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a y.rm"n;~r and Another. Now sena-
ter, Who Were EQUAL to Emergencies.

ter, Who Were quail to Emergencies.
-IaiNing 81 ii, zing," said university
club man thc otilrr evening in the hear
INK 4 Kansa, c. Y Star reporter. I'm
here with somc i,llasis and accent to
say it is no, alw. success l was
with arty of students once who, hav-
inc set their academic hearts on hazing
rough and uhcouth specimen from
Vermont, repaired o his room about
II o'clock Que , isht to perform these
rites. There were seven of the in-
vaders. incluli Z myself. and we
collected i'm The corridor outside the
freshman's door In order to be ini'
pressive il our entrance. at a given
signal we hurled q lrsclves against the
portal and burst it in. recall feel
Ing # prd as The door went in at the
success Of tais first step, but nothing
distinctly afterward
~ln the dim igious light that
sifted through the curtains from the
g. inging neon we beheld long,
spsrse. I'm mrager being who flew out
OF bed aud fell upn us lie was silent
rs "a build e, but quick and ferocious
rs a eat. never s..A such creature.
The who'll. affair not last 10 minutes,
and It's clio founI myself and the other
hazers battered anl bruised and out in
tue lall
Il thought only one man Inhabited
that room saii rrowful sophomore
rs he felt OF lis various features in an
effort 70 u easurc tie distance 80 far as
he. personally. was affected. There are
at least 10. Tor | counted them, to say
nothing Of the l.rge AfrGn gorilla
which threw me>eut. and which take
it they maintain n a pet
"1hrre va, NO one in there, however,
except that one Vcrn ontcr and he did
not even attempt 10 Gloss, the door after
Us, such was his contempt for our
proves.
we did not 60 back into his room.
We cou have q. of course, but we
SAW that it would consume a great deal
of time ana the hour was late
"'Say. you Verro t mani said as
we were aboul to leave, L trust you aro
not mean enough report this 10 the
facut,;'
Not at ALL lie said. 1 like it. Como
sgain any timo you please
"Alotlier time, continued the racon-
teur, a. party Of Us had been out on that
sacred nj ht, IL loween. tearing of
gates and signs. aud othe wise disport-
ing ourselves after tho fashion OF college
youth the world around. We had
brought about cod OF broken store
signs up to jim Martins room and were
merrily burning them in his big fire.
place The ceremonies were at their
height when two or three professors. cx-
ci ed to tho movement by indignant
townspeople. whose signs being ravished
Ind followed US to tho college gates.
raped loudly at I, door for admission.
Somethi & had to be done. as it would
never do to let in the professors aud
those broken evidences of our guilt
around.
"a man by the name of Jack Nesbit,
now State senat.r IN Nebraska, was
equal 10 the pinch. however
1T was n rule If the college that no
nroressor should lie denied entrance to
room. no matter the hour. unless the
occupant was en- aged in prayer. In
event Of the preset progress Of this
re igious exercise, the professor was
made to wait until the amen, and
could in now isc co a. lain.
at the first zap Ne'bit broke into
prayer In q loud sonorous tone ho
sought mercy for himself and his COM
panions Continui 2, he belcaguered tho
throne Of grace in behalf Of the college,
as well a. the professors, singly aud
in n body. Next tie students all
came in or notice by name, and in bulk,
as well q. every a.t.che of the place to
the small 10 son who cleaned knives
and forks in the Fitchen. No one was
sliphted or oyerloo ed Then Ncsbit
went for the Go, ernment, and prayed
for tire ma ion at large; then the Presi-
dent and lis = esing needs were
named, and Diyin ~ Was pleaded with
for their fufime {; then all the de-
partments and various Officers Of State,
and when they were exhausted all the
States b. inning with M1ine aad end
inc with California were interceded FOR
After this Jack went 10 Europe. aud
beginning with England related the
necessities of eacI government, and
sought their satisfaction. From thcro
he went TO Asia. 10 Africa, then to
South Am rici, aid so on, until he was
drifting among the islands which dot
the Southern seaS Meanwhile the rest
of Us turned stokers, aud crowded tho
signs into tie E ep &c, where they
roared and leaped almost 70 the limits
ola general conhagration. just rs Jack
was landing at Auckland the last
splinter went up in SMOKE aud the dis
gusted professo were let IN. The
prayer mus, have been almost an hour
long. aud a. the teachers filed in Nesbit
closed with some quotation from ST.
n rk when refers to t.iO-e WHO, seek
ing a sigh. shall ii ii it not
simple Ceremony.
The m rrmg ceremony practic J
tho noon s uf II 4 60 is verf short and