The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-31
EXPELLED FOR HAZING.
sIXTEEN STJDENTs IN PESNSTL-
VlNIf IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
They Did Much Damage tn Property While
Trying to Initiate Freshmen and
May be Prosecuted.

BELLEFONTE. PA. Oct. 3o-Two stu
dents have been expelled from the State
College and fourteen indefinitely sus-
pended for hazing. and in addition most
OF them, or maybe 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 undertook TO Initiate the
freshmen (and there we're a great many
Of them this year.. i'm the usual way, by
giving each one a good 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 college authorities attempted
TO suppress il. they were never able TO
find out who the participants were.
Among the freshmen were two brothers
who had taken room and board I'm the
family of Daniel Shivery, in the village
near the college.
csNSoSADsD The HOUSE.
Try as they might. the students were
unable to catch these two TO give the
proper initiation" and thus matters
went on for some time, until one night
recently, when a large crowd OF the
higher class men got together, and sur
rounded the house OF MIR. Shivery. and
demanded the surrender into their hando
OF the two young men. The demand
was refused. whereupon the crowd open
ed fire with one OF the college cannon
they had surreptitiously taken with them
and which had been loaded for the
occasion with stones, old tomato-cans.
and most all kinds Of dirt, right at the
house. Windows were broken, furni-
ture inside OF the house was baby de-
mollshed. and the outside Of the house
was so deiaced and besmrchcd that IL
was almost impossible to tell It's original
color
Two shots were fred during which time
all the inmates of the house were pretty
badly frightened, except Mr.. Shiyery and
one or the students. Each OF them had
a double-barrelle1 shotgun. and sailed
forth into the crowd, demanding their
immediate withdrawal under threats or
being fred into If they refused 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 q ransom until his loss
and damage may be made good.
The names OF most OF the students tax
Ing part in this nights work were known
and reported to the faculty They were
also taken In hand BY the college authori-
leaders. expelled. and under such cloud
that they will be unable TO enter any OF
the colleges I'm the United States. and
fourteen others We're suspended indeu-
nitely. When this was done. It was
thought that it might be the end of IT,
but II seems that IL is not to be.
PAY UP OK Br PROSECUTED.
Mr. Shivery. not yet being reimbursed
for the lamage TO his property, came 20
Bcllefonte and consulted an attorney
with the result that he was Informed that
he had a very strong case against the
young men I'm the criminal courts. He
decided. however, TO give them one chance
10 settle. and the participants have been
notified that II they will pay all costs ac-
so FAR. repair the damage 10
the house, and, I'm the aggregate, pay a
fine OF sl,0c. the matter Will be allowed
TO dorp. II they fail to do this. they Will
likely all be arrested and tried at the
coming term OF November court in this
place.
The affair Is greatly deplored BY the
friends of the college hereabouts, but
there is this one redeeming feature In II,
and that is the prompt and summary
manner in which the college authorities
dealt with the guilty parties, thus posi-
lively emphasizing TO all students that
I'm the future hazing as n means OF initat- |
Ing the new men at the State College
was 10 be strictly thing OF the past and |
would not be tolerated under any condi- |
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