The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-30
How Hazing vas stopped.

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been any hazing at Harvard for the past
three months 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 exactly change of heart, but
change of clothes that allies them We are
informed that the hazing has been broken
up in that college, and forever, by the fac
ulty taking the advice of the Sun. Just
after Sullivan whipped Ryan he was called
to Harvard, the Suns plan of breaking up
hazing was unfolded to him, and he fell
into it readily. He was to attire himself
as a quaker young man, and apply for ad-
mission as freshman, and let nature take
its course. On the first day of April Mr..
Sullivan appeared at college under the
name of Abba Watson, and was assigned to
a room, and placed on the roll of freshmen.
His appearance was commented on, and as
he passed through the college grounds with
his peculiar garb, young fellow shouted
''shoot the hat, sget on to his nibs, all
Mr.. Sullivan could do to restrain himself
from whipping couple dozen of them
then and there. but he decided to wait
until proper time, when he would be able
to get enough for mess. That evening
he was approached by young man who
pretended to be his friend and invited to
accompany him to a room where a few
boys were going to open few bottles OF
wine. Abba said verify he didn't go
much on the sinful beverage that stealeth
away the brain, but seeing it was him ne
did't care if he did go in and drown out
his gopher So they went to large room
where about seventy smart young fellows
were congregated with all of the appliances
for hazing. Sullivan says there were sew
enty, but the faculty only found sixty-fve
senseless smart Alexis when che door was
opened, but Sullivan thinks few may
have jumped out the window and took to
the woods 1t seems when they got the
"Quaker" into the room they locked the
door and the ring-leader told the peaceful
man to strip off his coat, vest and shirt.
He objected, but finally took them off.
Some of the fellows who have since got out
of the hospital say they noticed, when he
removed his shirt, that he was put up like
hired man, and they thought it queer
that Quaker should have an arm as big
as a canvass ham. Then they told him to
prepare to meet his God, and got out the
iron to brand him on the 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 them as IA
vor not to bear on too hard, as he was of a
nervous temperament, and might faint.
Then they decided not to brand him until
later, but would throw him up in blanket
first So they got the blanket and tipped
Sullivan over In it, and about twenty of
the smartest hazers took hold of the sides
and tossed him up. When he came down
he knocked four fellows senseless with his
fists, kicked four more across the room,
and then got on his feet and began to
knock right and left. He had knocked
down about twenty, and had stopped to
spit on his hands, when the rest of the
hazers huddled In corner and proposed to
put stop to the slaughter. One said, 80,
good Mr.. Quaker, please let us alone. We
belong to respectable families, and won't
do so any more" Sullivan looked at them
and said, 'It is hazing yez want. Well,
yez can have plenty and he went at them
and in about fifteen minutes he corded up
the whole gang, and hazing was broken up
in Harvard college As he threw his coat
and shirt across his arm and walked out oi
room and met the faculty in the hall, he
said, ''Throw water In their faces and they
will regain consciousness in from ten min
utes to half an hour" and he shook hands
with the faculty, received his five hundred
dollars and left for New York with hi
trainer, Billy Madden, who was sitting OIL
the fence outside waiting for him.
''Fot kind of a time did yez have wild
de by's," asked Mr.. Madden, as he helped
Mr.. Sullivan on with his shirt, and chang
ed the quaker hat for another.
''Verily, friend William" said quaker
Sullivan, as he counted the roll of bills tc
see that the faculty had not showed any
eounterfeits on him, at was the evint Of
the season. 1t is good exercise" And
they started for Cornell University al
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