Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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TIIE YALE SHINGLE. 93 Eight men say that they can extract a succession of harmonious sounds from a piano and one can play an organ. Several are skilful with hand-organs and hurdy-gurdies. Two men play the Jews' harp, while different ones play the banjo, zither, harmonica, bazoo, etc. Denniston can play any instrument from whence any sound can be made to issue. One man plays only written instruments, another preferring sealed, as the seal imports a consideration. A third confines his attention to musical instruments, Violin music and the music of the spheres are tied for first place as our favorite kind of music. Orchestra music and waltzes come next, chin music, minor chords, Wagner, brass bands, classic, Chopin, street and circus music following. Vocal music is preferred by only one man. Another is in doubt which he likes better, Lord George's After To- night, or Those Green Plush Breechesf' by the same master. We play all games ancient and modern, from foot- ball to chess. One man can play everything and another everything except tiddle-dy-winks. Our favorite game is whist, with every other game at cards mentioned. Billiards, pools, checkers, fan-tan and tag are voted for. One droll fellow says his favorite game is quail. Only three men object to cards, one when gam- bling is prohibited, another when it is not, and a third says laconically, jS53o worth. Card playing is not objectionable pw' sc, but the methods employed by some men are not satisfactory to their victims. A few members of the class do not smoke, and about as many do not bet, especially since the last

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92 Tllli YALIC SIIINGIJ-I. Faust and Robin Hood are the two favorite operas, followed by Erminie, Wang, 1492, Chimes of Normandy, Fra Diavo1o,' 'H Bohemian Girl, etc. A few men in the class do not dance. Several dance only a little, one does when compelled to, and another with both feet. One man objects to dan- cing, because he can't dance himself, another does not like the system used on the Midway Plaisance. Two men think it stupid and a bore, while another objects to it only as it affects him. The waltz is our favorite dance, closely followed by the two-step. The dazzsc da veuiafc is also voted for by several, while the skirt dance, serpentine, can- can, kangaroo, polka and lancers are also mentioned. Thirteen men claim that they can sing, and two more say they try to. One finds it politic to obtain permission before hand, and another sings only when strongly urged. The Glee Club managers do not appreciate our talent, for we have never had a representative in that organization. The greatest number sing base, three baritone, two tenor and one falsetto. Boldwood sings a peevish tenor, Hamlin a husky one, while Bonsall sings soprano. Whyte can almost reach the high notes of Velluti. Daisy Bell is our favorite song, with After the Ball and Annie Rooney next. Others voted for arc Schulmert's Serenade, The Bowery, Com- rades, I Wandered Through my Sister's Appetite, f'Old Madrid, etc. Moore's Melodies are very pop- ular, and Lord George has acquired some reputation in song. Bonsall prefers ':Daisy Bell falling pz'a1zz's- simo into the Bowery.

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Q4 Tllli YALE SHINGLE. election. There is said to be one teetotaler in the class. Every one uses more or less slang. The uncommonest vice in the class is iiirting-the class picture indicates the cause of this. Beer is our favorite drink, closely followed by water. Then comes a great variety-mint julep, milk, whisky, sherry Hips, prairie cocktails, vichy nectar, etc. One man drinks everything, and another, following the drinker's hrst maxim, always takes the same. Nearly every man in the class has a favorite amuse- ment peculiar to himself. Two men vote for cards, and two for dancing, and then follows a long list of amusements: Yachting, boating, grinding, reading cases, working, sleeping, attending Moot Court and the theatre, billiards, answering statistic questions, hearing Lord George talk English and recite, and loahng. One man amuses himself and educates his sense of sight by watching Brecken- ridge's mustache grow. One or two amuse them- selves by coming to recitations when engagements permit.