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THE JUNIOR PROM.
Complete Record of Entertainments—
The Box Occupants,
The Junior Promenade which was
danced at the Second Regiment Armory
Tuesday night, Jan 23, fittingly closed
the two days of merry-making among
the undergraduates of Yale and their
guests. Take it any way you like, say
the Juniors, the great affair reached quite
to perfection on all points and set a
standard which future classes can hardly
be expected to approach. And there
are many facts which would seem to
justify this testimony.
The general color scheme for the
decoration of the armory this year was
yellow and white, the yellow dulled and
softened by white-shaded arc lights.
The long iron girders were hung with
smilax and on the side walls twenty
draped tapestry panels were arranged.
Dancing began at 9.30 with perhaps
250 couples on the floor and ended about
seven hours later, after some sixty
dances including regulars, intermissions,
encores and extras had been reeled off
to the music of Lander’s band and or-
chestra, stationed on either side of the
armory. An unusually small number of
stags attended the Prom, but they were
in sufficient numbers to make a gallant
football fight for something to eat at
intermission, up under the rafters. The
service on the floor, however, was in
general, excellent, with very little delay.
Mazetti catered.
DECREASE IN ATTENDANCE,
The most striking feature of the oc-
casion, perhaps, from the standpoint of
one who has attended Junior prome-
nades in recent years, was the marked
decrease in the number of dancers. In
1898 the floor was uncomfortably filled;
last year’s diminished attendance made
dancing considerably easier, and the fur-
ther reduction in numbers at the recent
event, while not sufficient to detract
from the beauty of the scene as viewed
by the spectators in the gallery and
boxes, obviated the possibility of serious
overcrowding. This change, which has
reduced the number of maimed insteps
and tattered gowns, has been welcomed
by the great majority of Yale men and
their guests. Some few, however, leave
the dance floor for a moment and look
seriously for the causes which have les-
sened the numbers of Yale’s Promenade
visitors.
The standard of the Promenade itself
has certainly been maintained, and in
the opinion of many, improved, during
the last two years. The germans, teas
and private entertainments are fully as
delightful as ever, except as affected by
this same decrease in the number of
guests, under discussion. The Faculty
ruling which has prohibited the Junior
Society germans and other Saturday
night affairs should have encouraged
more men to become actively interested
in the Prom, in that it tended to break
down distinctions, and afforded oppor-
tunity to cut down expenses without
materially affecting the means of enter-
tainment at the disposal of those who
wished their friends to arrive early.
The general tendency has been towards
a reduction of average expenses.
The various explanations which have
been presented seem to be superficial
and cannot account for the waning in-
terest in the Prom. The cause must lie
deeper. It seems more probable that the
changing conditions of a growing col-
lege are beginning to show their effect.
It would appear that the interest and re-
sponsibility which the individual for-
merly felt in making the Prom a success
has been partially lost in the classes of
increasing size. Again if the conten-
tion of some that the lines within the
classes are becoming more closely
drawn, be true, an explanation may be
found therein, for the result would be
a natural hesitation on the part of the
men less prominent socially to invite
guests. The question is one which pro-
mises to excite considerable interest and
discussion on the Campus during the
next year.
THE PROM CONCERT.
The Prom concert of the Glee and
Banjo Clubs was sung at th eri
ung e Hyperion
Theater, Monday night, before aes
ence which filled every seat in the house.
As usual, the Freshmen had the upper
gallery, from whence they showered
printed cards, colored paper, streamers
and confetti upon the heads of those
below them and upon the stage. Just
before the concert began, the contents of
a large feather sofa pillow were started
from the upper gallery and continued
to float softly downward upon the
heads of those in the parquet, for two
or three minutes. Beyond a few in-
stances of pointedly complimentary re-
marks made to ladies in the boxes, the
Freshmen’ were very well behaved.
The program of music followed very
closely the program sung on the Christ-
mas trip and pleased the audience so well
that an encore was necessary after every
regular number. The soloists were:
Ralph H. Schneeloch, 1902 M.S., and
George W. Simmons, 1900. Both were
obliged to respond to encores. Messrs.
