Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-18
HAZING AT WEST POINT AMI
ANNAPOLIS.
How Uncle Sans Cadets Are Al
lowed 10 Amuse Themselves.

The mutilation of Cadet Whitaker at
est Point, has attracted more attention
than anything Of that kind that has occurred
In either of the national institutions. IL
was not haz ng as that wor d is understood,
even if Whitaker did not dishgure him
self. The occurren has, however, again
directed attention TO "hszi g." as shown by
the lenate debate few days ago. So me
hold that this practice is no Verse Mt West
Point or Annapolis than in the colleges.
rney are wrong. There is hsziug at the
colleges, but the sop omore C Ass has not
the fa,i tiles for INDUCING in the p slime
that are possessed by third ca-smen At
Vert Point and Annapolis. The third class
is above the new conner, the 'pleb' or
youngster," and exercises n certain sort of
supervision over him. de is made super
,nlendent Of the fourth class. floor As be
has st come 10 o a. little authority he
lnel ights to exercise ut. The 'pleo' is
spu Ted or re o, Ted for everything He
l. not spoken 10 like d mt eman, hat more
like dog. He has TO put sir after
every answer to an upper cassman. ID =
must star up and take off his cap VIII
one of these august and important individ-
uals enters his room. He must sand and
have his looks, fgute and his name made
fun of by, perhaps, a young stripping a
foot shorter than himself. The language
used is often insulting but It is seldom that
the "pleb' dares to resent it The hHzer
generally tries to be very funny. If hs
hap pens to get of 5mething that approach
3, wit and the youngster smiles, he is then
pitched INTO for daring to laugh at an up
Der olassmsn. This is the miider form of
"hszing." it is called running" To most
yonpg men it is moi Q ga ling than ''ha-
zing' proper. The latter affects the body
while the former consists in slurs and per-
sonal abuse. Ga drill tne yolngster is yell.
ed are upon every opportunity by the
Cadet officers, and sneering remarks are
made aloud at the manner in which he
conducts himself As a general thing none
but The third class are supposed to haze
but all three ofthe upper classes combine
to make new cadet is uncomfortable as
possible, There are different forms
of "hszing."
- THE PHANTOM DRILL.
One that is always practiced more or
less every, year is the 'shirt-iail parade"
After taps, when everybedyi is supposed to
be in ,bt d, a few choice spirits of the third
class go to the floor. whore the plebs are in
bed. They turn them out and make each
one arm himself with q broom. Night
clothes are all that are worn. The pebs
are organized intl companies, and under
all their phantom like picturesquene
The wardrobes in the cadets rooms are
very narrow; the youngsters are made 10
climb them very quickly. Often the ward
robe falls on tnema AtAnnspolis a sheet
Is stretched across the wsrdrobes, and the
two room mates are made to 60 through
the evolutions Of loosiny, }reeflpg and fur
ling sail. They get dusty and what iss
worse, are often kept in their cramped
positions on top of the wardrobe until their
limbs ache. They are made to, get on the
they can dance and sing hey .hayeto go
through the motions. @f@DSfst~
A rAvoRITE rAsTrME.
for the festive hazer is to make one young,
ster gets in the wardrobe to sing Will, an.
other act as If he was turning the crank of
. hrnd organ Whenever a new tune Is
wante 1 the ioutside man taps on the ward
robe and the singer sings himanother lay.
The mattresses are taken from the beds in
several rooms and piled around few se-
column reaches ear the ceiling Into the
top ofthis wateris poured upon the recum-
bent youngsters until The bszer ge,s tiled.
Sometim-s, but not often, q paiicuar
cheeky young men is nude 10 eat soap. Free
quently he IS shaved with blunt piece
CON men soap being use FOR lather, and
a whisp bros m for q brush. If youngster
gets 10 eshib,Iog too much, "gall," and
evinces determination not to submit TO
h many prosecutions. he is taken into a
darkroom where some twenty or III rty up
per classmen are assembled The OPP
Grafton Of passing around' is then Car
RED out This CO. sis,s Of one, man giving
the rebellious pleb a punch in the rib,
kbockiur him to5the next man on the
right. Hesis carried around the circle un.
It'll he cit er gives in or exhausted. This
ltrcatment Is known even the moot cheeky
young ster To a proper sense Of WAITS due
by himdothe npper classman.
/ Hsty CADET. IRREyERENcE.
Frequently 20 or so plebs are gotten into
o room seated and in chairs The most re-
ligiouss one that can be found 10 made to
take tne desk ana preach q sermon from
intervals says. "Amen.7 he then Q It's
on brother for prayer The prayer has
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