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HOI SE OF REFUGE T(niOv T EJ]ROM RANDALUS ISLAND. JfOXK CARRIED OX BY THIS INSTITUTION FOR REF ORMATIOX OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, The day« of th* oIJ House <■'* Refuge on Ran tt-'. - ' a: " rp Bothered. Owing- to the action of tte •*• ty T -is year in authorizing the s< 1. ction of a s-t- ■- r!l< * country within a radius ■-? fifty jjjj;.. rf Sew-York City, where better classification . {i.^ ::,T!.<:- > '■-. bad *.ie old, vinecJad build 4^3 which have ha«i a part in the lives of more than '■■■'"■' thoosand boya win. In the course of j^o or three four rears, cither ■•• razed or giver, ever to sntae other use. ■jTr.:> it has bevr. reported that a -:••-- for the -ew Btsts Home which i- ; to .--upplant the House ~, js^' .^r- ha? been four.d or. Long Island, any site BVG.'' — a ' :': ' '• u!1 hT the Assembly at its next sp« »ion. Tne i»w site, it is expected, will contain one th'r.isar.c acres, which will give the inmates an c r'~r" •• "- work at isrJc<iire as well as industries. Wnen the House of Refuge is r&r: . :^,> by tha terms of the deed by virtue of v- dl !t occupies part of Randall's Island, the pygperty l everts to th» city. The future use of &t uttipci'ty has r.rt been decided upon, but it has yes Hisjgsted that the ground, thirty-six acres, wo aia rf Of great service as a yark. jj^v f the beys who have spent the ejgbtaea & t&RF* mt B Htfli l ** l * Uea.ll the usual length of itifT.~c^ look back upon their life on Randall's jslari v.:r. tea DaCS ot thankfulness, and return to rier tha olu v•■ !»■*■ with the ram* sensation* tlat an c.d "frr.-id" goes back to his alms, mater i* con-.mencpTr.er.t time, to sit on the fence about the campus cr.c© more. Frcm time to time Omar V. Sage, the superin tendent. la ipproeuched by men who ask if they may see the building and the grounds. If asked their reason, they explain that they are greatly Interested in the work done by the House or l " the •chocl, ar.d would like to see how it is conducted. Pwhajs as tier walk through the small, octagonal ■maty, wtth its new equipment of guns, looking business U'ne in their glass covered racks, they let fall scrae remark s;;-:h as. "Why. there has been a marked change m this room, has there not" 1 con firming the- impression that has been In Mr. Sage's mind al". the t;mc that this is ar.oiher of the old •'boys." Recently a man who had pasrei I ••» meridian of life, tad rrrtatnTy look'Hi as if life had not been a failure in any sense of the word, went over to the Island on the tvg which, in the command of a patriarciial pDot with flowing beard, vexes the placid waters of the Harlem every fifteen mln uates. ar.d walking across the fresh green lawn to the wide portal Of tha ;r.j!t- dotneu building, asked for the ■Bperhztendent. In the course of his con- Tersatior.. be remarked: "I was here fifty years ago. My number was seven. I am now the treas urer of the county m which I live, having previ ously beer. City Tteea .r -r" A later examination of the record p:^v>i his statement regarding I.la de ter.tion '.r. tr.i Hous* to be correct. It would be jossiole tor "boys" much older than this BBS ts ratnra w;-_-. recollections cf lif* on BandaJJ's Island, as the BoctCTJ for the forma tion at Juv-,.;: I ■ ..:. ;aents In the City 'if N>«- Tnrk. which holds the property and conducts the mattl ■' w;ts chartered, in 1524. and several of the an ;.-£•= now in use are fifty years old. it Is M-d mat tnt- House of Refuge was the llrst re formatory mstttotSon tor youths ia this country, if tot in the world. At pn sent the big hive ha 3 a pcpuiatlon of about eight hundred and fifty boys. one h^n<ire<i girls and fifty officers. Instructors and atteL'-_. 1 h • -•• eace sga cf the Inmates, is «?v esteer. years, as minors may be committed at any age uider eighteen and retained until t;.' y ..-■i r«ren-y-or.e. The population is a. s!:ifur.g one, and Is practically fer.tir»rly changed within a period of wo ream The inmates are supposed to r-.mai:: at least seven ty-eig lit w^eks, but by a syst-m of 'om- IMltltlllll it is possib.Q for ■. boy or girl to secure freedom within a period of fifteen and one-naif months. The termir.atior. o" a boy's stay ..- deter mined by favorable marks en hib record, TS being requirea. a beehive could present no scene c* greater ac tivity t::a- th<- grounds and buildings of th.? House of Rerij*- From 6:15 a. m.. when every boy 031 elaliy throws back the sheet on his neat whit« metal bedstead, bounces out and moves toward the bathr'xjr::. until the electric switch leaves the dormi tories :r. '.La rkr.t-s = at & p. m.. bod;«-3 ar ! mlr.'is are kept bosuy *"|'f^ I:- useful action. It lb a mir.l *ture toiv:., conducted on the military plan. Every thing goes by clockwork, even the Jaws of %■•■■• boys at (ha breakfast table and the baseball bats «.t the pay periods. Th<s schedule contains th» word* "bathroom** and "play" four times each, and also the v. rda "work." "•choor* and "military c-ill." ;," ■ opportunity is c : *"' % " for I<i!