Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-09-25
No. 22o

running" II this does not remove ths
freshness" hazlag is tried, and thss hsr-
Ing is carried TO degree which not many
O. the cadets can withstand. The amount
Of running which the entering cadet re-
ceiyts depends on several things. First
and mainly II depends On the degree Of
freshness which the runners conssder Ia
possessed by the cAdst. There are O nun
Der Of things that that are considered e.
pecially fresh or 'tsAlly" 81 Is the most &C.
cepted term; such a. not putting or "strs"
to upper class men, OF speaking Of them In
any wsy Familiarity; but what is considered
the coasunnMtson Of gall Is visiting the
academy when q candidate. and 81 is eEpec-
isllY hard for Ereh s one when be becomes
q cadet.
When the olAss Of candidates who enter
the academy become cadets they go On the
cruise almost directly, and are thus, dur
ing the whole cruise, EXPOSED to the mercy
OF the third, or yoangsteT class. They are
not supposed 10 speak TO upper clRss men,
are compelled to do any odd jobs for them,
and are AlWsys TO reply to questions In o
most TeEpectful manner. OooRkionklly ca
uets come back from the cruise under ar
rest for this running or hEziny and have to
stand court martial, and suns1irses they
from the cadets themselves Macy of the
Occurrences are very humorous, and tons
approach hAIbsrIiy. A certain cadet, now
third-c ~@n, Gs.-y hss srsi summer
orIlss, stood on his head ninety nine times
In one night, and was ordered TO get up
the hundredth. he rebellsd, and or stat
Ing bis case was relieved. That same ca
det stood on HE head 4 600 times during
the cruise. Sometimes the hsziBg is too
brutal or the running too insultiug and the
fellow iebels BE is then expected 10 5ght
some member of the third clAss, and, IN
fortunately for the sense Of fairness and
honor of those who will some day be naval
officers and represent this country abroad,
they do not always aim to give fair SIGHT
70 that one who, in defence Of his manhood
or gosaed 20 desperation by physical pains,
decides TO fight; bat they rather lend their
energies TO finding man who is big enough
and coward enough 20 administer q signal
thrashing 20 one who, IN their declared
opinion, personi6es the very height of i'm
padence.
An example Of this was shown in the
case of q cadet who is now In the first
class, and who never did take any running.
He was compelled to hsht a man probably
twenty-five pounds heavier and several
years older, who was the best All-Around
athlete in the scsdemy. No whipping was
considered too good for such a man, and
the assembled cadets stood around and saw
the younger man receive a thrashing that
kept him in the hospital for two weeks,
although he put up game fight until he
was knocked senBeless. This was only The
beginning of a long prosecution. The up
per class men, from whom the cadet Off
GERS are selected, tried to get him out of
the scsdsmy by reporting him whenever 1t
was within their power, and twice he came
very near the limit BE is now beyond the
reach of their cowsrdly attacks, and bids
fair to make an officer whose courage will
at lesst tend to upset the cowsrdice smong
those who made him victim OF their hru-
tslity.
Occasionally the hszsrs meet more than
their match. This was especially true In
the case of cadet named Dixon q couple
of years ago. The runners invaded an An
nspolis pool room after him and directed
him TO snuss the crowd BY drilling with G
cue. He complied.
Attention." came the order. Dixon
stood IS If on review on flag day.
Garry arms" BE executed with pre-
cision.
Right shoulder arns,"
He did 1t. And now was Dinon's open
ing. he executed a movement without
command, but which strongly rssembled
"Club musketsl" "Whackl" went the cue;
"thudl" went cadet or the floor. Two
mole whscks aud two more thuds, and the
remaining cadets remembered 81 was nesr
inspection time.