Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-20
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A Nermonter and Another, Now a Ssna-
tor, who Were Equal to Emergencies,

A yermonter and Another, Now a Sena-
tor, who Were Equal to Emergencies,
stalking of hazing," said university
club man the other evening in the hear
ing of u Kansas City Star reporter, I'm
here with some emphasis and accent to
say 1t Is not always success. | was
with party of students once who, hay
ing set their academic hearts on hazing
a rough and uncouth specimen from
Vermont, repaired to his room about II
o'clock one night to perform these rites.
There were seven of the invaders, in
GLIDING myself, and we silently collected
in the corridor outside the freshman's
door. In order to be impressive in our
entrance, at II given signal we hurled
ourselves against the portal and burst it
IN. ! recall feeling Of pride as the
door went in at the success of this first
step, but nothing distinctly afterward.
In the dim, religious light that siftcd
through the curtains from the swinging
moon We beheld long, sparse and
meagre being who flew out of bed and
fell upon US. lie was silent as a bull
dog, but quick and ferocious as n cat. |
never saw such creature. The whole
affair dll not last ten minutes, and its
close found myself and the other hazers
battered and bruised and out in the hall,
- thought only one man inhabited
that ROOM said u sorrowful sophomore
rs 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 | counted them, to say
nothing of the large African gorilla
which threw mo out, and which, take
it, they maintain as pct
"Ihere was no one in there, however
except that one NGrmonter, and he did
not even attempt to close the door after
us, such was his contempt for our
prowess
We did not go back to his room. We
could have gone, of course, but we saw
that 1t would consume great deal of
time and the hour was late.
Say, you Vermont manp | said as
we We're about to leave, ] trust you are
not mean enough to report this to the
faculty:
"'Not at ALL he replied. i like it.
Come again any time you please.
Another time" continued the racon-
tour, "a party Of us had been out on
that sacred night, halloween, tearing
OIL gates and signs, and otherwise dis.
porting ourselves after the fashion of
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