<-::os3. With the exception cf the moments of play, they are •ltber engaged m l»-am5r:? some trade or in echoo*. A lar proport of the work of the institu tion is fl r.<z :,y ;m boys ar'J girb- as a p;irt of their Jastruct:.in Each boy is obliged to y.arn Quite trade ar.d tht-r-» are facilities for leamtag wood <*rvlrjr. :-^.^■.'.:;,^'. carpentry, Bhoemaklng; tail omig, btacksxnlthlng. printing, toe :naking, piumn !s«. brlckls-Tlag; tewing cooking, baking and lß.'Jß<i*-r A:i the w »rk of this sort is done by the boyr»r.. |Irlj The bakers Stsnlay their mgenulty la Matteg ivu^'r. liito odd shapca. makir.g appe tirinr lugar iooktea, such as every Ne.\-K;.g i*Tider rerutrr.> r& ucless a part of '.is education las bsta *»gt*+*»4 sadly, and as for gir.gerbre.^d, Its oc ..- when It is drawn from the great ovens la enour to ti-mpt the moat moral to become bad ex •"RPi^s for tha boys by committing petty larceny. The tailors desipn, cut and make the clothing for the beys, whfla the girls do the Bame for them selves as w<-;; v oomg :.t-ajly all the laundry work for thf er.t:r<- institution. The shoes ar» made and cobbling if done by tnot>e working In this cla»=ri, and th» ne^psser: carpentry work is performed by tho «<jvar.-<».i *.:i the carpentry class. No boy is thrust Into any trade for which he has so aptttod* '.' ..• nI ■ eaten the active work of his "*■*■ dor::)' •■:>. thx? yout^i is entered in the art mar. i*; ar.! aktyd Mmmmm f lir-re they are watched at thtir ■wirk. v.lth the idea of gaining boom i ;ea of th* trad" or Beenpathm for which bey are best 2 tt'i!. Afler tr.r^fc months they are assigned to a tr *i*-. It has bees observed tiiat the nationality fiisplavir.g the grratpst artistic ability is. as one tolthr gueys. tht- ItaHnn. A story is told of how one boy's artistic tendency was discovered, which frr.ir.ds or.r cf the tale of ,!/j«'s discover^' of Giotto x ability. Mr. Sfirr*- t.-r.- day was walKing through the quar antine house, in which the n<~w arrivals are kept for two weeks. When be dissevered a freshly out I»ce in tn» woodwork- It was evidently the work- O^^ship of some one possessed o an artistic ln ■Caet, "W'to M this?" esJcud Mr. Sage. There was no J^eponso from the boys, who were evidently fearful that knoariaoga wootd result i.i some sort of pun i»ain;;.t. At last one responded, "Michael An telo." This proved to be no attempt to screen the perpetrator bthlrd a play on the name of the freat worker in plastic urt. but the name of one tf the boys then in quarantir;. . "I did not ask with the idea of punishlns," said Mr. Sage, "but because it was so good." It u-jia readily been what this boy's bent was, «su at the recent exhibit. several pieces of his *"■"* *<r«s shown, and lie was called upon to ex hibit the ambidextroua method of freehand draw *** taught. ■a t->y leave* the lnntltution unless he is as ■Ol of a position to which he can go as soon as ■• erasaee the Harlem. His training in the trades ■ -:^cieut to interest him In a regular occupation L ■" fit him lor taklnj: the place of helper In them. L Some of the designers are able to earn $15 to $18 a week. Every incentive Is given the boys to be oome Interested in the Institution and in the ac complishment of something worth while. Those whose conduct and work hp.ve ix-en such as to earn favorable marks for two consecutive months are promoted to thr» "honor class." Blue ribbons in dicating this Unction fluttered all --.ver the pa rade ground the other afternoon when an ex hilV-m drill was given. Judging from one of the incidents of the exhibition, not all of the ribbons belonged *■- the wearers. One of ihe members of the band who had not won one of th*- really coveted badges was ob served to be wearing one. ""i'ou did not get one of the badges, did you?" asked one of the officials of the youth. "No. but most of the fellow* in the band had them, and I thought as we are to be on ex hibition I ouprht to have one, so I borrowed it." Pride in the institution la secured by athletic competitions and ma,tch games of basketball and baseball with outside Teams. Owing, It Is believed, to the military regular!