Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-19
"reminiscences OF HAz,No
aow Some sophomores Wore Coav,...a
of Its UnRsn tie mAaltnesa

OF Ats Unkenh6 manitness.
II never read accounts In the new,
papers Of the pranks OF college bov.
in hazing' the freshmen said
white-haired rosy-iaced old New
Yorker in the parlor Of big athla,o
club the other night ',but nv m,na
reverts at once TO Il hazing serape
got myself into In my salad davs
Like all sophomores 1 was par,Icn
larry Intolerant Of freshmen. mnoh
more so Of course than the senjo.s
We had been strictly forbidden 81 m
faculty 70 do any hazing at ali unds.
penalty OF expulsion. and SO we eonld
not get together more than half a Az.
en- adventurous souls who were willins
to take the risk in order 10 punish he
freshmen properly for daring TO llye
and presuming 10 come % the eOllega
nj all. We had 70 do the thing quietiy
so after all the lamps were OUT VI
would steal from our rooms meet n
the corridor and then make a descent
on some lonely freshmen aud do him
up without any unnecessary fuss.
We had operated successfully On
/ two or three men only one in 4
night and were enjoying the sport
thoroughly The following night n
became the turn OF long raw. boaed
| quiet bashiul youth from Maine who
had little or nothing 10 say 10 any
one and whose only cars seemed ID
b. - keep his hands and feet out q
sight We anticipated some rare
/ sport With him and / remember nov
the naughty feeling with which /
/ strobe into his dark bed chamber Al
tho head q our gang after We haa
prled his door open With one good
tWLst OF real burglars limmy'
Tho other men had generally
covered under their bed. clothes o.
arisen trembling In ,hslr nlght.salrts
and asked pits0usly 70 br iel alone.
This Maine man Jumped out 81 bed.
however. as II glad % meet Us He
said not word. he made not a sound
as h0 moved about III the dark bu,
on. my how he did swat us' 1
mover before experienced such ieallsh
strength rs that fellow seemed 10
have We we're mol familiar with bis
room. ard u seemed % ne full Of
furniture. against which wo stumbled.
and over and Undnr Witch hH Knocked
us Ia the darkness with tie precision
and force " trtp.hammrr lie
seemed 10 hav0 cats sight and be
knuW the room thoroughly Ha1 The
way no damned rs was % gEc spgeiei
that We got confused ard lost uar
RECKONING 10 trying 70 get o4t Of that
Internal room again.
II dou't be,logr ono on % hii him
once know that after hnd caught
u terrific right hAninr on tho tip 81 my
moss which sen, mo backyard over "a
| nwtulIy angular coal, sCuLtlc ! kept on
my hands aud knees and Habblcd about
! ia blind search for the door with
blood pouring into my mouth and ovel
my shirt.ir He hit us with asi
} like hams he thrrw chairs q rs h
kicked us whom wO went down ztst
his baro toes which seemed a. hArt
? as iron, he jumped on or siumarhi
with heels mhie tough b. runninI
barefoot 90 bis nntivo sh;nely beaches
no naulcd ia be pulled our hair out
be scratched uS ho looaencti our teeth
he broke our nosnS ho i0ggled on
most internal orgauS no utterly dc
moralttcd as this whirlwind iron
/ Maine aud when AZ laai We ~ got oa
. Of hts norrid don moro dead thai
alive. md had time 70 collect ou
. shattered acnsrs md make has'y O.
= innate Of our cuts and ubras!onA
P snid.
Tho Maine fellow must have goo
Q out boyR aud left a gorilla ID bis be
! instead,
but Just then we heard that v!clou
freshman call ont with mocktn
laugh Now 20 TO bod. little mou. az
come again some other night whe
you're rested. This hatIu's heaps
= fun
"But.wc Ind decided that the spot
was unmauly anyway aud not %
:. proper sort Of thing for young gentle
y men 70 engage in. New YORK III
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