Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-22
A GOOD STORY, THOUGH Nur TRUE


Prof. Sullivan Becomes - Pro TEN. Member
Of hsrvsrd's Faculty.
Milwaukee Sun.
Many lave wondered why there has not
been any hazing at Harvard for the past
three nOnths. In all that time there has
not been case of hazing reported, and
some have come to the conclusion that the
hazers have met with change of heart. 1t is
NOT. IA ,tly a change of heart, but change
of clothes that ails them. We are informed
that tho hazing has been effectually
br ,ken up. Just after Sullivan whipped
Ryan he was called to Harvard and plan
of breaking up hazing was unfolded to
him by the faculty, and he fell into it
readily. He was to attire himself as
Quaker young man, and apply for
admission as a freshman, and let
nature take its course. On the first
day of April Mr.. Sullivan appeared at the
college under the name of Abba Watson,
and was assigned to room, and placed
on tho roll of freshmen. His appearance
was commented on. and as he passed
through the college grounds with his
peculiar garb, young fellows shouted,
"Shoot the hat" SECT ~ to his nibs, {"
and other collegiate literature. It was all
Mr.. Sullivan could do to restrain himself
from whipping a couple of dozen of the
boys then and there, but he decided to
wait until the proper time, when he would
he able to get enough for mess. That
evening he was approached by young
man who pretended to DO his
friend, and invited him to accompany him
10 a room where a few boys were going
to open few bottles of wine. Abba said
verify he didn't 60 much on the sinful bev-
orage, but to oblige his friend ho went with
him to large room where seventy smart
young fellows were cOngregated, with all
Of tho appliances for hazing. Sullivan
says there were seventy, but the faculty
only found sixty-five smart Alccks when
tho door was opened, but Sullivan thinks
u few may have jumped out of the window
and took to tho woods. It seems that
when they got the "Quaker into the
room they locked the door, and the ring.
leader told the peaceful man to strip Of
his coat, vast and shirt. Ho objected, but
finally took them off.
Some of tho fellows who have since got
he removed his shirt, that he was put up
like hired mau, and they thought it
queer that Quaker should have an arm
rs big as a canvassed ham. They then
told him to "prepare to meet his God, ~
aud got out the iron to brand him Oh tho
back. He told them that he knew he was
in their power, and was willing to submit
TO anything that was right, but he asked
as favor not to bear on too hard, as hC
was Of a nervous temperament and might
faint. Then they decided not to brand
him until later, but would throw him up
in q blanket first. So they got the
blanket and tipped Sullivan over in it,
and about twenty of tho smartest hazers
took hold of the sides and tossed him up.
When he came down he knocked four fe!.
lows senseless with his fists, kicked four
moro across the room, and then got on
his feet and began to knock them right
aud left. He had knocked down about
twenty, and had stopped to spit on his
hands, when the rest of the hazers hud-
died in a corner and proposed to put an
end to tho slaughter. One said so
good Mr.. Quaker, please let us alone
We belong to respectable families, aud
won't do SO any more" Sullivan looked
at them, and said : at is haz-
ing yez want. Well, yez, can have plin-
ty :" and he went at them, and in about
fifteen minutes he cosded up tho whole
gang, and hazing was broken up in Har-
ward college. As he threw his coat and
shirt across his arm and walked out of the
room and met the faculty in the hall, lie
said: "ThrOw water in their faces aud
they will all regain consciousness in from
ten minutes to half an hour - and he
shook hands with tho faculty, received
his $500 and left for New York with his
trainer, Billy Madden, who was sitting Oh
the fence outside waiting for him.
Fot kind of a time did yez have wild
de b'ys ?" asked Mr.. Madden, as he helped
Mr.. Sullivan on with his shirt and changed
the Quaker hat for another.
"Verily, friend William" said Quaker
Sullivan, as he counted the roll of bills to
see that the faculty had not showed any
counterfeits Oh him. it was the evint Hi
the season it is good exercise" And
they started for Cornell university at
Ithaca.