New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-10

tee OF investigations appointed by the Faculty from lts
own number reported dsbandng the society,
such action was deferred by the CONSERVATIVE eleuent
till too late to strike and that the matter now rests
The upper class societies. while comparatively resPecta-
ble are the great 81 be en@nery
Hence there is wire pulling and coalition, and counter
ments OF class life The recent election of Lii editors
from the Junior Class, Academical, Is case IN point
1e and is the Oldest and one Of the best Of Amerca
college magazines 1t is edited by five members OF eacn
middle OF Junior year The Junior secret societies
formed usual coalition to run in their own men, as
to nm eectonto Skull and Bones or scroll and KEY Fifty
five non-society men protested against ne Az % o
ton. When the election came however tne coaltion
carried the day. and nearly half the CLASS nave @
lie readily guessed that this Is not only hhahcla islor
tune TO an old magazine. conducted solely io nc ny
prO veeDt OF the students. but the cause also oI no
kuoer most costly phase OF the Society question has
Itself in recent outfages between the TWO lower
classes For several years past tins class Oh outnreaks
the large Freshman Secret Society, Delta Kappa on the
evening OF Jan 80 some roug6er Splits OF anS S0Pho
Bangor Rush Committee" TO effect one IN the sophie
more Class This thing could not be done with open
doors but could be done behind iron ones and the in
tended bOstities bred in such ecesy soon TOOK FORM
in an open rush Chapel-st at noon. night OF TWO
later the gymnasium was taken possession OF ny
crowd OF sophomores, and few Freshmen put to indg'
mites until the lights We're turned down w tE
tho crowd, after securing the names OF several rng,
leaders For several nights before this outbreak crowd
Of SOphonsrcs had embarked in the enterprise or visit
ing Freshman and demanding the surrender Oh al
bingeIs" The most outrageous case when mas couo
10 light is that OF crowd oyerpowcrlng Freshman put
ting him his back and pouring water into MS mouth 10
the extent of two or three ptcherfuls tl from being
almost sangled he forced to promise 10 hand over
his bangor" specified hour the next day In one
case a Freshman had the pluck 10 draw revolver on ms
ssailants and they withdrew but came again later III
the evening flud him out .
The Faculty in hese acted admirable prompt
ness and severity, diminishing from college three ring
leaders in the gymnasium disturbance, ana eXpcling
whom investigation proved 10 have been engaged ia
the strlngling affair. There Il, however growing eei
ing that there Il need Of more radical measures tha those
OF penal nature frequently used and that TO follow
up outrges IL more destructive and less remedial than To
strike blow at false standards OF honor and the system
that is kindly to them.
UNIVERSITY NOTES
Attention must be called in conclusion, to several de-
tached items the interesting OF which s the recent
formation OF the Yale Society OF Natural History The
Society was organized In November and meets on alter
nate Saturday nights Its membership Ia confined to
older students Of the University and the younger M
structOrs aud numbers about score. IL Includes
Of the most promising OF the younger na'ufhss