The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-06
THE HAZuNG OF ULYSSES III.


The grandson Of Gen. Grant has been
the means. perhaps tnnocentiy. OF se.
curing the dismissal from the West
Point military academy Of u cadet. His
association with the matter Is only In
teresting incidentally because OF his
srandsire; greater interest lies In the
circumstance that Gen. Fred Grant. his
father. won for himself the esteem Of
his fellows by personally appealing 10
Gen. Grant to remit the sentence Of two
young men who were 10 bc dismissed
for having haxed himself.
The hazing. In this particular case,
does not seem 10 have been very
serious II was made serious by
two ineidentals. one Of which was
that Col. Mills. the superintendent,
has expressed his determination 10
stamp out hazing, and the other
III that the offender had Just returned
to college after a years suspension for
having engaged In brutal haxing The
dispatches say that young Grant was
compelled to answer a lot Of senseless
questions. the Inference being that he
was 10 be hazed IL the replies were not
satisfactory. This would not hurt very
much. II is the punishment inflicted for
"A supposed failure To answer correctly
which has brought hazing into disrc-
pu,e. and crippled more than one un-
fortunate victim. One Of the favorIie
tasks set for a new cadet was 20 repeat
the Psalm of Life" which he H. d.
rected 10 deliver with appropriate but
lively gestures. OF course. n young
man feeling the dignity Of his new APP
pointmcnt IN apt TO be mortified by be-
ing made to cut such ridiculous figure
A graduate tells the story Of a peculiar.
and II must be confessed torturing,
cruelty. When a boy Ia about 10 be APP
pointed from some town. the local pa
pegs are watched for the usual notices
They usually tell what pride the boy
has been to the community: how high
he stands la school: what a great base.
bah player he was. that he Will proba.
bly, be made "a corporal ns soon rs he
arrives at West Point. and ~ IN certain
that "a brilliant military future Ia open
before him. These newspaper notices
are roligiously cut out and saved when
h.. A.sr tfkt no. IN.
has been said gets into ''plebo" camp.
he flndE That his fame has preceded him.
lie In night after night mounted upon
barrel and forced 10 read over and over
again 20 an audience ~ aoinc fifty year-
iings all the nice things that the local
papers said about him,
II hazlns stopped at such hoyish
FRANKS IL would never be intcrferci
with In fact, this mildcr form 90 has.
ing IL usually called "bcdcyillug." and Il
IL 40 more. II "A boy. even the grand.
son 81 T. $ Grant. could no, stand that
sort ~ raillcfy he would not he made
- the material required for n good sol.
der
There has been malicious mischief
and permanent Injury done 20 young
men under the cover Of frelic. and no
public institution should tolerate such
practices, The resolution made hy cot
Mills 10 suppress haEinE has been made
before. hu, II has always failed II prob.
ably always viii fail u Ihc restrictions
are too rigid Moe, boys are disposed 10
MAKE n distinction between a mere
frnlic and brutal treatment. but ,hcre
IL always art to be one or more TIRE.
sponHiblc foo,s who do NOT know the
difference. and these should b. rigorous.
IS suppressed An appeal g. the honor
~ the students not tc abuse a reason
ahlc privilege would 40 more - abolish
The evils q hasing than wholesale or.
Der prohibiting every form ~ bayiah
fun.