The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12
ALONG THE BYWAKS.

one morning when the doctor entered
the old chapel he saw among the students
freshman with his head shaven. He
asked a tutor if the man had been i'll.
The lecturer told the doctor that the man
had been hazed by sophomores. DR.. Nc
Gosh summoned the man to his study and
asked him if he had any friends. Chan
cellor Green was the only influential friend
the boy had. DIR. McCosh wrote to the
chancellor, stating the circumstances.
The chancellor suggested the criminal
prosecution of the offenders, but DR.. Nc
Gosh received the suggestion coldly. He
went to work himself with a will to find
the guilty men. A few days later he re-
ceived a written confession from them.
This he read in the pulpit When he
reached the signatures he paused, folded
the paper deliberately, and said that no
one would ever know who the guilty ones
were unless they themselves made 1t pub
lie. Then he read a chapter from the
bible on repentance.
There were many lively scenes in the
old chapel under the doctors administra-
ton. One morning ne announced hymn,
reading the first line:
"A wandering sheep am I"
'Bahr' bleated an undergraduate.
The doctor paused, then resumed:
"a wandering sheep am I"
A chorus of bahs greeted the announce
ment.
DIR. McCosh severely lectured the stu
dents on the improperly of their behavior,
and began:
"a wandering sheep when an al
most unanimous bleat drowned his voice.
He paused, and then read the second line
Of the hymn.
At another time he prayed for the presi-
dent of the United States and congress.
He asked for blessings on the governor of
the state and the New Jersey legislature.
Next he prayed for the trustees, the pres1-
dent of the college, and so on down from
the seniors to the freshmen, and lastly he
prayed for the tutors A roar of laughter
greeted the final petition. A tutor was an
abused and derided man in the old days.
Before the extension of the proctor sys-
TEN In Princeton, DIR. McCOsh was called
upon frequently TO suppress overenthusi-
astic students. One night merry party
was assembled In a room, making great
noise DIR. McCosh hurried over to the
dornitory and found the room. He
raped, but received no reply. A second
time he hammered on the door, and de-
manded admittance.
Who's there?"
TITS me; President McCosh."
You're liar" was the reply; eff you
were old Jimmy you would say: It's L "
DR.. McCOsh was fond Of walking. The
coolest winter day and the deepest snow
drift would not deter him. On the morn
ing after the blizzard he walked to the
postoffice, half mile away. Mrs. Nc
Gosh opposed these winter walks. One
day he slipped down just in front of the
house. He looked up and saw her face
in the window. As he was getting back
to his feet a passer-by heard him say:
This is the second time, but I'll tell
her it's the first."-N. Y. Sun.
There was a large and elegantly dressed
throng present to see Madeleine; or, The
Magic Kiss" at the Park theater in Brook
lyn. The first and second acts of the
opera had been finished without accident
or mishap and the heroine, Madeleine"
whom the program calls an unlissed maid,
had received her third kiss from the hero.
The audience was delighted at the hero's
luck in getting his third kiss. and as the
curtain was let down they settled them
selves back in their seats to chat about it.
The few rude men who go out between
the acts to get a drink of water had al
ready lett and the air was filed with low
conversation.
Suddenly there arose above the buzzing
not one but a succession Of shrieks. These
shrleks came and continued to come from
the left hand balcony box nearest to the
stage. All eyes were directed to this box.
In it were a man and a woman. The man
sat with blanched cheeks staring at the
woman while she stood upon a chair
screaming and shaking her skirts. The
audience did not know what TO make of
the strange sight. Finally the cause OF it
all appeared In the shape of rat. The
poor creature was more frightened than
the woman. 1t jumped upon the railing of
the box and ran up and down several
times. while the woman kept up her
screams.
The face OF her companion, when he
saw the rat, changed from white to a
deep red, and, taking hold Of the womans
arm. he tried gently to lift her from the
chair She wouldn't bulge an inch, but
KEEP screaming, while the poor rat half
frightened to death, stood still and stared
at her. This made the woman scream all
the more, made the audience laugh and
turned the color of the escorts face to
deeper red. The man finally let go the
woman's arm, and pulling out his hlndker-
chief advanced in a threatening attitude
toward the rat, yelling, "Shoo!' and
waving his handkerchief at 1t. The poor
rat let out pitiable squeak and made
movement as though to jump on the chair