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Class Boolc. 9 after midnight. The Faculty, however, objected to the celebration and no more were held during the term. The class ball games had been played and the Sheff. nine, of which Bull, Davol, Greer, G. Mason and Shelton were members, had won the championship. Pratt won the singles in the Shelf. Tournament and Anderson was second. Anderson, Conyngham, C. B. Berger, Leeds, Prouty and Wal- cott were appointed to arrange for the class supper. June 12th was the date set for the fence game with Harvard, '89. Again, through poor management, the nine was deprived of the services of Dann and Noyes, and although a good lead was obtained in the first three innings, the men became rattled and the game was lost. Harvard scored he1' eighth and winning run in the ninth inning. The Harvard men marched in, sang Harvard songs on the fence which we had failed to win, and in the evening were given a sup- per at the Atheneum. The nine which- represented Yale was: Osborn, c.g VVatkinson, p., Smith, lb., Davol, 2b.g G. Mason, 3b. 5. Greer, s. s.g Hull, l. f.g Fitzgerald, c. f., Francke, r. f. Two days later, on Monday, June 145 the sad news of the death of YOUNG was announced. Ile died quite suddenly from typhoid fever, the only loss by death which wehave sustained during our course. In the evening the class met and appointed C. B. Berger, Dockendorlf and McCrea to draft resolutions. Tl1e class supper, which had been arranged for June 23 at Fenwick Grove, was given up and the class went in a body to view the remains of their dead classmate and escort them to the depot. The committee appointed for that purpose d1'ew up suitable reso- lutions. The year was now drawing to a close and we were plugging for dur first annual examinations, which began on Wednesday, June 16, and ended on Friday, June 25. The same afternoon Professor Brewer announced the result of our examinations, and although a. number were heavily conditioned, the class remained intact. The week which followed is a notable one in the history of Yale. President Porter was succeeded by President Dwight, Yale Col- lege became Yale University, and two glorious victories were added to our long list of athletic achievements. On June 30 Har- vard had defeated Yale at Cambridge and tied us for the cham- pionship. The deciding game was to be played at Hartford July 3, and our nine was working hard for the' coming contest.

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8 Yale '88 and Wilcox were in the Freshman boat. Again the races were held at Lake Saltonstall, and again they were a grand success. Four crews were entered in the eight-cared shell race-University, Junior, Sophomore and Freshman. It was a pretty race, and all four crews crossed the line inside of nine seconds, '87 leading in 11m.- 3-tsl, closely followed by the University and '89. The '89 crew consisted of: 1. Wilcox, '88 S., 2. Gill, 895 3. WVe1ls, '89, 4. Buchanan, '89, 5. Mosle, '89, 6. Franchot, '88 S3 7. Carter, '88 S.g stroke and captain, Stewart, '88 S., coxswain, Ames, '89, average weight 158 lbs. The class nine which had promised so much in the fall didn't develop successfully in the spring. The material was good but the assistant captain had no control over his men and they observed no strict training. A number of practice games were played, in which we were fairly successful, but when the nine met Harvard at Cambridge, they met a disastrous defeat, losing the game by the score of eleven to four. Davol, Greer, G. Mason and Osborn took part in this game. After the game we were royally entertained by the Harvard Freshmen. In the spring athletic games, Davison was again the winner in the mile walk, and C. B. Berger, although defeated by Ludington '87, broke the Yale record in the one hundred and twenty yards hurdle race and secured a very close second. I-Ie was put back a yard for a false start, other- wise he might have won the event. The Mott Haven games followedhin a few days. Yale by the questionable decision of the referee, lost the one hundred yards' dash and the cup. O. B. Berger, Davison and Goetchius were among the entries but none of them secured a place in the finals. Stewart was on tl1e tug-of-war team and -Le Sassier was substitute. During all this time the University nine had been working hard and the struggle for the championship was half over. Yale, Har- vard and Princeton were tied for first place. Stewart and Brig- ham, two of Yale's best men, were disabled and in this crippled condition the nine went to Princeton on June 2d. Dann caught Stagg's pitching without an error, and Osborn played second base. Yale won in the last inning by the score of nine to eight. The news of the victory reached New Haven about five o'clock, and in an hour the campus was a scene of the wildest excitement. Fire crackers and bombs were exploded and repeated cheers were given. At eleven o'clock the nine arrived in New Haven, and were es- corted to the colleges by a band and four hundred students. A huge bonfire was lighted and the celebration continued till long

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10 Yale '88 On July 1 came the much-talked-of triple race between our Freshman crew and those of Columbia and Harvard. Our crew was an excellent one, by far the best of the three, but rough water .and a shaky boat ,were too much for them, and after obtaining a good lead in the first half mile, a wave broke over their boat and swamped it. Harvard, having defeated Columbia, was asked to row Yale again, and although offered a start of two lengths, she refused. Our gallant but unfortunate eight were: Stewart, stroke, -Carter, 7g Franchot, 6, Corbin, 5, Buchanan, 43 VVilcox, 35 Gill, 25 Wells, bowg Ames, cox. Thursday evening the Banjo Club gave a concert in New Lon- don, which a large number of Yale men attended. Friday morn- ing was bright and pleasant, just the day for alrace, but the water was choppy and it was postponed till 6 o'clock. It was a pretty race and a victory to be proud of. Yale's time was Q0 m. 21:13 sec., which beat the best record made by us in 1884. The celebration that night none who participated in it, will ever forget. The next day the decisive ball game was played at Hartford, and Ha1'vard's discomiiture was complete. For , In the depot at Hartford a Harvard man sat, Sighing: Harvard! O Harvard! O Harvard! And I said to him: Stranger, now what are you at, Sighing: Harvard! O Harvard! O Harvard. Is it pressure of business, Sir, I cried, Or a rather sharp pain in your little inside? With a look of distress and a moan, he replied, O Harvard! Poor Harvard! Poor Harvard! In the race at New London we thought we would win. O Harvard! Poor Harvard! Poor Harvard! But the boys from New Haven have taken us in, And beat Harvard, slow Harvard, weak Harvard. Then to Hartford we come our lost honors to save, But the Yale boys our nine a worse druhbing gaveg And now we would like to sink into our grave, And take Harvard, lost Harvard, whipped Harvard! The college. year, with its variety of work and pleasures, and its gratifying victories, was at an end. We were Juniors and pre- pared to occupy a new position in the college-world.