Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-25
COLLEGxANs AT WAR.
Results of washington's Birthday
Celebration.

Celebration.
CaAwFoRpsv1LLE, Ind, Feb. "a. Tho
bad feeling which has existed between the
freshman and sophomore classes Of No.,
college eliminated In two sanguinary bat
ties, one of which took place before day.
light Saturday morning, and the other In
the afternoon. The chief cause of the bad
blood was the stealing Of two Of the flags
which the freshmen had had painted for
their Washington,s birthday parade. We'd
nesday evening quite lively little fuss oc-
CURED, in trying to quiet which DR.. Joseph
F. futile was hit.
This only added fuel to the flame, and
when 1t leaked out that both classes had
determined to plant their class flags on Gem
Ter hall, it was at once expected that there
would be trouble: ~---SsS, 5f6sT5H
half dozen special policemen to keep th IS
quiet and had them stationed in Center hall
provided with lunches
saluting with q Stolen Cannon.
At midnight the toughs fired salute Of
thirteen guns from cannon which they had
stolen from tie G. A. R. here. -lmmedi.
ately after the firing they started for the
college, arriving there ahead of the "fresh-
iesn They were armed with graphing irons,
ropes and ladders and quickly succeeded in
gaining the top Of the building and planted
their flag, which was floating in tho moon
light when the 'freshies" appeared upon the
scene. The police were powerless to stop
H. IL iv $t,or,
The "freshies" evidently did not see either
the "sophn class or barser. as they at once
began the ascent. When they were half
way up the ''sophs" came out from their hid
ing place, gave their class yell and rushed
the freshmen down. Z
The Battle Waved FieEeer.
Nothing daunted, the latter persevered -
and tie battle waxed fercer The "sopb -.
being stationed above had the advantage
and they pushed the men of '93 down
fast as they came up, some Of them fhahi
fifteen to twenty Teeth SHere is where mi
were hurt. n P Keshe, Of Evansssfissiaee, t.sa 1
his arm brokea;F E. Tilden, of Pintwater,
Mich, had his ankle sprained; R b. Cozies,
OF Tolona, Ills, had his shoulder put outof
place, and great many others had their
faces badly cut and bruised, there being
twelve blackened eyes by actual count By
this time the police had returned with re-en-
forcements and quickly dispersed the crowd
and things quoted down, and the students
dispersed to prepare for the paraders Of the
afternoon. At2p. IN. both classes appeared
In the streets mounted on horseback, the
freshmen headed by band. They both car
ried banners and transparencies, and it soon
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be over these, and all the students were
armed with clubs, many with six shooters,
and, taking it oil together, looked like gang
of cowboys prepared to capture the town
The Fight for tho Standard.
Hostilities began when Elmer G. Chris
tian, Of Indianapolis, galloped through the
ranks Of the freshmen, grabbed their finest
silken banner from McMurtry, who was
carrying 1t, and galloped down the street
followed by seventy.five bowling "freshies."
The streets were lined with people, and
things began to look squally. A country
woman, whose name cannot be learned, was
knocked down and badly hurt Finding
that fighting on horseback bad its disad-
vantages, both classes dismounted. By this
time the freshmen, who far outnumbered
the sophs had surrounded Christian, sssho
still had the captured banner, and vera
making Il exceedingly warm for him when
some Of his brother classmen came to his
aid. It was then that blood flowed most
freely. The cracks of buggy wheels spokes
upon human skulls could be plainly heard
with tho yells Of the respective classes. Ed
gar b. Evans, of indianapolis, "soph,"
received an awful cash on the head, and
was with difficulty brought to conscious
ness. T. E. McCampbeIl, of Rockville, Ind.
also q "soph,n has bad confusion above
his eve, and E. r Randolph, Of Lafayette,
a freshman, had his right ear almost cut of
by blow from a club and his face badly
beaten.
Police Were Powerless.
The police seemed powcriess to quell the
disturbance, as the streets were full OF o
heterogeneous mass of students, townspeople
and farmers who had come in to see the fun.
The pressure of the crowd finally accom-
plished what the might Of the police could
not-separated the warning cfasssheH, who
went TO their rooms to wash and dress their
wounds. The faculty and also the city
police are highly incensed at the disgrace
full proceedings Of the students. The next
faculty meeting will be Of vital interest to
many Of the students. The police have
twelve warrants out now for the arrest OF
the ringleaders OF both classes
Warning at Knox CoIisge.
GArEsBuRG, nls, Feb. 2A-The students
of Knox college had their I;nnual Washing
ton birthday struggle Friday night, and il
was the fercestsoccurring for years Tho
contest WAC To flaca and maintain the class