Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-10

affair and expelled both. but later re-
instated the students. It ended hazing
for that year and it has never reap
peared. 1t was at that time considered
the proper thing for q sophomore to
put the freshman lover the fence. The
process meant nothing except the mere
fact that he had done it. 1t used to
result in "sophs" against the s'freshies"
collecting IN a wild crowd at night
putting each other over the fence and
was, In 's7, stopped officially.
Rushing and Ducking.
One time IN the fall of 'S4 a gang Of
sophs and frehies were out for the first
crush" of the season. One big sopho-
more seemed the leader. A little fresh
man spied him and nailed him for his
game. The big fellow stood near q
fence. Carefully sneaking up behind
the soph the little one suddenly seized
him around the legs and before you
could have said Jack Robinson he was
in heap over the fence,
with half his pants on the pickets.
Almost every house in Ann Arbor takes
roomers. and most all the houses have
several suites of rooms. At one of
these larger houses a jolly crowd used
to take great pleasure IN getting practi-
cal jokes on each other. Taxing an
old stiff hat, student would I'LL it
with water and pulling door slightly
ajar would set the hat on the top of the
door. The first one through got q
shower bath. One day little fellow
named Johnny set q hat for his room
mate and called for him loudly
hoping that he would pass under
-
time his room mate was upstairs to see
another fellow get wet. The other fellow
had laid for him and doused him with 4
pitcher full of water. Wet and mad,
he took after the wetter. The latter
rushed down stairs. fell well INTO the
little fellows room, where he was etlll
calling out for his chum. The chum
was hot after his victim. The door
flew open. Down came the water.
They went 80 fast that the first man es-
capped II and the other, already soaking,
got another installment all over him.
Next day ne got back at bis chum by
covering him with bstfull of flour.
Grim Jokes OF NEEDLES.
The medical students are great Jok-
ers. Their particular bit of fun Is TO
fill the coat pockets of curious visitors
with toes or fingers. In the chemical
laboratory Jolly set of fellows works
away. A peculiar property of potas-
slum chIOrate "a that when heated IN
suiphurlc acid. il detonates sometimes
"a loudly as a pistol. Excursion arties
are treated 10 many an imaginary ex-
pIosion as they pass through the cneml-
cal "lsb," eight seeing One day a
''pharmic" took a glass test tube and
flied i half full OF tho crystals and
put IN little diluted suIphuric
scld. A. a convenient time, Just
SO green looking fellow passed
through. he hung IL over the flame.
Bang i went, smashing IN a thousand
pieces and seating the student worse
than The excnrsionist- happened
to be new instructor. One OF the
cheap shows that plays week stands IN
small towns at ~. Is and IS cents
prices. struck Ann Arhof one winter.
They repeated the same program. On
the sscopd night. IS toe soubfette ssttg
her list OF chestnuts, size had
a vegy attentive audience. TN
the third night, much TO Der
disgust the boys all l0lDsd IN the obotus
ard drowned Der out. AZ they march,
Ell 0flt themselves, leaving almost an
empty house, they called out. "tsood.
night. dear. sweet dreams. The last
set ~ss never fin4shea, aud the show
moved si0Hg. The professor 81 phil
osoPhy had q lag nlsssin mat he ~as