*:- of the Ufa of the com munity and the whoJesomenaas of the plain food, the teams win a big r .jortty of the games. It is a proud day for the boys when the band which the boys recently orir^nlzeU themselves marches HOrSE OF REFUGE BOYS AT DRILL. across the parade ground In Its khaki uniform playing, the bandmaster displacing his skill by twirling: his baton about his head anil ether parts of his body In a perfectly bewildering maim*-. After the boy? leave the institution a parole. agent keeps track of them for a time In. order to help thorn to take advantage of the training they have received. As the State has appropriated 5175,000 for this year's work, a sum larger than has been appro priated previously, tt is expected that there will be no ground for the criticism of the lack of variety sad quantity In the '->od and quality of, the cloth ing which mopped <. -t last year, resulting In two investigations and the decision to remove th» insti tution ■ i^ewhere. MAY FINISH MOROCCO. The Perdicarh Kidnapping Seems France's Opportunity. With a formidable American fleet lying oft Tan gier and the State Department actively working for the rr lra— of the American citizen, [on PerdleartS, whose kidnapping "■;• the Morocco tribesman some what resembles the recent adventure of Miss Ellen Stone among the Macedonian insurgents, thi in cident is rapidly assuming important international significance. Of the state of anarchy existing in Morocco and the menace that It constitutes to the citizens of every civilized nation dwelling than, the few details about the actual kidnapping that are hHi fining '■ leak out from unofficial sources for- Bisk) a good index. The scene of Mr. Perdl<~ans's kidnapping was Just beyond the walls of Tangier, within Wight of the, European coast. Hare, on tha side of a moun tain, he had built a beautiful villa, and In this. Aldoun. or Tlace of the Nightingales, as he named it, he only recently entertained Princess Liouise of Scfaleswlg-l and a party which In sluded the American Consul Genera!, Samuel R. Gurr.mere. Years of residence In this •■■'la had brought a sense of security, even In the present time* of tribal dl?ordrr. But on the evening of May 11 Mrs. I -:: arls was startled by art ; from the ser vants' quarters. She Imagined nothing more seri ous than trouble r.mong •••* domestics but aa the erica grew loudw. Mr. rerdlcarls and his stepson. Cromwell Oliver Vaxley. rushed to the scene of the disturbance and burst into the servants' quarters, where they were confronted by a band of armed Moors, woo were binding a n-.ar. servant. There m a brief Btrugg!<* between the household and the Intruders, In which the women endeavored to aid their husbands, but were knocked down, and a aeoood later, Ralsull, the brigand chief, sounded a elgriil whistle, and, '.ike the magic call of Rod erica: Dhu, it brought In a band of supporters, who had been surrounding the house. In another moment the Moors had bound Mr. Perdlcarta and Mr. Varley. and. mounting their prisoners on Uutat-P. made off In th* darkness. The English housekeeper, at the first disturbance, had rushed to the telephone. BO close are Africa and Fu-ipe is: this region of telephones and ban ,'•'• and announced to the terrified "Central" that the house bad been attacked by robbers. As **•>. ■<\as in ■ taring the operator to inform the American Consul. RaJsuU burled her to the floor and smashed the telephone. The message. however, reached Consul General Gummere. and. accompanied by narda he hastened to the scene. Long before he nr-'vec however, the band had lied, carrying their prisoners into the mountain region, Into which they boast r;o Christian ever penetrated save as a captive or slave. Here, well treated, but threat c-ned with dea-th If their ransom Is not paid the prisoner* are confined under guard Hit while th' Moorish government remains pow er'e-s and Inactive, the Emperor almost a dose prisoner in his palace. ring the attack of his rfbellioua chiefs, other forces are at work which may result in Important political consequences. The assurance received by the State Department that France would "use Its good offices" to secure ..... release of the prisoners is believed by many to for^caat the long expected assertion of French auaerainty over Morocco. That the kidnapping of an Imertcan citizen should result In the extinction of the Independence of a country that, excepting •Jtysslnis, claims the distinction of being the only territory of Importance In Africa unappropriated by Europeana would be an odd coincidence. Although Immediate Interest attaches to the fate Of Mr Perdicarl?, the action of France, made prob able by the recent Anglo-French convention which, in the words of the British traveller. Walter B. Harris writing from Tangier, "makes possible the :y D ttkniaation of Morocco by France." ope:is up an interesting field of conjecture. That the "French lhoul | regard the American representation to the... to intervene in the affair as a tacit recognition of the Anglo-French compact is not strange. That ac ion b» the French government should result Is probable in the extreme, and this situation nat urally «recta interest toward the North African N«ion that the French call "Africa Minor. For several hundred miles the eastern frontier Of Morocco, for the most part unmarked, adjoins that of Algeria, the most prosperous of the French colonies the home of more than four hundred and twenty 'thousand French citizens, and the station of nearly sixty thousand