Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-02
PURE VANDALISM.
Harvard Students on an Out
rageous Tear.
sLATHERs OF RED PAINT USED.

The Pine Statue of the College Founder
Rufned by the Crazy Scspegraces-Ev-
Building on the Grounds Treated to
the Crimson Daubing-wiid Rejoicing
Over the Defeat of Yale-The Police
Powerless.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. June 2-The cele-
bration of Harvard's victory on the ball
field and in the Mott Haven games Satur-
day took a queer turn Saturday night.
A plentiful use of crimson paint has pro
iuced startling effect upon the college
buildings. The statue of the dignified
John Harvard, the founder of the univer
sity, was literally covered with the pig
ment The statue is ruined, for the dis
coloration cannot be removed except by
rechiseling. The steps of the Memorial
hall were also covered with the same
colored paint. these words standing out in
bold letters, TO H with Yale" On
the doors of Sever hall were the inscrip-
tons; II 3D. III g. " s" Appleton
chapel. Gore hall and Boylston hall were
also daubed in the same manner.
Cremated His Claw hammer.
The boys also built big bonfire on the
campus, and one student cremated his
dress suit in the exuherance of his pride.
The remnants of whisky bottles are many,
and the total damage TO the college prop
erty will reach nearly $1,000 The result
of the Mott Haven sports was not officially
received until O'Clock Saturday night, up
to which time the students seemed to be
well under restraint; but no sooner was it
known that Harvard had won the cup than
all, with one accord, burst into cheers OF
wild delight.
Driven from Their Beds
Within half an ho1r after the news ar
rived Harvard street was thronged with
intoxicated college youths who with
ghoulish delight made life miserable for
belated travellers The police undertook
to drive the mob off the streets but was
jeered and hooted at from every side. The
noise was so fiendish and unnatural that
many of the residents in the neighbor-
hood were driven from their beds in fright
and sought an explanation of the mystery
outside
Details of the DeviImeat.-
The campus presented most wretched
condition yesterday morning. but the man
ner in which many of the college buildings
were defaced and Gaubed with red paint
was the principal cause of indignation.
The statue of John Harvard, Just beyond
Memorial hall seems TO have been the first
object upon which the drunken students
got in their work of vandalism. They
painted the face red and the limbs a sim
liar color, but the book upon the knee and
those under the chair were daubed a bright
green. The coat and bosom front were
streaked with yellow, as were also the
hands. Not content with this, they next
painted 81" on the front OF the granite
block upon which the statue Tests The
number represents the Mott Haven score
and covers the entire front.
Even the Chapel Not Sacred.
The Kirkland street entrance to Me-
mortal hall was next visited. and the
brown stone Tagging of the top step bear
the profane inscription about Yale On
the large oak doors of Sever hall the mys-
tic H 9, 5" appear, with ~27 at the side
The figures and letters cover the outer
sides of both doors. Appleton chapel did
not escape their vandalism, for even here
the same figures appear in bold relief
upon the granite and free stone trim
mings The Harvard library also came in
for little attention. In short, they
painted every building in the college yard
except the dormitories.
An Effgy for the Yale BOYS.
Boylston Hall seems to have Jared the
worst so far as quantity was concerned
The steps, tagging and everything are
completely covered with red paint, and
look as though the work of vandalism had
terminated here. In the pitchers box on
Holmes field. the same on which Satur-
days game was played, in the early morn
ing was found headless dummy. propped
Up in position. On a card, scrawled in
uneven letters. Were: ''NNhat Is left OF
Stagg, Lost his head on Saturday" 4
blue scarf was tied about the waist. and a
pair of blue stockings adorned the
dummy's legs. Near by, suspended to
long pole driven 10y sharp point into the
ground, was a large crimson fly made OF
paper. Ii bore the legend: ''The fly that
licked Yale
Hunting the Culprits.
The mass of students expressed them
selves in very strong language of condemna-
ton on beholding the work of the night
They term it an outrage on decency. which
should merit the censure of every we'll
meaning student of the college They
have called meeting for Tuesday
night, the object of which is
to take some decided action in
ferreting out the perpetrators of these
outrages They propose also 10 raise
money among themselves to repair as far
as possible the work of the vandals 1t is
the belief of seniors and juniors that the
culprits were freshmen, and they signify
their willingness to sift the matter to the
bitter end