The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-30
New York Tribune.


81 never read accounts II the newsna-
pers of the pranks of college boys in 'haz-
ing the freshmen" said a white-haired
rosy-faced old New Yorker in the parlor
OF a big athletic club the other night, but
my mind reverts at once 10 hazing sc-ape
l got myself into in my salad DAYS. Like
all sophOmores. I was particularly in
tolerant OF freshmen; much more so. of
course, than the seniors. We had been
strictly forbidden by the faculty 10 do any
hazing at all, under penalty of expulsion,
and so we could not get together more
than half dozen adventurous souls who
were willing 70 take the risk IN order 20
punish the freshmen properly for daring
10 live and presuming 10 come TO college
at all. We had 10 do the thing quietly, so
after all the lamps were out We would steal
from our rooms, meet in the corridor. and
then make descent on some lonely fresh
man and do him up without any IN
necessary fuss.
I'VE had operated successfully on two or
three men, only one in night, and were
enjoying the sport thoroughly. The fol-
lowing night it became the turn of 4 long.
raw-boned, quiet, bashful youth from
Maine, who had little or nothing to say TO
any one, and whose only care seemed 70
De To keep his hands and feet out of sirht.
" g anticipated some rare sport with him,
ana remember now the naughty feeling
with which | strobe into his bed-chan,beT
az the head of our gang after we had pried
his door open with one good twist OF a real
burglars Jimmy
The other men had generally covered
under their bedclothes or arisent trer,
olIng IN their nlghtshirts and asked pit
eously 10 be let alone. This Maine man
~ ha.H
meet us. lie said not a word. he made
not sound, as he moved about in the
DARK. but oh, myl how he did
swat US | never before exper-
fenced such nendlsh strength as that feIloy
seemed 10 have. We were not familiar
with his room, and II seemed 70 be full of
FURNITURE, against which we STUN led. and
over and under hich he knocked Us in the
darkness, with the precision and force OF
tr'p-halnmer. He seemed TO have 4 cats
sight, and he knew the room thoroughly
anu the way he damned Us was so Unex-
pected that We gor confused and lost our
reckoning IN trying 10 get out Of that in
Iernal room again.
II don't believe one Of Us hit him once
know that after | had caught j terrific
rght-hander on the tip Of NV nose. which
sent me backward over an awfully ar,ouIa-
coai-scuttle, | kept on my hands and
knees and wabbled about in a blind saa~cb
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my mouth and over my shirt front he
MT Us with lists like hams. he threw chairs
81 Us, he kicked Us when We wan.
down, with his bare toes which
seemed as hard as iron; he jumped
on our stomacns with heels made tough
oy running barefoot on his native shingIv
beaches, ne mauled rs, he pulled our hair
ou1, ne scratched us, he loosened orr
teeth, lie broke our noses, he iogg.ed or-
most internal organs he utterly den,oreI-
lzeu Us, ms whiFiwind from Maine. ana
When at last We all got out of his ho~rid
def, more dead than alive, and had ba5
hine TO collect our shattered senses ana
Z MAKE nasty estimate of our cuts and
abraslOns. | said:
The Maine fellow must have gone ont
boys, and left a gorilla in his bed Install
But just then we heard that yiriors
freshman call out with q mockinr Iangh
No" go 10 bed little men, and come as,9in
7Etne otner night when you're rested.
ms haZln ) heaps Of fun
out We had decided that the sport was
uhmaniy, anyway. and not the proper
gage IN" - Gu