French troops, Including the famous "Foreign Legion." Moreover, for the last ten y-ars the French have been dispatching expedites down Into th. desert south of the Atlas Mountains and of Morocco, and occupying tha oases on the caravan routes formerly subject to the Emperor of Morocco. Igll. Figuig and Atn salah have all been seized in thl* fashion. But the real base of any operation from Algeria against Morocco lies In the strategy railroad run- Xi along the whole frontier from the Mediter ranean to the desert, ami Bending off branches at important points toward Morocco. Along this line are Tlem-en and Sidl Bel Abbes, flourishing Euro pean cities, with barracks and magazines fully eruipped for the expedition into Morocco, so long the dream of the FVer. '-African soldier. Supple ment'ng this purely strategical railroad Is the lino .NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. JUNE 5. 1004 leading from Tunis, opposite Sicily, to Oran. facing the coast of Spain and permitting the concentra tion of all the garrisons in French North Africa, Moreover. at the present time the French are building a short line from Tlem^en in the direction "f Fe Z . the capital of Morocco, which will pause for ton present at Lalla Magnate, on th exact frontier. From the end of this line to the resi dence of the Ems ror of Morocco is less than two hundred miles. But before the French employ their army to rescue Mr. Perdicarls it la probable that they Win have recourse to other potent means in their hands. For many years there has been a steady stream of Frer.-.-h s<-!d into the coffers of the re* bellioua Moor! chiefs, who maintain a semi-in dependence of the Emperor. The French had an unpleasant experience In fighting the tribes of Morocco many years a^o. when Abd-el-Kader. a famous native chieftain, defeated many of their marshals and finally received the decoration of the *■' ■* of Honor in recognition of the estimation in which his foes hold bis bravery. In return for their largesse, the French have received the support of many of these rebellious chiefs, and it is r ported that the kidnapper him self, Ralsuli, owes allegiance to Ba FHmar.a, one of the most powerful of these French allies. Not until pressure on this sale lias been exerted are the French likely to take warlike steps, and it Is not unlikely that a. is pressure will suffice, but, if mili tary force is necessary, It Is the opinion of mili tary critics that it will come from this Algerian side, rather than from Tansi'-r Interesting in this regard is the history of the French occupation of Tunis, holding precisely the same relation to Algeria's eastern frontier that HANDIWORK OF THE HOUSE OF REFUGE BOYS. ■ -t to the wenterr Conditions strongly resembling n at the presort time I in Tunis -' . tdenly and without ■ fron ra Algeria and : In the bar '■- r of ■ ' Tunis FVance nUng to the local . '.ir pre text, for the Itaila I ;-'r.'m-h; -'r.'m-h of ( for th< ■ cellerlea of Eur< ■ that 1 ir.ro would some Sdoro Now that the Angto- Krer.:-h convention :;.is r^r- | objection of Great Britain, ih-> Pel I I Ident rr.ay load to a similar t;xi-'-''"tion. HOW TO MAN THE ARMY. runt lnued fpnm flmt pug*. which I have referred above, Is shown by its recently announc <\ determination for a whole sale rrcjuction of the militl and volunteer con tingents, and the commission ha.s '-rely ai"t»>d In accordance with the ideas of the administra tion In recommending the raising by conscrip tion of a force of about 3 •••••<> men for home defence, with twelve months' continuous service with the colors, followed by a few weeks' at tendance at the manoeuvrea during the two or three years afterward, pointing out that It would cost considerably less than the present militia system. The officers of the English militia as now constituted are a fine body of men, being as a rule compos* of country gentlemen devoted to fjiortH, '''it who do not possess sufficient mili tary experience to impart any adequate train- Ing to th<? men under their command during the few weeks that they are with the colon each year. Tho rank and file, I am sorry to ptate. are composed of the very acum of the male popu lation. For. of course, the better class of those willing to enliat enter the regular army, and it is only what remains th.it takes service In the militia. The estimation in which the lat ter is held by the masses is best told by the story of the old woman in some county town, who. being brought before the bench nt magistrates and duly sentenced for some trifling offence. addressed the presiding magistrate, a colonel of the militia, to the effect that it was true that her husband had been hanged, that her only MAP OF MOROCCO AND ALGIERS. Showing how handily the French railway lines in the latter country would lend themselves to an Invasion of ths former eon was doing- time m a penitentiary and that her daughter had run