The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31
A HAzlNG LARK COMES HIGH.
TWO STUDENTS EXPELLED AND
FOURTEEN SUSPENDED.

BeIIefOnte, Pa, the Scene of the
Notwithstanding the College Can
non, the Boys Went to n House in
the Village and Demanded That
Two Freshmen boarding There he
Turned Over TO Them-The House
Badly Damaged by VOIIey From
the Cannon.
Bellefonte. Pa, Oct. SO.-Two students
have been expelled from the state college
and fourteen indefinitely suspended for
hazinf. And in addition most of them, or
may be all of them, may yet get into the
criminal courts before the affair is en-,
tirely a an end.
As is usual at the opening Of each COL
lege year, the higher men undertook to
initiate the freshman (and there were
great many of them this year, in the
usual way by giving each one a good haz-
ing. For several weeks all went along
without a jar, the old students were hav-
ing their fun at the expense of the new
men, and, though the college authorities
attempted to suppress it, they were never
able to find out who the participants
were.
Among the freshmen were two broth
ers who had taken room and board in
the family of Daniel Shivery, in the vii
lage, near the college The students
were unable to catch these two to
give them the proper initiation. And
thus matters stood for some time, until
one night recently, when a large crowd
of the higher classmen got together and
surrounded the house of Mr. Shivery,
and demanded the surrender into their
A.. mi.
mand was refused, whereupon the crowd
opened fire with one of the college can
non they had surreptitiously taken with
them, and which had been loaded with
stones, old tomato cans, and almost all
kinds of dirt, right at the house. Win
dows were broken, furniture inside Of
the house was badly damaged, and the
outside of the house was so badly de-
faced and besnirched that II was almost
impossible to tell its original color. Two
shots were fired, by which time all the
inmates of the house were pretty badly
frightened. except Mr.. Shivery, and one
of the students.
Each of them seized a -barreled
shotgun and sailed forth into the crowd,
under pain of being fired into If they re-
fused. Acting with discretion, the crowd
began to withdraw, attempting to take
with them the cannon, but the owner
of the property ordered them to leave
that and they had no other recourse.
The cannon Mr.. Shivery held as ran
som until MS iOSS anu udiid5S may 10
made good.
The names of most OF the students taxi
ing part In this nights work were known
and reported to the faculty. They were al
once taken in hand by the college author
tiles and two of the number, the ringlead-
ers. were expelled and under such cloud
that they win be unable to enter any OF
the colleges in the United States, and four
teen others were suspended indefinitely.
When this was done 1t was thought that
IL might be the end of 1t, but 1t seems
that this is not the case.
Mr.. Shivery, not yet being reimbursed
for the damage to his property, came to
BeIefonte and consulted an attorney, with
the result that he was informed that he
had a very strong case against the young
men in the criminal courts. He decided,
however, to give them one more chance
TO settle. and the participants have been.
notified that if they will pay all costs &C
cumulated so far, repair the damage o
the house and in the aggregate pay a III he
of 81 900, the matter will be allowed to
drop; if they fail to do this, they will IKE
" all be arrested and tried al the CON ing
term of the November court In this ~ ace.
The affair is greatly deplored by the
friends of the college hereabouts, but
there is this one redeeming feature in
it, and that is the prompt and sun mary
manner IN which the college auth critics
dealt with the guilty parties, thus posi-
lively emphasizing to all students that
in the future hazing as a means f initat-
ing would not be tolerated up.der any
conditions.