The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-07
HAzINts AND IT'S REMEDY.
The Evil Being Traditional and Deep
Seated Requires Hcrolc Treat
ment. .af

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The evil is deep seated and has itstap |
root deep III the past. 1t is traditional.
The older colleges If they are blessed,
are also cursed with traditions. And
college traditions are easily born, and
die hard. These disorderly tendencies
are not only Inherited from the past In
this country, but from the mother
country also. The extent Of, their sur
vlval there may be seen in the hazings,
qghtings and midnight maraudings
with which s'Tom Brown at Rugby" Is
overweighed. They have survived,
with additions, in American colleges.
Members Of advanced classes promptly
Instruct the younger classes kwhat is
always done, and what, therefore, they
are bound to do. The newer men as.
pire to be as ''smart" as their prede.
cessors, and SO they must have hazing,
rushes, "bloody Monday,'' freshman
beer, reciprocal Mornings, small ma
raudIngs, and what notp The effect of
these foolish traditions at, one particu-
lar stage of the college course, in the
sudden but transient transformation of
a considerable number Of we'll minded
and we'll hammered young men is some-
thing as unfailing as 1t is surprising and
otherwise unaccoutable.
In other communities it Is the &C.
knowledged rule that the whole popula-
tfon is banded together to detect and
punish wrongdoing. In college com.
munities the case is reversed; the COM
bination Is to prevent detection. It Is
seldom the case that one student will
give information concerning anotherthat
might lead even to his reformation. And
when it becomes apparently a question
OF penalty, not only will young men
Of no principle disregard the truth. but
men Of high principle will generally
leave college sooner than aid in rectify-
ing the wrong. III one case, where 1t
became alike necessary for the safety
of father and son that the father shouM
know OF 5lie notorious habits of intoxi-
cation INFO which the son had fallen,
he wenthway convinced Of gross tn!> tn
iHsticeyyone by the faculty t lt1e younkf
!: IAan, bScause he was infcrp3 by eiaas-}
| mates that the statements WeAauntrue.N
It should be said, however, that one OF
these classmates after graduation, had
the manhood to come to college officer
and Say: ST lied to Mr.--.o ~
In another instance, q case Of assault
upon professors house. whole class,
including, with one exception, all its
bsst men, were induced to agree before
hand that they would not answer any
question as to their own whereabouts at
given time-though many Of them
were quietly studying In their rooms
lest the circle Of inquiry should thus
be narrowed toward the offenders; and
they submitted to suspension rather
than answer the question. illustrative
facts Of this kind might be accumalat-
ed to any extent. But it is not neces-
sary. Every college man can bear
witness to the general state of the
case.
After young mon have been fully and
fairly warned that they will be held
amenable to the law Of the land, the
application Of the law is not to be with
held. This remedy has sometimes been
applied with excellent effect. In one
case the victim waited I'LL his torment.
ors disclosed themselves and brought
him before magistrate. One Of them
proved to be son of the chief justice
of the state, and the settlement was
easy and lasting. In another college
two young mon, under arrest for gross
violence, fed and never put in an ap,
pearance again. &t M
In third institution certain college
rioters, sons Of wealthy parents, lay in
the lookup while their class was gradu-
ating. These are hard remedies, to the
last degrae undesirable, but the abuses
are still more undesirable, and If ali
other educational Influences prove in.
effectualo then the law must be the
educatoIs The application Of the
remedy In few instances would
render fusther application unnecessary.
When Qatnine Will Break up u Cold.