away with an -convict, but. she added, with the most withering sar casm, "Thank the Lord. I niver had a relation In the milishy:" Another characteristic story, which Is likewise/ told of the militia, is to the effect that on one occasion a couple of detec tives from Scotland Yard appealed to the com manding- officer at a regiment for permission to attend his Inspection of the corps, as they had reason to believe that a criminal for whom they were searching had taken refuse In its rr.nks. The colonel readily complied, and tnia the two detectives to follow him up and flowu the line. They eyed each man narrowly, and finally stopped with a rather puzzled expression on their faces, at the extreme «nd of the rt™ht wing, before an elderly man with several stripes of long service and food conduct on his arm. "Why. surely," whispered the colonel, "you have got nothing against that man. He ia one of: the veterans of the regiment. What makes you look at him so hard?" ""Why. sir," replied one of the detectives, "i: Is Just because- he is the only man of the entire regiment whom we don't happen to know." The rank ar.d file of th*» volunteers are In finitely superior, consisting mainly of jmung men of the upp»"' < asses, pos sessed of education, fund of sport, and frlad to devote some of their spare time to soldiering. Their military training amounts to about a fortnight or so In the year, and, while some of them are splendid shr.ts. they cannot be re garded as a properly trained rr.'.'.'tajy force. Their officers. I may add, instead of being country gentlemen and raer. of wealth and leisure, as in the militia, axe more often mer chants and shopkeepers, and of an inferior so cial status, therefore, to the holders of commis sions in the reg-ular army and milttla, & fast which they are made to feel cruelly. The English government will not be obliged to appeal to Parliament to secure the enactment of a law instituting conscription. For then* is one already In existence, although few persons are aware of the fact. It Is. however, suspended by an art of Parliament, which Is passed in the expir ing" days of every annual session of the national legislature. Were the passage of this so-called "suspension act 1 to be omitted any year, either by design or unintentionally, the ballot system of conscription would once more come Into legal force. According to the terms of this law. the Sovereign in Council— that is to say, the Kin< in conjunction with the Privy Council has th* right to call upon each county of the United Kingdom and Ireland for a certain auota of men between th* ajres of eighteen ami thirty for military service, on the understanding that the latter Is restricted to Great Britain and Ire land, as '■•••;: as to Malta and <'<■ iraltar though not to South. Africa. India, or anywhere else abroad. The quota would be furnishe'l accord ing to this law by means of ballot, anil the per sona exempted from : the latter would be peers, parsons, articled clerks, only sons of widows and people medically unfit. The only amendment that would be neede to this statute would be the extension of the period of service, which, under Its present terms, provides for nix months with the colors In the first year and two months for each of the succeeding five yeara, With the large majority which the government commands, and with the certainty of th» sup port of so many of '.>- leaders ft the • Opposition, there Is likely to bf but little difficulty out making this slight change In th* existing law, the suspension cf which is now bound to cease. EX-ATTACHE. AT GARDEN CITY. LONG ISLAND. Garden City, Long Island. June i (Special). -Not for some (rears have so many well known people been stopping her" as this week. Almost all the desirable rooms have been taken at the Garden City Hotel for the remainder of the season. Interest among- the lovers of outdoor sports has been centred in the doI tournaments. The events were th.- finals for the Meadow Brook Cu;is and tho crack four of the Meadow Broelc first team were pitted against tho clever four of the Country Club of Westcbester. who, by the repeated aggressive work of the Long Island team, were finally com pelled to lower their colon by 9' 2 go;<ls to 8. The commencement exercises of the Cathedra] School of St. Mary's for Girls, which Is attached to the Long Island Episcopal Diocese, will he held on June 7, and that of St. Paul's, for boys, on June 18. The golfing events that were held on the links of the Garden Cltv Club 'or the metropolitan cham pionship brought out some clever play, and many spectators daily followed the players around the comae. COLUMBIA'S COMMENCEMENTS. THEY HAVE A HUMOMOUS AS WELL AS A PICTU RESQUE AND AN MPORTAXT SIDE. Now is the hot an.! humid time of year when thousands of fond relatives flock to see tieir young folks enduring the peculiar joy of commencement. which, as every one knows, is an occasion of im portance almost equal fee baptism or marriage. Of an the ceremonies of this kind that take place in New- York, the one managed by Columbia rm.er slty is perhaps the most imposing. The partici pants range from :he callow undergraduate to the venerabli statesman or scientist who receives :\n honorary degree, and Include ean.'