The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10
FAR ROUGnER THAN FOOTBALL.
The Frcshmen's Ftght for a Cane
just what a Cane Ruch In.
Ieslie's Weekly.

since the institution or the American col
sege. away back In the last century. the
s.sshmah mas been denied certain prfv.l-
e6cs enjoyed ny upper-class men. As early
Is me beginning Of this century he Was
forbidden by the verbal law Of college
customs 10 smoke a pipe or carry a cane
tHsseh,s, me innovation OF the cane-ruS,
mas determined the question. ON the
snphomorss desoiyes the duty of enforcing
Snese laws. and their naughty method ~
HaHlng Their demands naturally causes III
tesitng between the two classes This rarf.
inmates IN the "cane-rush' which takes
place every fall
The hour set for the struggle having ar
rived, The students pour from the class
rooms ana come streaming across the
campus TO the scene OF contest Here the
eonhomores and the freshmen are lined
up facing each other. ten yards apart. Re
tween these two lines three picked saubo
mofes and three pickad freshmen ar, 81 a .
tioned. with firm grasp on the coveted
cane. presented 10 them hy tho Junior
lass. leaders OF the classes so along
Their respective lines exhnrtinr thel- men
TO nght 10 the bitter end All being in
READINGS. senior steps into the ring pis-
toi IN hand There Is momentary silence
and you can see the firm eager expreesxIon
on the faces OF both sides
AT THIS moment the pistol cracks and
the opposing glasses. which have been
stfaining forward, poised on their toes.
launch themselves ahead 10 The ASSISTANCE
or their classmates. There Is = lnariens
OF rushing and crash They have met
Then follows congiumeFat taw-a chaos
or bodies, arms and Eggs saniruiinr ktrk
Ing. tearing. and ripping insiiSertlslfna,alx
10 reach the eane Freshmen are nuissA
out from underneath ~ the hssSis. sonho~
mures are dragged out from the yile. both
recover themselves. and with a rush and a
jump have Owed again Into the middle. Of
TIE mass Men on the Bottom hesrin 10
smother. Some have 10 lea so az fh., a ne
snd struggle fer AIR. Others, ground dawn
INTO the earth. only cling more desperately
Each mar = ssraintng u reach ihe cane
~ the bottom OF The heap FHrtaux AT ~.
essfance. sorne become reckless and use
Violent means % procedure. bGs arr. quick
~ Withdrawn froSn Tie pile by upprr-clasS
men ana pui outside the iiass
The struggle continues unAhste~i fa~ Ave
minutes then the pistol cracks sq1 tAa
onper~ciass men stream forward and haul
the cntang ed and loose men ssgf the hsan
In any Way they can. untA the naff-sitxaa
men below are brought tn the surface All
but shoso Who undsnlahly have ths.s hansfx
ON the cane being renewed Tire hands are
counted. and all are IN suspense To hear
the result \ Mild ShaSY from The frsss-
men announces yhern "a v.~thrx The.
march tuhNansiv around TIE sagn,ssts
haunting the sorhomeres en- their defeat
Eut !; IS hsrt2-garnsd victory az thslr
hleody faces ard torn clothes testify The
freshmen Win nv - Soare cf eleven "a ZEN =
IL tae eIstctal a-naunsVsnasf and ;fse sta
dents retlTV 70 theig respective ftepArt.
nsenfS after as exciting q nVe Ff7Sntssss as
H. ever given "A human beng % witness