The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-06
4 College Freshman.

Many have wondered why there has
not been any hazing at Harvard for the
past five months IN all that time there
has not been a case of hazing reported,
and some have come to the conclusion
hat the hazers have met with change
of heart It is not exactly change of
heart but change Of clothes that ails
them. We are informed that the haz-
ing has been effectually broken M.
Just after Sullivan whipped Ryan he
was called to Harvard and q 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 adj
mission as freshman, and let nature
take it's course On the list day Of April
Mr. Sullivan appeared at the college
under the name OF Abba Watson, and
was assigned to a room, nd placed on
the role Of freshmen. His appearance
was commented ON, and as he passed
through the college grounds with lis
peculiar garb, young fellows shouted;
"Shoot the hat" "Get on to his nibs,"
and other collegiate literature. It was
all Mr.. Sullivan could do to restrain
himself from whipping a couple of dor
en- of the boys then and there, but he
decided to wait until the proper time,
when he would be able to get enough
for a mess. That evening he was APP
preached by young man who pretend
ed to be his friend, and invited him to
room where a few boys were going to
open few bottles of wine. Alba said
verify he didn't go much on the sinful
beverage, but to oblige his friend he
went with him to large room were
seventy smart young fellows were con-
gregated, with all the appliances for
hazing. Sullivan says there were seven
ty, but the faculty only found sixty-fve
smart Alexis when the door was opened,
but Sullivan thinks q few may have
jumped out of the window and taken re-
fuge in the woods. 1t seems that when
they got the Quaker" into the room they
locked the door and the ringleader told
the peaceful man to strip off his coat,
vest and shirt, He objected, but final
ly 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 a Quaker should
have an arm as big as o canvased ham.
They then 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 favor 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
a blanket first. So they got the blank
ct 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 NOR across the room, and
then got on his feet and began to
knock them 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 a corner
and proposed to put an end to the
slaughter. One said: 90, good, Mr..
Quaker, please let us alone We be-
long to respectable families, and won't
do so any more" Sullivan looked at
them and said: cit is hazing yez want.
Well, yez can have plenty" and he
went at them, and in about fifteen min
utes he corded up the whole gang, and
hazing was broken up in Harvard Col
lege. AS he threw his coat and shirt
across his arm and walked out of the
room and met the faculty in the hall
he said: "Throw water in their faces
and they will regain consciousness in
from ten minutes to half an hour" and
he shook hands with the faculty, re-
ceived his $500 and left for New York
with his trainer, Billy Madden. who
was sitting outside on the fence waiting
for him.
"Fot kind of time did yez have
wild de bys?" asked Mr.. Madden, as he
helped Mr.. Sullivan on with his shirt
and changed his Quaker hat for an
other.
Verify, friend William" said Quaker
Sullivan, as he counted the roll Of bills
to see that the faculty had not shoyed
any counterfeit on him, "it was the
evint of the season; it is good exerciae."
-PeckS sam.