Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-21
HAZING THE HAZERS.

A Vermonter and Another, Now Q Sena.
tor, Who Were Equal to Emerxencies.
Talking Of haxins," said q university club
man the other evening In the hearing Of Kan
sss City Sbar reporter, I'm here with some
emphasis and accent to say il 10 not always
success. was with q party Of students once
who, having set their academic hearts on haz-
ing rough and unoouth specimen from Yer
mont, repaired to his room about II o'clock one
night to perform these rites. There we're seven
Of the invaders, including myself and We
silently collected in the corridor outside the
freshman's door. In order to be impressive in
our entrance, at given signal we hurled our
selves against the portal and burst it in. re-
call feeling Of pride - the door went in At the
success Of this first step, but nothing distinctly
afterward.
I'm the dim, relisious light that sifted
through the curtains from the swinging moon
we beheld long, sparse and meager being who
New out OF bed and fell upon U.S. He was silent
as bull dog, but quick and ferocious as cat
l never saw such q creature. The whole affair
did not last ten minutes, and its close found
myself and the other hazers battered and
bruised and out in the hall.
81 thought only one man inhabited that
room, said a sorrowful sophomore as he felt
OF his various features in an effort to measure
the disaster so far as he, personally, was
affected. There are at least ten, for l counted
them, to say nothing of the large African
gorilla which threw me out and which take 1t
| they maintain as pet
There was no one in there, however, except
that one Vermouter, and he did not even at
tempt to close the door after US, such was his
contempt for our proves.
I'VE did not 20 back to his room. We could
| have gone, of course, but We saw that il would
! consume great deal of time and the hour
| was late.
Say, you Vermont mani I said as we were
ABOUT TO leave. trust you are not mean
enough to report this to the facultyT
MOT at all, no replied i like it Come
] again any time you please
Another time" continued the raconteur, "a
party OF us had been out on that sacred night,
| Halloween, tearing off gates and signs and 9TH
erwise disporting ourselves after the fashion OF
college youth the world around. We had
brought about a cord Of broken store signs ur
| TO Jim Martins room and were merrily burn.
| ing them IN his big Fireplace. The ceremonies
were az their height when two or three profes
| eors, excited to the movement by indignant
townspeople, whose signs being ravished had
| Followed us to the college gates raped loudly
at the door for admission. Something had e
be done, az 1t would never do TO let in the pro-
lessons and those broken evidences Of our gull
| around.
| "A man by the name Of Jack Nesbit. now 9
state senator in Nebraska, was equal TO the
| pinch, however.
| 1T was a rule Of the college that no professo,
| should be denied entrance to a room, no mat
| ter the hour, unless the occupant was engaged
| IN prayer. In event of the present progress,
| OF this religious exercise the professor wa,
| made to await until the amen and could in no
| wise complain.
AT the first rap Nesbit broke into prayer
| In loud, soporous tone he sought mercy fol
| himself and his companions. Continuing, hi
beleagured the throne OF grace in behalf Of tn.
college, as well as the professors singly and il
body. Next the students all came in for no
| tice, by name and in bulk, as well as every at
| tache OF the place to the small person WHIT
| cleaned knives and forks in the kitchen. NJ
one was sighted or overlooked Then Nesbi
| went for the government and prayed for tn,
nation at large; then the President and hi
pressing needs were named, and Divinit,
| was pleaded with for their fulfillment
then all the departments and various
| officers Of state, and when they wer.
| exhausted all the states, beginning will
| Maine and ending with California, were in
terceded for. After this Jack went to Europe
| and beginning with England, related the neces
| sites OF each government and sought their sat
isfaction. From there he went to Asia, Il
| Africa, then to South America. and SO on, unit
| he was drifting among the islands which do
| the southern seas. Meanwhile the rest of III
| turned stokers and crowded the signs into tn,
fireplace, where they roared and leaped Amos
| to the limits Of a general confagr alton. Jus
as Jack was landing at Auckland the last splin
| ter went up in the smoke and the disguised
professors were let in. The prayer must hay,
| been almost an hour long and as the teacher
| hled In Nesbit closed with some quotation
| from st. Mark which refers to those who, seek
ing a sign, shall find it not,