The herald., 1895-05-02
Hazing in the Southern CalifOr-
MIA University
THE VICTIM A THEOLOGIAN
The Hazers All Punished by the
Faculty
Il Occurred on Wednesday Night Of Last
Week, Immediately Following the
Illuminated Parade of La Fiesta

has had its first case of genuine hazing,
the victim being G. w. Bollen. student
in the theological class. who is entered
upon the books of the institution as hail
ing from Murrietta.
Bolen entered the university only few
weeks ago, his object being to work
his way through college. His strong
hobby appeared to be strong antagon-
ism to the Catholic church. and to Cath
olcs as a sect. He claimed to Lave made
an especial study OF his subject, and was
wont to regale his fellows so they assert,
with most wonderful tales of his pet aver
sion. : Some of his fellow students,
about twenty of them SO it is in
knowing university circles alleged.
conceived the idea of taking the
starch out of Bollen,' as is the way
they put it, by initial ng him into
the secret workings of what purported to
be the A. G. A., (Anti-Catholic associa-
tion.) The invitation Bollen eagerly ac-
cepted, with the result that on Wednes-
DAY night, during Fiesta week, imInedl-
ately after the parade, the young
theologian was met by 4 committee of
Young cons piIators who escorted him to
what he supposed was to have been the
temple OF the secret organization OF which
ne dSDlTeu 10 DtCOHlc u ItlllDeI. mere
the VICTIM after being blndfolded. was
walked through several fields, across
empty lots and lifted over fences. The
prelininaries in the initiation had taken
place in the basement OF the university
building, where the victim, after being
entirely disrobed. was branded with
female head upon his breast. Then he
was chased along Figueroa street
for several miles. Bolen was next low
cred slowly into large windmill tank.
Then his hands and feet were tied and he
was raised into an eucalyptus tree, being
laiu across the branches without support.
His tormentors stood grouped about under
their victim to rescue him in case he
should fall from his position. After
Bollen had been again taken to the
lodge room" he was given two seidlitz
powders, and then came the taking of
the oath. "
Bollen having been again bandaged.
once more faced his tormentors. The
A. c.. A. constitution was then read to
him and he was made to swear that he
would during the whole OF his term do
everything in his power to Withstand
Catholic influences in the college. 1t was
with difficulty that he spoke, because the
powders would continually boil up and
choke his utterances.
After this be wes 6 ven the signs. grip,
etc., and several students were pointed
out to him rs rabid Catholics: and he
ware. Bollen remarked that he could lick
any three Catholics in the school,
Nitrate of silver was the ointment
used by the fellow students upon Bollen,
who neglected to remove it from his per-
son. with tue result that few days later
he was complaining of a pain in the
chest. The victim had by this time be-
come aware of the alleged ''joke'' prac-
ticed upon himself and he straightway
laid complaint OF the facts before the
faculty of the university. The latter made
an investigation into the matter; every
member OF the Chawser (not Chaucer)
Club was submitted to vigorous
cross s-eXaminatioE, all claiming en-
TIRE ignorance OF the proceedings,
until the name OF G. E. D. Ballou, a stu
dent hailing from Montalvo, was reached.
Ballou broke down. and as result OF his
confession he himself was suspended for
one day, while philo Jones of Ontario,
manager OF the University Courier A. p.
Thomson of this city, c. +. Mort OF Ri
alto, G. Z. Carver and p. H. Newman of
Vista, San Diego county; 9. T. Heinman
of Long Beach and W. I. Petit of Ven
tura were each suspended for ten days.
The RESI- OF the hazers, some fifteen other
students were not punished al all.
The students accused insist that they
had not the least idea of harming Bollen,
and he is himself inclined to be some
what charitable in the premises, as he
yesterday made Business Manager Jones
of the University Courier the following
statement:
so far as it concerns the seriousness of
the injury done me. the story of the haz-
ing Is not altogether true. The whole
thing, L now KNOW was a college Joke.
Barring the fact of the results of the
brand placed on my breast, which were
entirely unforeseen, there was nothing
done to which | would take serious OBJ
lection.
II
idea that the liquid would cause any
harm, and as soon as it became necessary
for ME to consult physician they volun-
tarily offered to bear the expense. and
this all before the faculty had taken any
hand in the matter.
Il have to say, further. that the district
sattorney did not put me off as | told
! him distinctly that did not then desire
, to have Il complaint issued. | am entirely
! satisfied in the matter now. since the
. boys did the square thing in Offering to
hassume my DOCTORS bill.
Some one is making an unwarranted
fand unauthorized fuss about this matter
L did not desire that it should be taken
tup, even by the faculty. The whole thing
+, has been made entirely too much of, as it
was all only collge initiation in which
myself would have willingly engaged as
lnltator, excepting the placing of d
liquid on my breast the powers of which
were not entirely understood, and this |
consider as having been done simply and
purely without any suspicion that it
would have any unpleasant result. I an
ticipate no permanent effect, and in fact
am about all right now
The physician in attendance upon
Bollen does not consider his INJURIES Sc
rious. The victim of the hazing at first
sought to institute criminal proceedings
against his tormenters, but he has given
up this idea, and may proceed against
them for civil damages The students
responsible for the presumed fun" in
the matter have been glad enough to pay
for Bollen's s medical attendance.