The sun., 1899-05-21
TRINITY SOPHS CHASTENED.
MOST OF THE SUSPENDED CLASS
RETURNS TO COLLEGE WORK.

1ne Sen1OTt ana ffebnmtn, hCtlnR InOer
the Spur of Alumni. Have solemnIy AboI-
ishcd HazinE and tho Faculty Commuted
the Sentence of the Sophomores Ten
Dnys-somo RebslIious Spirits scorn tho
Peace OfferinR-The story OF the Trouble.
HARTFORD. Conn, May 2O-Trinity College
and its sophomores have suspended hostilities.
The faculty, the graduates. and most OF the
undergraduates, even the belliRerent and SELF
martyred sophomores. hope that their cruel
war is over. All but four or five OF the suspend
cd sophomore class have accepted the commu-
tation OF sentence granted by the faculty at the
instance OF the New York alumni. and have re-
turned to their studies. thirty days from the
time when their enforced absence began. A
few, seeking heroic revenge. will remain
away for the full period OF forty days. In
accordance with the terms OF the original
decree. The faculty Ia not vlsby cast down
by the herceness Of these young men In getting
even. The faculty regards the matter Of 80
little Importance TO the sophomores, that one
reverend professor has lightly compared IL to
that OF q small boy who has been locked In a
dark closet for some iniantile crime. and who,
when told he can come out, turns his face to
the wall. refusing to emerge and making loud
lamentations. all in the hope that his cruel
mother will repent OF having punished him.
And. as this reverend professor put it. the
faculty has not as yet decided to suspend col
lege exercises until the young men return"
The class OF 1901 was suspended as body
by vote OF the faculty taken at its meeting on
the Monday before the Easter vacation. The
disoiplining Of an entire class by suspension Is
q measure OF almost unprecedented severity
for an Eastern college. In Western colleges the
FREQ and independent atmosphere Of the prai-
rios has moved undergraduates to do things
hat Hn u,tnh I'm Iyia hta
TO their preceptors. But OF all colleges in New
England such stern and sweeping action was
least OF all to be anticipated. college men say.
at peaceful. churchly Trinity.
The trouble began. everybody agrees. when
the class OF 1902 matrculated last fall. II is
unnecessary, almost. to say that 1902 was con-
sidered to be tho freshest" freshman class
that ever passed entrance examinations at
Trinity. Every freshman class. everywhere. is
alwaye the freshest class that ever was. But
Trinity 1902 must have been extraordinary in
tho exuberance OF It's verdancy. man very
we'll acquainted with Trinity affairs was asked
to-day. In all innocence whether 1902 was. as
usual with freshmen. " the freshest that ever
came to college" sad. panied expression
spread over his face and he said gravely
I'm afraid they were a great deal fresher
than that"
II reports OF their conduct be veracious then
II was indeed q scandal to all friends OF tradi-
tion and academic decency. Not only did they
attempt to go abroad wearing the forbidden
pipe In their unauthorized faces. and, by thus
assuming the badge OF seasoned colegians.
bring great reproach upon the whole under
graduate body. but it was noised about the
campus that some members OF the class
presumed to carry canes when calling upon
the young women Of Hartford. The sopho-
mores were twitted about it by the young wo-
men until they were really worried about the
matter. or course they had not allowed the
freshmens misbehavior to go unrebuked. A few
pipes were confiscated and few canes were
broken. But the freshmen were not restrained.
Not as individuals. but as q body they were
universally disrespectful TO those whose ira
qtional duty 1t was to teach them to be humble.
aser ootss bsK ds
nounced. reviled and ridiculed the class OF 1901
with song and shouting.
Matters reached such a state that the Junior
class. the guard ans and mentors OF the fresh
men. murmured and threatened to withdraw
denee. but by the, exercise OF strategy. by
ncient to Insure projection and by avoiding all
internecine strife that would weaken them In
oarshed ike the sreenes Of r green s.afs bay trees
Under the erieyous burden OF subduing and
no spea aeep clans and f Ses
and the contumely with which they felt the
ceeding sore. They planned to right ali their
wr3ngs with one grand coup 1t is the custom
men to give dinner to the juniors at some
time during the winter term: 1t IA likewise
possible to make that dinner a flzzle and
failure. and to prevent 1t altogether II 1t may
Sp6S Rm r6@ 6saa
ipnocents Immediately Thereafter, eioryins in
10 hnH ia lie
until the heathen in their pride should attempt
The heathe on the other hand. turned aside
from all other forms Of nefarious activity and
way to have their dinner without sophomore
}ptertersnee They went SO far % as to have
with misleading dates and places named in
them. They printed one. set OF cards with the
aned nnn the pade dnns4 hs
date sed ID upon pe finally Eas Feb H. The din
dsy after the junior BALI bali s' The next SH day day
%srf TO- The hs
were. the freshmen potters figured. that the
I s hn as 20 Nsf st cS%e Snce
from their beds to the examination room. The
hs %hsn S2 pans pams
lsaden and liteless; The grass was limp. Moth;
tbst there were few if any. freshmen anywhere
about. The alarm spread at onoe that the
freshmen had escaped and had gone off for
their dinner with the juniors. < few stray
freshmen were found and were Immediately
confined under guard in Jarvis Hall. There
Many members Of the class had already gone
away to stay over Sunday and to take advantage
pf q holiday on the following Monday Trinity,
by the way. observes not only all the national
Protestant Episcopal Church as swell We'll. But M en-, en-
thusiasm accomplished as much as numbers
might have done. Within two hours it was
discovered that number OF the freshmen
bad been seen going in the direction of-New
Britain. Nine out OF thirty-eRh sopno-
mores were mustered for the pursuit.
teen freshmen We're, found on the reg
lster OF the Russwin. With hungry screams Of
10y the sophomores opened cry on the hot trail.
They found the freshmen Mt a matinee in the
town opera house in unsuspectng enjoyment
oi cheap melodrama. With great considera-
ton for the rest OF the audience. the sopho-
mores waited until the end OF the performance.
The row that followed their descent upon the
freshmen were at their wits ends for fright.
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