Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-25

Many readers know Of the trick thai
vas played sou.e TWO years ago by a
freshman at PrInceton College. when
the custom Of hAxin2 IN y really brutal
manner was % prevail mt there. The
haZins gang Of sopnomores that cal
v~rs so rough and cru=i thai tae fac
nlty Was at its sit's end 10 deviss
some means for its Suppression One
or txo GASES Of severe and lasting bod
iiy inlGries 30 the victims pl ICED mat
t-rs IN SD s~rious an aspect that appli-
cants for scholarships we're few and
dimR ishing. AT this iancgure the IA
ther of new man. Who had incurred
the enmity OF the haEsrs by stuboorniy
rrsis;ing their attacks, conceived an
ingenious idea He quietly hunted up
Joan l. Saliivan, TOOK hun 10 Prince
ton, had a conference with ths president
of tee college, and the same day the
champion, who bore the Appearance II
meek looking young man with eye
glasses and bad cough, was entered as
a student and assigned room in the
dornitory.
= Thai night about twenty of the Wa
hoos," As the hazers called themselves.
stole softly to the new members room.
hHvlng arranged their ear txisters,'
toe pitchers" and other instruments
Of torture to their satisfaction, they
took Of their coats, rolled up their
sleeves and tapped gently upon the
door Of their victim, VITO mildly invited
them in.
1he invaders lit the gas and beheld
the newcomer lying in bed smoking
cigarette, and benigniy regarding the
mob through his goggles.
Get up, there, Ereshie," they said.
We're going to have some fun with
you"
mot reallys' said the victim, with
hollow cough.
Yes; look spry now"
well, if must. suppose / must"
whimpered the new man, jumping on:
on the door. The next moment the
ringleader of the inquisltors get q
facer" that drove nIm clear across
the rvom and out through the sash OF
q window.
The survivors OF what followed all
agree that language entirely fails TO do
justice to the scene. Sullivan kicked
the door shut, aud then sailed In aud
began pilinR up the dead. Some of
them dldn't get around again for three
weeks, and half dozen fiatteped Sui
iivan" noses can he seen in this years
graduation class. -
This is the story most of our readers
have heard. The result was to entirely
abolish hazin9 at Princeton college until
the beginning of the present term. when
the Old custom was renewed with in
creased vi9or.
A new student named Harrison, from
Cleveland. learned that his "den" was
to be raided on a certain night. That
day he repaired to the outskirts of the
town, and, by means of q cabbage.
decoyed to his room, under the cover
of darkness. a peculiarly vigorous and
vindictive billy-goat. the terror of that
quarter.
Hs kept the animal in a pacific frame
of mind by generous feeding until the
hour for the assault. When the fresh
man beard the stealthy gathering OF the
clans outside the door, be turned of the
gas, gave the goat few j.bs with pen
knife to enraee it, and lodged behind
the door.
As soon as the besieeers had rushed
in he shut the door, locked it, and hast
lily climbed upon the wardrobe. beirR
just in time TO escap the first butt of the
billy, who knocked three men over the
bed with the first biff.
The pandemon u Of shrieks, curses
and batting lasted some five minutes.
Then "a forlorn b pc of battered hazers
man ,ged to orope their way to the do
and tear 1t open. As they tumbled oLt
iate the now crowded ball, half hurs
dr.d excited voices asked waat was the
matter.
m ,tter?" gasped one of the worst
used mp of the gang. Why, they've
rung that damned Sullivan in on rs
again.