The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-31
THE RESULTS OF HAzINC
Students at State College Will Pay
Dearly for Their Fun.
STORNlNG or SHIVERY HOUSE
Iinzcrs Fire Dccaycd Tomatoes and
Stones nt q Boarding llOusc-Put
to Flight by ShotSuns-TwO
Students Expelled.

Bellefonte, Pa, Oct. 30.-Two stu
dents have been expelled from the
State college and fourteen indefinitely
suspended for haZing. In addition the
most of them, or may be all of them,
may yet get into the criminal courts
before the affair is entirely at an end.
AS Is usual at the opening of each
college year, the higher men under
took to initiate the freshmen, and there
were a great many of them this year,
in the usual way of giving each one a
hazing. For several weeks all went
along without a jar. The old students
were having their fun at the expense
of the new men, and, though the col
lcSe 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
village, near the college. Try as they
might the students were unable to
catch these two to give them the prop
er initiation. And thus matters stood
for some time, until one night recent
ly. when a large crowd of. the higher
class men got together and surrounded
ed the surrender into their hands of
the two young men.
The demand was refused, whereupon
the crowd opened fire with one of the
college cannons they had dsurreptitiously
taken with them, and which had been
loaded for the occasion with stones,
old tomatoes and most all kinds of
dirt, right at the house. Windows
were broken. furniture inside of the
house was badly demolished, and the
outside Of the house was SO defaced and
besTdrched that ii was almost impossi-
BILE to tell Its original color.
Rctrcatcd Before Shotguns.
Two shots were fired. by which time
all the inmates of the house We're bad
ly frightened except Mr.. Shivery and
one Of the students. Each of them
hastily seized a double-barrelled shot
gun and sailed forth into the crowd,
demanding their immediate withdraw
al, under threats of being fired into
N they refused. Acting with discre-
tion the hazers began to Withdraw, at
tempting to take with them the can
non. The owner of the property or
dercd them to leave that, and they had
no other recourse, and the cannon, Mr.
shiVery held as a ransom until his
loss and damage may be made good.
The names of most of the students
taking part in this nights work were
known and reported TO the faculty
They were at once taken in hand by the
college authorities. and two of the
number, the ringleaders. expelled, and
under such cloud that they will be
unable to enter any other college In
the United States. and fourteen others
were suspended Indefinitely.
Mr.. Shivery came to Bellefonte and
consulted an attorney, and was in
formed that he had very strong case
against the young men In the criminal
courts. He decided. however, to give
them one chance to settle, and the
participants have been notified that II
they will pay all costs accumulated so
far, repair the damage to the house,
and in the aggregate pay a fine Of
$1,000, the matter will be allowed to
drop; II they fail to do this. they will
likely all be arrested and tried at the
coming term of November court In this
place,