.idn'es from "the three sexes — men, women and school teachers." On one day President Butler turns out enough doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects and instructors to enlighten a new continent. The algna of commencement at Columbia begin about May 1, when the seniors of Barnard. Colum bia and Teachers College don their acadsssai suits Of solemn black, and nobly endure their gowns and mortarboards throughout the hottest days of the term. Whoever instituted this custom has been cursed by many a self-conscious boy as he writhes under the Jeers of the lower class men. who call out across the campus, "Hi. Bill: Hold up the train:" Some youths bear their gowns with an air, strid ing haughtily across the campus with one hand on hip to display the lons pointed sleeve, while the breeze Irflates the gown to sail-like size. Others pretend, to be totally unconscious of th» foolish garb, and play baseball regardless of the flying folds. The Barnard senior Is happy In her gown until she has to enter the precincts of Columbia. It takes a stout heart to walk demurely through the library as If she had on nothing unusual, amid the winks and nods of the Columbia sophomores. Another harbinger of commencement at Columbia Is the singing. Whenever the seniors have a few moments' time between classes they practise fare well songs for classday. At any time, on any staircase, they are likely to burst Into melody. No matter how secluded may b« one's lecture HOUSE OF REFUGE BOYS ANSWERING THE DINNER CALL. room on the Columbia campus, the sound of male voices Joined In a chant of excruciating pathos ta *ur» to penetrate It. An unfailing symptom of the parting; close at hand Is the applause given to instructors. For a week before his farewell remarks a popular pro fessor Is applauded whenever ha stops to take breath. No amount of frowns or pleading at the end of the hour can keep the class from giving three cheers for tiietr favorite which fairly make the doors rattle. The Barnard seniors are less explosive in senti ment. They show no sign* of emotion until ta*lr instructors remind them that their next meeting will be at the final examinations. At this a. neat. weE ordered clapping goes the rounds, and a long line forma before the professor's desk, where each student awaits her turn to murmur shamefacedly how much she has enjoyed the course. In the m:ddle cf May coma two weeks of exami nations, when tho air Is tense with subdued excite ment and taere is little noise on the 'Acropolis of New-York." In the library are gathered pale, per uplring stidents, cramming for the ordeal. Senior* are "craw'in" wid apprebeaason,*' as Mulvaney would say. when they think of the possible disgrace of being plucked at the last moment. Toward Mem' rial Day farewell dinners and luncheons are held by the graduating classes, gen erally in some hotel, where even the waiters grin at the old college Jokes and "grinds" which are raked up and applauded for th>* last time. It is a college tradition that on the ■l^g; of ..lass day a baseball match sh.ill be played between the faculty and the seniors of Columbia. It is very kiad of the faculty to tmmolat^ themselves in this way. since they almost always get beaten, and rr.u^t suiter muscular pains for a we^k afterward. One eminent member of the department of classical philology plays every year, though he la afraid of the sight of a ball. When he holds the bat he squats close to the grounii until tha ball has passed safely over his bead, after Which he rises ar.d as sumes once more a sportsmanlike attitude. How ever, the faculty have ardent backers in the- Bar nard students, who cheat for them, not for the seniors. Class .Jay Is now a separate occasion from com mencement proper. In the beginning of the whole leremony, m the good old days described by Mark Twain In 'Torn Sawyer." commencement exercises began with recitations, like "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," and ended with "original com positions" on the subject of " friendship. '" "Memo ries of other Days." ate But there is a marked tendency nowadays to do away with BSBtfaaeataßly, and Columbia, substitutes for that quality a scath ing wit. which Pl&yi over the members of the class relentlessly. To be sore, the exercises lieglll sedately enough with the salutator] address: the valedictorian dis plays some of the old traditional pompousnesa in his miniature bai. "alaureate sermon on the b^n-'flt* Of education, and the poef contributes a dash of 3«-ntimtMitallty in his familiar refrain of "Farewell, Columbia, farewell." But the characteristic note of the entertainment ia struck by th' 1 class humor ist. th« ill iii lon orator. This genius bestows on each member of th« class an alleged appropriate gift, accompanied by a wit ticism on tha victim's personal peculiarities. Some times th>» wit of the presentation orator holds up a senior with seme prominent foibl.' to be an object of derision to the audience, and his aunts, cousins and non-related worshippers wince for him as he receives tbe gift with a bravo attempt to grin. But as a rule the Jokes are harmless and good aatured, such as hansing OB the tallest boy in the class a sign reading. "My mother washed me with Wool Soup," and on the shortest boy the sign, "I wish mine had." I 'la.^.. statistics nre another aoaice of mirth. A Vote is cast by the seniors as to which Of their number Is the most popular, the worst tempered, the bei dressed, the greediest, the tea -•. and so on. through dozens of fan'.tst:,- eharactertstlei Imagine the f.ellr.Ks of a proud mother who has brought her friends to observe the triumphant graduation of her "Jimmy." who has had "ever so many honors thrust upon him." shea she hears that by a unanimous vote of th.* seniors "Jimmy" has .an named the most conceited m.vi in his class. Of course, there is yew tree and Ivy planting on class lay. Ob the Columbia can:. new as tt is. you may frequently trip over little tombstones In the grass, bearing the Inscription, "Planted by the class of - " la most cases the inscriptions outiiv.- the yew. which dies early, as the result of hasty ; anting Barnard and Columbia, being, as very Barrard and Columbia student will eagerly assert, "entirely different collet hold separata class (lays. But as many of the faculty and friends of the university attend the festivities of both institutions, the pres entation orators from each, college used to hold a consultation over the "grinds" in order that there might be no repetition of Jokej. But now they con sult no more, and this is the reason why: Some years ago a Barnard and a Columbia senior were frequently seen walking together. When olasg day drew near, the Columbia presentation orator told the orator of Barnard that he was going to present the friendiy Columbia senior with a couple of spoons. The Barnard orator turned pale. "Please, please don't!" she said. "It would be dreadful to have such a thing referred to." The Columbia ora tor felt that he had been on the edge of a moral precipice, and promised that be would omit the painful tor' 1 "- cbtSS flay he presented no table* ware, though he felt that It would hava ea his highest hit. Then ha went to th. Barnard exer.vs* s. What were his ffelir^a when tho Bassard orator calle 1 out tho girl scr.ior <>i tne Uttdvt tuur-, .m^i. amid shouts of applause, presc m^tl her with two spoons. The- class day dance la perhaps the only Ball " where the ugly, the awkward and the shy si^st have a good ttee. If a boy bss l:!vah> qualities IMddon under a snubby not>ed or spectacled ex terior, some mor» dashing cymrade rr.uy extel those Bidden virtues aa the pretty girl whom h« 'ir.es Wtth him, so th.tt BBS beams upon the plain youth as on a noted genius. Who has not felt the "lacrt mae rerun-. ' on beholding at a party the wistful line of wallflowers? But there are no wall Sowers at a Earaanl dance. The ugliest girl .!ancea through eeetj two-step, because about a month beforehand she asks all her friends to give her a dance wtth the men whom they expect to brir:?. Thus the> dance orders of every one are completely ftlleii, the youths are moved across the dancing floor Lk» pawns, toward whatever girls their kind hostess has chosen for them. I:: vain do the young men attempt to consult their eyes in choosinsj x partr.» r. Dialogues Like this often ensue between the Barnard senior and her escort: "Say, who'd that pretty girl over there?" Barnard senior, very coldly: "Sadie Pratt.** "Introduce me. won you?" "There's no use bothering, you haven't a danc* with her " "Oh. haven't I?" very dolefully. '"Who's this Alice Dawes you've put down for the first extra?" "She's that girl In pink over by the pillar." i.3C!aa Daw<?s Is a cheerful monster weighing about two hundred pounds.) Escort (controlir-jg himself): "Not a beauty. Is she?" Senior (severely): "She's a very clever sir!, Fr-d. and a great friend of mine. I want you to be very nice to her." And so Fred !s rA?*> to her. and assai Daw-.. ;^i to bed the next morning- with a heart that never fluttered so much before. All the types of the little world of eoHeaja rrar b<» seen at the class day dance, Here is the dapper stripling of fashion, who knows he appears to best advantage when sliding •haul m his "..-it pumas; there his prototype at Barnard, carry tr. s se-.