, 1879-03-22
:" uAZING A FRESHMAN"
Whnt TeIegrnplier Has to Face When uc
Entcrs n New OfIiuo.


TIE 0psrator.
The subject Of "1lazinB," Ia our various col
legcs, ia Que TINT has received more or less conf
mont from nearly every PAPER IN tile Union, and
has been unanimously denounced rs disgrace
to our famous Institutions TlIc process known
rs "hazinE" frequently subjects tho "fresh.
man u to tho most intense physical torttire, and
yet seems 10 produces The greatest tnerrimont
for those who hAva the vlctin, III charge Did
1t ever occur to IN operator that we haye "haz'
it,g among oursclveaa Most Of Us have been
victims. Although, uhysiealIy, we mny have
suffered comparatively little, yet the ,ncntal
agouy that O "freahman u operator is FREE
queutly forced 10 endure ia pitttnl H. ila
extreme. lie walks into All of'lcc full of
nothing To recommend Him but his ability
as NIL operator, utiu Ills Implicit con(llonco
n tltnt ability for his only announcement. lio
hardly enters the oslCc bUforo tint telegraph
q comradc: "JImmy, stab do Tile on Dat
bloat," Which, translated, Is understood to call
the comrades attention to tic peculiar style OF
hnt which happens to aao'n te lead o. 1rua, e
tendency to create ioellng Of ENCOURAGEMENT
Ia tho breasts Of the freshman and tic sn,ll-
inE Elnnces from the operators DO not serve to
llghtcn Ills heart TO any extent. lie approacaes
minutes moro OF agony to the "fresilman," tho
n,arlagcr coItcsecnds to ginnco upward, md, N
tone full of thunder, bluntty inquiries. Well,
cir. what Is lt}n Tile " freshman states llfs
busincss, md the manager proposes to give httn
trial. Accordingly JIG Is assigned TO IN inst!lt.
mcnt, md told th1t he Is to "recciVe spOclnl."
Ills feelings ut this juncturc arc about tho same
rs those supposed to 10 experienced by Rlhn
who Ia about to be hnhg, Nervousiy Grasp-
Ing the peu, he bGEinB to copy, the persp!ra.
tlou trckles down lis hnnd, which makes that
member adhere to the blank, his pen sticks
fast, the Ink Is Tho thlckcst ever cn-
cuuEtored, atl thero IA nothing loft for him
but to brcak. Casting n guilty glance about
him to sec II my one 70 looking, llo reaches lor
the key anu explains to the aundcr Tint nc !s a
| new ulan-" ptcaso take 1t atcady -; but thts
only makes mnttess Wurse. Thu HDllller bcgIns
to "wlloop 'em up" aud ~ the COLI chills run
1own his spinal column, tic "frcshuans ;. pen
lndltcs characters upon The blank resembling ~
the Chinese hlcroglyplhcs gu . tca box. Ihis
torture usunlly occupies about l,a't an hour,
| whcn thp WELCOME .'n mn falls BoothlnEly
upon lis cat. lie brcatNes Sigh of relief. Md
| looks about him. Behind him statii hasf a
| dozen operators, whose gsinn!ug, co'intenat'ccs
| would convey thc impression tint tlloy weru
about to explode from tt oiFcets OF something
exceedingly tudtcrous. A couploof mesacngess
| In the crowd nlso bctrny thu 1dea tint spnc.
| thing unusually amualng lias OCCURRED. ln q
moment light begins to dawn upon tliu "fresl''
1nnn ''-he IL the Victim Of joke. a Ela'ice IN
authcr direction dIscloses tu fnet that tho most
rapid senior III the otlcu has buan transmitting
| to him FROM tho columns Of daily papcf, for
| the amusement OF tho "boys." II he accepts
the situation as joke ho Is Initiated, but II he
becomes angcrcl ho IL still q "lrcshlnRn,"