New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-09
SHUT UP IN A STABLE.
TEN INDIGNANT COLUMBIA sOPHO-
MORES KIDNAPPED BY FRESHMEN

BUT WERE OBLIGED TO BE CONTENT WITH
CRACKERS AND sEI.TZER-AN EXCITING
CHASE AFTER ONE POOR CoIIEGIAN
That intermnable feud between college fresh
men and sophomores broke out again last night.
1t shows Itself periodically in different parts
OF the country-this time 1t was at Columbia.
The sophomores had arranged to have dinner
at Morellos last evening. Committees had been
appointed, speakers selected and menu cards
covered with appropriate quotations had been
printed
In some way the vigilant freshmen got wind
OF all this and with true freshman spirit de-
cided to call halt. The freshmen say they
learned about the dinner through their own
craftiness. The sophomores assert that those
ever-fathful friends Of the freshmen. the jun
Tors. were responsible for passing the quiet tip
as to what was going on.
AT any rate, yesterday noon. F. b. Lefferts
and F. Fl. Boyesen. the freshman president and
secretary. had luncheon at Moreo's hot on
the trail. The confidence Of a waiter
cured. and from him confirmation OF the
sophomore dinner rumor obtained
Then they went back to the university at For
the freshmen they could find into parties Of five
or six. The hunt for sophomores was on in ear
nest. The first prey that crossed their path was
s. A. Fowler. the sophomore president. and an
other sophomore named MADAM. The capturing
party caught them at Fifteth-st and Madison
ave. Fowler hustled into a cab MADAM fol-
lowed shouting Police" but the police didn't
appear. Another cab was obtained and
MADAM thrown into It,
HOW 1T WAS SOLVED.
The mighty question then arose Where were
the prisoners to be kept? Fortunately. the class
of 1900 numbers among its more loyal members a
son Of ex-Mayor William X. Grace. Fortunately.
also Mr.. Grace has large private stable at No.
124 East Seventy-ffth-st. Thither the prisoners
of war were conveyed. In the meantime an
other freshman crowd corralled Moffat, who.
they had learned. was to be the postmaster at
the evenings dinner He. too. was taken to the
prison in exMayor Grace's stable.
chubbyfaced little sophomore named FAX
had sought to escape his pursuers by boarding
a Madison-ave. car small panic followed
Women screamed: They'll kill the little fellow
and Did you such brutes." while all
the passengers joined in stampede to get out
of the car Fak was finally subdued and sent
away to join his companions In misery at the
stable.
Five or six other sophomores Jared similarly,
and after general roundup. it was found that
in all ten Of the woudbe diners were in the
tolls Some persistent in their appeals
for mercy that they were paroled, after signing
q document to the effect that they would not at
tend the dinner or go near Moreos
Four large box stalls in the basement were sci
apart for the prisoners. When Tribune re-
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freshman jailers invited him to come down
stairs and see the animals" Modan. Fowler.
Falk and Mosenthal In a stall playing
seven-up on a soapboX, while the freshmen
danced about in wild glee and hurled taunts
at their captvas Other freshmen upstairs
were having a small dinner OF their own. as
couple of empty beer cases bore abundant test
mony. All entrances to the building were
guarded. and an extra precaution two-inch
hose was held in readiness to give any over
jealous sophomore wet reception.
ALL THE MENU CARDS GONE.
Not satisfied with keeping sophomores away
from the feast. three freshmen went to Morello's
In the afternoon and. representing themselves as
sophomores. sent to perfect the final arrange
ments for the dinner. obtained from Mr. Mo- !
relic all the menu cards. These they decorated |
with suitable inscriptions consgning 1899 10 |
realms below. and otherwise showing their
contempt for all belonging to that class.
look into Moreo's about II p. m. would |
not have suggested any of the afternoons ex
citing proceedings. About hundred sopho- |
mores were filing themselves with dinner and |
other things stopping occasionally to sing or
give a cheer for their unhappy classmates who
were PLAYING seven-up on a soapbox. with moth
ing save crackers and siphon Of vichy. be-
tween them POSTMASTER was in charge. who
seemed to fill that part TO satisfaction, and a
much more extensive Kidnapping could have
taken place without seriously interruptng fes-
tvities.
The sophomoreG by way of having their own
little part IN the kidnapping game went out just
before sitting down to supper and collected nVe
freshmen who live in the neighborhood. These
were brought in and compelled to sing and recite
poems and oratons amid the boots and jeers OF
the "sophs."
The freshmen at the stable were in high glee.
Thed had won the cane rush. had their own class
supper and broke up the sophomores feed" they
thought. and if there's any time when the cup
of the freshman runneth over 1t Is after any
such succession OF happenings as here chronicled
The sophomores, the other hand tried to
overlook everything. and thought that they had
much the better OF the contest. The question
will doubtless never be settled. but after it's all
over everybody concerned. even the men who
STAYED IN the box stall, will say that they
wouldn't have missed it for anything.