-rai bouquets and dividing a dance Into t an „, at the. request of four admirers. Here is a g-.rl "grind - who has worked passionately ever sine* she began to win prizes In the srraminar school, now preparing to taste merriment a: the eleventh hour in a:, -ven ing dress of excessive modesty; there hi the male> nscluse. who has never danced before, eanertr.* on the ladles 1 trains, with a baa . smile. H-re !s a member of the faculty leaning comfortably against th* wall, assuring his Bar-.arU pupils tha: his dancing days are past. there !s the "college widow." ever lovely, who has been to class day dances since before the memory of the oldest gradual- present. Her* is. aa altmma, who has taught school for two years, faekfas rarher faded beside her pir.k fa -d partrer et sixteen; there a popular aaaaaaoaa who fairly reehl Cross so much, handshaking. These an mndredi aaSka them be gin dancing gayly a: 9 p. m. smd are still dar.cin dorre-ily at 3 a m. Perhaps the -r> 7-r^nr: who does not enjoy class day Is the senior presides: of Cnlumbla. : . has. probably riser, eaxtj to Join In the baseball trame. with tn* faculty; ha 3 made speeches durtna] his luncheon, hag chased the seniors together for Jlass day exercises, ma.de the opemr.? addvaaa 'here, and come early to the dance to see tha: everything i» ready. By the time the flr<« guests arrive a»BS) ba seen, with already rumpled bad and eu&, ahout ing to (ha vlce-pr-sld»nt to put sorre DBB !r. (ha g:rU* dressing room. At intervals tftirirsg tha d3.r.c<» he leads class cheers, ar.d not until dawn. wh«r» the last strasslers have g <». does he hwsa (ha ballroom, leading his mother, who has b<~n a pa troness and has sat on a camp chatl flat seven hours. The climax of these ceremonies is comment- siiiaaa day. The schools of Philosophy. L«.w. aßSOctasi Engineering and Pedagogy together with -he irus tees. professors and guests of the m %■■»-*!:•- a -a assembled in the big circular library of Columbia, wher.-« they march la a stately eejaasado proces sion to (ha gymnasium, where the degrees, are con ferred. Th* candidates for the d-jrre© of Bachelor of Arts are crow . in the basemen;. wher<» they fr-t and champ until the word to march. The plac» is filled with stamping and scraps of sons such as: C£««r. ch»»r. ?he*r. for old ColombU. £•>«"■ •;: !*«vs. she, > ut ,f V.ihi. « a«n tr.« sun haa »unn to reat In Ui« bo»cia of th« wist «tc ■When the procession, headed by the Cohaahhi seniors, swings out Into the — "»"|fc* ever] BBS be comes solemnly self-conscious under tha >y«s of the spectators and the click of eam.>ri3. TBS Bar nard girls are the. next bu.!v aftes the. Cotemhhl seniors— a lons way after, aince the two collegia have an aversion even to appeartr.^ to be good friends. "Slower.'" hisses the Barnarl marshal a her line; "keep a good distance between us:" Sometimes a group of Columbia ahsds. <?he*m for Bamax'l as the girls go by "Who are thosa boys?" aaanaaani the Barnard president in :. retary's ear. 'Freshmen, you may be sur«." is the cynical reply; "they haven't beep, taught the eti quette of Columbia." Barnard takes a g*r.::!r!- pleasure !n beholding the millinery of tho faculty ant} trustee", aa ther climb up a* the ssstfeeaa Tho br-.'.linn: lil-^-lay of color m the aeadSSßSa hiicda cheers t.^^m darhaj the long speeches of the day A *i_rh * delight greets th« appearance of BUhop Potter in rs. violet cassock, a red g^wn with pink sleeves, sad a p-irpla mortarboard tx=st>l!e«l with gold, When all the caadkaCes are assembled In the gymnasium, the chaphiin says a prayer, and the president of the unrrersity maXes a s::eech— tSs only no generally hearii. tiwin^c to th*> poor acous tics of the building. The president's speech 13 al ways calculated to penetrate to the highest cillery in the gyamaa and to the lowest Intellect .a the audience. The rest of the exercises nasaal of many speeches by the deans- of the colleges. ai-ccmnani>»tl by a popping up and down of the candidates mentionee\ sad the rather more lnter*"s:ir.<? coutecrmg of hon orary degrees, By far the be3t part of the pr iramrre hi the last number, w. h en the thousands ot students and quests rise to tr-»-ir *e^r and sinsr very slowly. "My Country. 'T?3 of Thee. ' Whtai tho building trembles with the sound of voices, mingled with the triumphant trumpet and the. heavenly harp, the senior thrills with the elation of beins * unit In that great whole— tha aaxvexstrj; AFTER THE WAR. From i The Jap badk triumphed. The baffled Muscovite had asked fnr terms. After some negotiation the status of Ma: -hur'a and Corea had been hi mil upon. "But." aaia the Japanese diplomats, "there must be an indemnity." "How much*" said the Russians. •Ten thousand million yen." "Preposterous!" said the emissaries o? the Czar. "We are willing to pay for the coat of m war. but wo will die in the last ditch before we will allow you to stick us with the cost of the ante bellum, stationery!" Nevertheless, Japan b-»in«r firm, the erstwhile haughty Slav was forced to accept her terms. 3