Clarke, Baker, Ellesworth and Lyons, the
quartet which sang the negro melodies,
were brought back many times by en-
thusiastic applause. The instrumental
part of the program was well played.
JUNIOR GERMAN.
Immediately after the Concert, the
Junior german was danced in Alumni
Hall by about seventy couples. It was
led by P. L. Mitchell and H. S. Cur-
tiss, both 1901. The Hall was deco-
rated with flowers and palms. The
favors were, for the ladies: Feather
sprays, tinsel sticks with colored rib-
bons, ribbon and flower sashes, and fancy
butterflies; for the gentlemen: Rosettes,
ornamented flags, black cats and orna-
mented spiders. Two very attractive
souvenirs were presented to every cou-
ple, to the ladies, silver sealing sets;
while the gentlemen received silver
pocket knives. Owing to the rather
limited space no chaperones were pres-
ent, but the following ladies acted as
patronesses: Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley,
New Haven; Mrs. William R. Town-
send, New Haven; Mrs. A. C. Hord,
Cleveland, O.; Mrs. George H. Chris-
tian, Minneapolis; Mrs. E. G. Coy,
‘Lakeville, Conn.; Mrs. Hugh D. Auch-
incloss, New York City, and Mrs. H. K.
Masters, Brooklyn, N. Y. The german
was danced by the following couples:
A. D. Allen with Miss Nettie May
Hewett, Louisville, Ky.; R. L. Atkin-
son with Miss Knevals, New York City;
Hugh Auchincloss with Miss E. G.
Clark, New York City; W. R. Bassick
with Miss Cornelia J. Callin, Bridgeport,
Conn.; D. S. Blossom with Miss Laura
Brown, Cleveland, O.; F. G. Brown, Jr.
with Miss Brown, Flushing, N. Y.; L.
K. Butler with Miss Helen Stearns, De-
troit, Mich.; C. W. Cady with Miss
Tyler, New Haven; Alexander Cam-
eron, Jr.,. with Miss Helen Dominick,
New York City; Howard Carleton with
Miss Kate Carleton, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
T. C. Carson with Miss Alice K. Twin-
ing, Morristown, N. J.; L. B. Carter
with Miss Carter, Titusville, Pa.; A. H.
Carver with Miss Elsie E. Taylor, Phil-
adelphia; Harold Chappell with Miss
Chappell, New -London, Conn.; F. M.
Chisholm with Miss M. Chappell, New
London, Conn.; Henry Chisholm with
Miss Margaret Chittenden, Detroit,
Mich.; G. P. Chittenden with Miss
Gould, New York City; H. H. Chris-
tian with Miss Nell Winston, Minne-
apolis, Minn.; E. H. Clark with Miss
Hasbrouck, New York City; A. C.
Coxe, Jr., with Miss G. D. Coxe, Utica,
N. Y.; S. L. Coy with Miss Kate B.
Rising, Winoma, Me.; H. S. Curtiss
with Miss Winifred Ely, Cleveland, O.;
B. T. Doudge with Miss Doudge, New
York City; C. T. Dudley with Miss
Sara L. Emery, Boston, Mass.; J. S.
Eells with Miss Marie Mosle, New
York City; G. G. Henry with Miss
Elsie Henry, Washington, D. C.; A.
M. Hirsh with Miss Leila Earle, New
Haven, Conn.; W. R. Hitt with Miss
A. Hay, Washington, D. C.; RB.
Hixon with Miss Alice Carter, Titus-
ville, Pa.; W. W. Hoppin with Miss
Denton, Paris, France; J. H. Hord with
Miss Elenor Brown, Orange, N. J.;
Warren Hoysradt with Miss Ethel S.
Wolf, Gettysburg, Pa.; H. S$. Hotch-
kiss with Miss Molly Townsend, New
Haven, Conn.; J. A. Keppelman with
Miss Virginia Johnston, Pittsburg, Pa.;
D. B. Lawrence with Miss Adele M.
Bates, New York City; W. W. Linsly
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