Telegram-herald., 1889-07-08
TRICKS Oh COLLEGE BOYS
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wts spo<ts a ssesssxis. sh.E Invariably
goes Wan tAs asxass II A d waleA |. ess-
f-rrsd az.a al esflszs graduates. E.uss
have really ssesms Dgsrsisss IA tA= All
fsrs1s sfase1ss of study prescribed by .
eslisgs e.rrssnIams s~s they are very
naaa mistakes ali the same"
fas sDesxss was . grsdNsss Of Harvard
w1s laads Ais marx "a Als asy Ia aEhisties
sad az the same time main la1nst . fair
staaafax IA kis elias. II s@ias a. interest
~ & sablses the Harvard graduate was
pressed - sxDlaia Was hs ns~Rs by his
statement
Il Will begis," said DE. wish . esss
sa4t came uaasr my personal observation
ny fresh man year IA an examination In
snxosomstry. is the flFst place. Al Hsr-
ysFa. ~s were all obliged 10 hsed Ia .
couple Of weeks before each examiBatiea
Texal.tisa blank book VITA blue covers
which ~s bsayht al Sewers book score.
GA the alorsizx of TIE examination We
w0ald ind these books oa she desks Of
the hall whs<s ws were examined, each
marked ~ssh sus namsa Whsn We had
tAksn our seats the examination pApers
wsuia De passed to each Of us. At tue
trixoa0m-tTy examination. Of which
speak, i noticed that the man next bo me
appeared to Dc very hst Though the day
Wa oaly moderately warm he bad "a en-
% his osst aud was tanning himself Wig
erousiy Pretty -osn oae OF the proctoTs
who we're watching Us sauntsred his way
and The young fellows said: May | open
this window side OF nef
Certainly, said the proctor politely.
1 noticed shaL a. the studsnt opened the
window ne iet fall a slip of paper folded
up. ts was = three hour examination and
during the last twenty minutes the same
student obtained permission 10 go down
stairs - the water cooler and get a drink.
The proctor went along. too. TO see be ron-
suited no iogOrtthm table. notes. or fell
low ssudenS. In a few moments he Was
back at work. / knew he was up To some
funny business, bat for the lie or me
couldn't see through 10. The fellow had
always nunked at recitation. bus he got
70 per cert on the examination which put
him on shs rank list After got 20 know
him well | asked him how he did IT,
Why said he 1t was a. simple a. roll
Ing of log First | made copy of the
examination paper on q leaf from my blue
book. This l carefully tore out, rolled mp
and dropped out as I opened the window
Ny private tutor, = senior. was on the out
look for it below. he picked it up. took
it 10 his room and worked ont seven Of
the Zen problems given. It wouldn't have
been safe for me 20 have tried To get
higher mark after my showing st recita-
tons. Then he took the book and hid it
behind the water cooler. The proctor who
went down with me diin't watch me
closely and easily hid the book under
my coat and on getting upstairs | su bstitu-
ted IL for the one in which 1 had been
making believe figure. That was simple
wasn't its
"A mother method that was popular was
TO take a narrow sheet OF paper over six
feet long. On this notes carefully written
I'm q very small hand would be made and
then the sheet would Ge wound round
two matches or perhaps two small round
pencils. TO which IL would be fastened
with elastic bands. The whole affair
could be readily held In the palm OF ones
hand and the amount o: general informa-
tion and treasures OF classic lore that
could be stored away OF that sheet OF
paper was astounding and the ease with
which the rollers could be worked added
20 thsvalue OF the eontrivance as a means
OF ouSwittiug keen eyed proctor-.
But there was n tradition at Harvard
about one unfortunate student, who,
while working his roller burst the elastics
that confined the paper and was In a mo-
msut completely showed in under great
r.ass OF very carefully prepared data. OF
course ~ WAS impossible for him TO avoid
detection and that settled the examination
for him. But IL was funny sight and
even the proctors had 20 laugh. But these
things | have mentioned so far are only
eide shows I'm the way OF deception
The most I'm portant Of the examinations
Rt Harvard are those required fer en-
trance and are Of 20 severe a nature that
some young men who are mere anxious
90 get into the college catalogue as under
graduates than they are to do the work
necessary for proper preparation look
sb0at for some means 70 evsde the re-
q1irsments OF the college authorities.
one method that requires nerve Is made
feasible only by the large list OF applicants
for admission TO Harvard which comprises
more names than the whole catalogue Of
many OF our smaller colleges. The
schemers 60 70 work i'm this fashion:
made big fortune and wants TO see bis
son have the advantage Of a liberal educa-
tion which was denied 20 him Young
Smith, however. IL more os tennis
player than hs ~ a student and the ex-
animation time comes around and fRds
Mr.. Smith very far from being fitted 20
pass anything except possibly the time Of
day. A. The same time it occurs To Mr..
Smith that there's bis friend young Jones
who IS sophomore at Yale and who
slways had lots ot brain aud very little
money A bret correspondence and the
promise Of check soon leads Mr.. Jones
~ the conclusion that there -s nothing he
desires more than to pas the entrance
examination A. Harvard u1dsT the name
of smith. smith AZ the same time con
cIades that n he takes the same sxamina-
son under the name Of Jones he Won't
care whether be passes or not. The
result ~ obvious. The msn who really
could psss appsrsntiY fails. and smith.
vithous doing any work. becomes a
full dxsd member of the fresh man
class at Harvard This trick Il not
often played N the Faculty how
ever. becsu-- n IL II detected tbe dis-
grace IN vhich It= participants would
Ard shem.slvs. would be Of a most seri0us
nature After the students once lSecoms
undergraduates. ths tricks played often
tfrr-= have their humorous side is ~ss .
Sophomore whe stes lthily plated = package
Of cigarette papers on his knee ard siyly
h-gen - rsn them ever IL wss being
wSt-hed ~ ne time by p specially pryiBR
snd snpopBisr proctor Who. IN few mo