The New York herald., 1875-09-11
HAZING AT LAFAYETTE.

OUTRAGEOUS TREATMENT OF FRESHMEN BY THE
soPHoMoREs-A NUMBER OF THE LATTER Ex-
PELLED-AcTIoN OF THE FACULTY AND OF
THE STUDENTS.
EAsroN, Pa, Sept. 10, 1875
On Monday night the sophomore class of Lafayette
College, numbering seventy five, turned in masks
and white gowns. with torches, for a regular 'horn
spree" They paraded the college campus and the
streets OF College Hill with diaboca noise for some
time, after which they entered the old college
building and the several halls, hunting for
freshmen. The doors OF the rooms of
Professors Hart Owens Baker and Sillman were
broken open, were also the doors OF a number OF
freshmen, not only in the college building but in
the town. Tho'freshmen dragged from their beds
and submitted to the greatest indlgntes. The fac
uly made descent and captured four Students two OF
them in the act Of depreciation On Tuesday these
four-E n. Hoyt, Kingston, Pa. ; J. e. Durham, De-
walt, Pa Charles Newton, NicholsOn Pa, and Horace
Ayres, Allamuchy, n. J.-were 'indehnltey suspend
ed Newton and Ayres left for home but the other
remained until yesterday morning when they
horses, escorted by the Easton Cornet Band and the
whole sophomore class. The procession passed
through the principal Streets causing great excite
ment At the Circle they were chcered by a crowd Of
students assembled. and the cheers returned At
the depot several college songs were sung and the band
played ''rhe Girl Left Behind Me- and 'Home, Sweet
Home.n
The class adopted and handed the faculty letter. in
which they askedthe same treatment given the
suspended men. The faculty is IN session to-day,
susrENDIyG THE WHOLE CLASS
fast they be heard The action OF the class
severely denounced in the Free Press of last night
and general condemnation from the public.
There to be little feeling the subject in the
other classes, though it is the absorbing subject
of conversation. The conduct of President Cat
tell and the faculty in dealing summarily
with the offenders Is unanimously approved,
and the general opinion is that every par
tcpant should have been arrested and punished for
the glaring outrage upon the public peace. son of
Governor Hartrantt and son of Cyrus l.. Pershing,
the democratic nominee for Governor members OF
the sophomore class, and will be handled by the
faculty.
AT meeting of the sophomore class held on Wednes-
day evening the following letter adopted and copy
furnished each of the suspended Students to be given
to his parents and friends-
EAsToN. Pa, Sept. q, 1875
We, the class to which your belongs wish inform
you that j. f. Durham suspended for any individual
offence but for disturbances made by the class
and Secretary of the class you will perceive that he
merely enough detected as with the
''"'' - ''' ''''' George V SHEFFIELD. President.
w. LESLEY SHEAFER, Secretary
The faculty held meeting, at which the following
minute adopted and will be forwarded to the pa
published
MEETING FACULTY.
The minutes of the meeting of the faculty, which
held yesterday recte the facts of the affair above
stated concluding with the statement that the
"Faculty have doubt that the patrons OF
the college will wonder at the strange
infatuation which has seized upon these young men.
1t hoped that such advice will be promptly and fully
given from homo will cause the young to reflect
seriously upon the perlous position they have taken in
thus combining to resist the OF the college,
especially when the faculty endeavoring suppress
such grave disorders happily very rare at Lafayette"