The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-02
BOYS BREAK HEADS
KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
AND GLASS NAY POLES.

AND GLASS MAY P0LES.
freshmen and Juniors Rally Around Their
Pole and Try to Mako Every P.sser-by
Take on His Hat to IL. But Some. TELL
Like. Refuse, and are Grabbed and
Made to Kiss the Old ThioE-A General
Racket Follows, Which Grows Into =
Battle In Which There are Torn Clothes
and Cracked Heads.
Lawrence. Kan. May 1.-The annual
May day scraps took place on the Uni
versity campus this morning and in
The halls Of the main building. As this
was the last school day OF the week. the
affair was set for this morning instead
o. tomorrow.
All during the night the freshmen and
sophomores hunted each other on the
nill. the sophomores doing their best TO
prevent the freshmen from planting the
pole on The campus. But by some ma
neuvering the freshmen finally were cue
cessful and put a long iron PIPE with
a flag, which was made for the oc-
casion by freshmen girls, on top Of
same.
Early this morning a large crowd Of
freshmen and juniors assembled around
the pole and endeavored to make all
pa ssers take OFF their hats TO the class
flag. Those that objected were imme-
aiately seized and taken TO the shrine
and made 10 kiss the pole.
This finally led 70 some opposition. A
crowd OF sophs. senior and junior laws.
made a dash for the object OF freshman
vene;ation, and Burdick. law student.
and Voigts, the football man. jumped
over the heads of the class men and be-
gan the struggle for the flag. The pole
was bent and broken TO pieces and the
mass Of students pulled and hauled
around over a large part OF the campus
and finally rolled down the west side
OF the hill. Clothes were torn. hats lost
and faces generally bruised. II was a
great sight Some freshmen managed
10 get away with what was left OF the
nag and Ned toward McCook field. hot
ly pursued by sophomores.
The other students went towards the
main building. where an effigy OF the
class Of SO was swaying TO and fro on
a telegraph wire. cut II down and made
a bonfire. This did not appease the stu
dents. however.
In the main hall the Arts students
made a rush toward the law department
and the two law classes, which were
in the meantime holding Rotations.
rushed out and swept the Arts classnen
from the hall by a big rush. After this,
things quieted down until about II. when
the Arts students once more repeated
their tactics on the law boys. The1aws.
accepting tie challenge. rushed ont and
a regular pitched battle took place.
Clothes were torn, some hurt and big
wrestling match was in progress when
the 1anitors tried to turn the hose on the
seething mass. Before this could be
done some Of the boys tied the hose In
knots and the water leaked around the
hall. but did no particular damage Pro-
lessor Green finally called hostilities of
and quiet was restored.
MhS. LEASE
II has been charged that A,chison Is
not lecture town. Not hundred peo- |
pie turned out last night to hear Mary |
E. Lease lecture on Christ or Caesar"
Her coming. however. was we'll adver- |
Used. Mrs. Lease has many roles. and /
m this lecture she appears as the apostle /
Il peace Those who have heard her ad- /
rise people to raise more hell. and have /
known her to champion the cause Of /
he, anarchist, were surprised at talk
hat advocated so much Of the teachings
u Cnrist. opposed to the war-like tactics /
" the demi-eod. Caesar. She was re-
Sarded BY faint applause. when abe
,ahei over Cuba on the back OF the bird
Il freedom. and again when she deman-
led that in future men should be gov
.rned by the same code OF morals that
govern women. The men applauded this
o please their wives. Mrs. Lease is a
'ery clever woman. and a ready talker.
;ne was dressed in black. and her ap-
,earance in Atch.son will always be re-
nembered for one thing: she wore thu
irst hustle seen in A;ohison this spring.
,he made no attempt 20 be humorous.
nd her lecture was evidently studied.
he is more entertaining a. an off-hand
aiker than as lecturer. II Mrs Lease
would give up her anarchist notions. she
you'd take high rank intellectually. and
5 no doubt.
Mrs. Lease went 70 P,attsourR. Mo-,
his morning, where she will lecture to-
light. Her lectures, as rule. are under
ne auspices OF the James NJ Long bu-
eau, formerly Redpath's, but her Atch-
son engagement was an extra" Mr..
eaton made his arrangements directly
-i:h Mrs. Lease, and the reputation OF
he speaker vas depended upon solely
D draw a crowd. She knew OF A.chi-
on's reputation es a lecture town. and
robabIy had somme hopes of smash
* the record by drawing a large audi
nee. She was In good spirits a. the
epor. this morning. notwithstanding
le small audience which turned ou. 20
ear her last night. Mrs Lease - Still
resident OF Wichita. The story that
1s had become resident OF New York
originated from the fact ina.
1e made her home ther. with her son.
harley Lease. while filing lecture en-
sgensntS along the Atlantic coast. !
harley Lease is engaged in the cleo
iczi supply business N New York. and
ong well.
FATHER FINDS DAUGHTER.
Top1ka. Kan. MAY The Parse,
IN says: Parsons was the scene o.
athletic iacident Monday ina: well H. I.
straies that fiction aion. does not fu--
en- al tie r1n.anc-s worthy o, The a.
n;.on OF ne public. that lie it-~i, 1. /.
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