The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-14
COLLEGE ADJUSTMENTS.
Funny Franks of Harvard Boys when E.
tering Secret Societies.

A young man was seen entering one
of our hotels few days ago clad in a
most eccentric costume Hewore upon
his head az old-faShioned ''stOve-pipe"
hat, with square brim and of rather di-
lapidated form. upon his back a full
dress coat, covering a waistcOat of red
and white ierSey-in fact a rowing
iacket-while in lieu of necktie he
had a leather shoeString carefully tied
in an elaborate bow in front. A green
umbrella i'm one hand and riding spur
upon one shoe completed the accoutre-
mcnt of this youth.
He was. alone in his glory, for no
one else around wore a similar luXuri-
Gus costume; but he was not alone 80
far a company was concerned. Some
haif-dOZen young men followed him as
he walked up the marble steps of the
ent.nce-the observed of all the OBJ
servers-and advanced with slow and
measured tread into the waiting-room.
There was 4 long-faced, yellow-haired
stranger from the rural districts seated
at table struggling hard with blunt
u
card. evidently note home announc-
ing his safe arrival in the city. The
newcomer marched Solemnlv up to the
writer and gently scratched the back of
his neck. The countTyman turned
around and viewed with establishment
the creature" before him. Ii opened
its mouth and began TO speak.
You, | believe, the man who eats
peanuts are?" were the words uttered.
WHAT" calculated the man at the
desk.
.sHic. haze. hoe. Mumm's extra dry,
soc ct tuum. responded the inhabitant
of tie dress-coat and rowing jacket in
deep, Sepulchral voice, while he en-
phasized each word by a punch with
his green umbrella upon the floor.
The man from the backwOods started
up in unaffected terror. Visions of es-
capped lunatics flashed through his
head, and he evidently expected To-
have some act of violence Immediately
attempted. But at this moment 4 roar
of laughter from the door attracted his
attention, and looking in that direction
he saw half-dozen faces extending into
the broadest possible grins. The &C.
centric invader. too, heard the laugh
ing, and apparently recognizing in that
a signal that his duty was accomplished.
turned about and stalked sOlemnly from
the hotel, followed at a respectable dis
lance bv his six laughing companions.
They proceeded TO BowdOin square. and
there boarded the car for Cambridge,
leaving il at the Harvard College
grounds. In fact, the young man was
not a crazy person, not an eccentric
being, not an overdudish dude, but
bright young student of nearly two
wears standing. a sophomore candidate
for the Institute of l170.'
Every year this scene occurs in one
form or another, sometimes enacted in
Cambridge, sometimes in the suburbs,
Sometimes with one youthful aspirant
as the single victim, sometimes with
two or three together, and this is
almost the only evidence given TO out
siders of the existence of the institute.
Every thing else connected with sophie
more society is kept as rigidly secret
as are the affairs of older societies in
later life, but the humorous exhibitions
of the open-air initiation ceremonies
are as greatly enjoyed by outsiders as
by members of the institute.
Whenever one of the gueerly-dressed
novitiates appear on the college green
a score of windows 90 up and as many
heads are stretched out 10 see the fun
sure to follow. Some old member OF
the institute whistles. The '.about-to-
be" member Immediately responds to
the call and in obedience 10 commands
now essays to scramble up tree, now
hops on one foot back and forth over
the walk, now carefully picks up every
stone that is TO be seen and deposits
them at some proctor's door, now
MARBLES a musical CD ditty or play:
, the bass viol, using some other unfort-
innate as the viol and his own arm a.
the bow, and so carrying on the most
ridiculous and laughable maneuverS
which one could imagine. He dances
a clog or walks bow-legged across the
ground; he marches gravely up North
avenue clothed in whatever fantastic
dress his tormentors can devise; he en-
tiers a confectionery store and asks foI
one cents worth of bonnet, or orders q
ward of mutton from the astonished
clerk in dry-goods store; he mounts 8
! horse car and informs the conductor
that the wheels of his car are loose and
rolling round, or does any thing else
which fate, in the shape of one or more
senior members, shall declare.-BOStOE
journal.
An eminent physician remarks that
at the age of thirty-siX years the lean
man usually becomes fatter, and the
fat man becomes leaner. Again, be-
tween the years forty-three and fifty
his appetite fails, his complexion fades
and his tongue is apt to become furred
upon the least exertion Of mind or
body. At this period his muscles be-
come fabby. his joints weak, his spirits
droop and his sleep is imperfect and
undressing. After suffering under
these nnmnlainfs a raar or nprhans