable prices. not in poetry. H. R. GRIDLEY, Open Sundays from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. A la Carte or regular meals. Railroad and Steamship Agent, 24 State St., Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Goebels Restaurant • POLl'S • "Camp lnselheim," FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THEATRE CHESTER, NOVA SCOTIA. Telephone Connection CATERERS, Business Men's Lunches Week of June 26: BOATING, BATHING, FISHING. 868 Mai" St., Hartford, Conn.
Modern eonveniences, F • .J. CALLAN. P. J. CALL.t.I<. Meals at hulel. CALLAN & SON, 8 Ford St., Hartford, Conn. Poli's Own Company Address E. W. ALLEN, Custom Tailors. 5 Thirty-first Street, New York City, SUITS MADE CLOTHES CLEUED, %Hackmatack Inn. TO ORDER. PRESSED AND REP AilED. Afternoon• uo,; Even ing •et 8:1 5. 8 THE TRINITY TRI POD. Cbt £onntcticut ===Trinity eolleqe.===== mutual [1ft Tnsuranct £o.
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On the 1st of March, 1904, THE CON· jliEeTJel}T ~OTUAL reached a stage in iii! hiltory very interesting to ita man The largest of the Trinity College Buildings, shown in this cut, includes the agement and its members and one whioh principal Dormitories, the Chapel, the Library, and some of the Lecture Rooms. ill unique in the hiltory of .American Other buildings are the Jarvis Laboratories, the Boardman Hall of Natural Science Life Insurance. the Observatory, and the gymnasium. ' On that date, but little more than The Library is at all times open to students for study. Afty-eigbt yeara from its organization ~ U had reoeiTed from its members in The Laboratories are fully equipped for work in Chemistry, Natural History, premiums the sum of $228,376,268, and Physics, and in preparation for Electrical Engineering. had returned to them or their benefici ' A Course in Civil Engineering has lately been established. ariee $228,724,073, or $347,805 more For Catalogues, etc ., a ddress the Secretary of the Faculty, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. than h had received from them. The Connecticut Mutual ill the first .American Life Insurance Company to AFTER COMMENCEMENT. return to iii! members one hundred per IT'S A FACT oent. of its reoeipt from them. And it What the members of the class of That E. S. ALTEMUS, Mer• holds besides $65,000,000 of assets, with 1905 will do next year: chant Tailor, makes the smart a 1urplus of over $4,600, 000 to proteot Blakeslee is uncertain, but will prob est and best clothes in the city. onr 70,000 policy-holders insured for ably go into business. over $166,000,000. Baker will probably teach for a year, then go to the General Theological Sem MY AIM JACOB L. GREENE, President. inary. Is to clothe yon with the smartest JOHN l'tf. TAYLOR, Vlce-Pres't , Boyd will study medicine at the Penn sylvania Medical School. and best made imported woolens HERBERT H. WHITE, Sec'y. Bulkley will enter the Berkeley Divin that the manufacturer can pro DA JII IEL H. WELLS, Actuary. ity School, Middletown, Conn. duce, making it easy to make Bm·rows will study law at Sunbury, THE BEST CLOTHING ~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ Pa. Carr will engage in teaching. COLLEGE STUDENTS Clement will study law at Sunbury, during their vacation easily Pa. • E. S. ALTEMUS, Ewing will go into business in Chi Earn $20.00 to $30.00 per week. cago. l'tferchant Tailor, --Write-- Farrow will engage in newspaper work in Shamokin, Pa. 27-28-29 Catlin Bldg., The Universal Mfg. Co., Goodale will work with the Travelers PITTSBUR.O, PA. Insurance company, Hartford. • • 835 Main Street, •• Gostenhofer will enter business in New York city. HARTFORD, • • • • CONN. George will enter the Philadelphia Artistic Decorations Divinity School and later go to China and Furniture as Harrimana mission willary. enter the Berkeley Div- Aff rae f"IV8 Jnm · "f ySf udenf s inity School, Middletown. are among the first considerations of a stu Jones will go to the Berkeley Divinity ieni'l life. Your room or sooiety house are those who are the best dressed. JIIJIY be rendered tasty and beautiful. by School. I have a line of samples that I wish uin1 thinga MADE FOR TRINITY. Kennedy will study medicine, probably to show Trinity men and I am ad- at the Harvard Medical School. , We have Trinity Seals on Pelton is uncertain. vertising in your publication to let Rhodes is going into business some- you know the fact. Drop in some- PORTIERS, COUCH COVERS, where in Ohio. time and I will give you cheerful PILLOW TOPS AIID SCREEIIS. R oberts will enter the Berkeley D ivin- attention. ity School, Middletown. See them et the store of Stedman will teach. J. F. PowELL, Baseball Captain. JAMES A. RINES, Meredith is uncertain. S Welles will go into business, probably -;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3;;;;2;;;;;A;;;;s;;y;;;;l;;;;u;;;;m;;;;;;;;;;tr;;;;e;;;;e;;;;t;;;;. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;., LINUS T. FENN. in New York city. • Tiley were mede for yov. Campbell will do engineering work ; he is uncertain where. COLLEGE ANNUALS C~ JEtna national Bank~ Hartford JEtna tift Tnsuranct Building. PRINTED BY THE COLUMBIA PRINTING ~ OFFICE
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