The sun., 1899-05-21

| sophomores undertook the labor with cheer-
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ing full Of dinner and triumph, made lieht Of
such little disturbance OF their living arrange;
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at the failure Of the sophomores 70 stop the
| dinner and utterly refused to acknowledee
cab % dfSerS % S'TH" TRsy became SF NJ Even
the upper classmen were disGusted by their
Day sev went aSroaG eaS 0 Tie
and painted their class numerals yard high
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qnsnim imogs vote that there be a. "hasins bee"
dents dent Smith iiH to such functions. I committee
was appointed to think up stunts. Members
uSry s "fs resi- SF z oF the
the class. The might OF Wednesday. March 22.
vi" Five or six Of II The en- most obnosicus freshmen
and cele5ty late on that night and we're taken ,s,
from the college. its a large rectapgaiar ln:
closure. surr3unded by seven.foot high
the performances usual on such occasions. and
one or two OF a rather original nature, or such.
SE Sh sSSmsn WAS for 'GshS%SF0 SsoSss So
Shoulder" earsreS srSsnd The dog; pound after
sophomores were on their way back to college
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h eSf hS %rse SeSs sa essn
so be hazad and ri that the sa
after him they would have some fun"
and the fatigue caused by the work already
done. II was, decided on the spot to go to the
n of t sns syRhsf fpS ssSs
synhax not only declined S to come % oYt !, Of his
In the subsequent proceedings the door OF his
room was smashed In ana one OF his windows
was broken. Freshman syphax. however was
who did not cali for the police in time Of trouble.
nHs the hight eap March a3Woud ended
the strife between the classes and there would
But, as the m un happy star Of the, class Of 1901
would have 1t. Freshman syphax's smashed
d9or path Troubles Roe IT
very soon discovered that the college rules re-
ggaraing bazipg had b been brssseply 1h yi9hlated
parently reached some rather definite conclu-
sions as to who was responsible for tho
haGF H sdn Be WPser shSarS E. Psc
John X. Clement and James NJ; Hudson all
sophomores. to appear before him. Before
hasty consultation with the rest OF the class
1t was decided that they should all stand TO-
Y own actions a s or those S Of ANYBODY else Young
Yam De Water is the son OF well-knoWn New
York clergyman wholwas recently the Chaplain
OF regiment OF volunteers.
dent they found Prof Luther seated With him;
brought to his attention that the barbarous
and foolish practice Of hazing had recently
been revived P the foeGs The s9es strictly
az against inst it. It. He himself had striven to Blot out
the custom altogether, Did they or any one Of
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Sn tie qS6s q March 5S; Eadih sas ar s5ocE : El:
bani Thns TeTs aey o. tSe Sd ]
pated in any hazine Each one declined TO
answer They were told they would gain
said. were ali known to him; Still the four r.
fused to answer The President thought the
them an D'el opportunity I to Change their minds
The news set the college on fire with ind!Gna-
| tion. The feeling against the President was
seniors and juniors made as much fuss as the
freshmen FRESH men had had as a separate Indignation gather
| ing all by themselves. The general objection
sSsss oR % %nDe tn hs al ,ns TaS n
the United States. One Of the, college rules Is
to the effect that any student who refuses to
dent and two memb bers Of the faculty rem
| ders himself subject to suspension. There Is
vides that nothing in those rules shall be In
ct a. az ss son9s Si ny way WITH S S
| Constitution Of the United States. said the pn-
dergraduates. with eloquence. and under the
dormitores seethed all night. After chapel on
Ssd m he sseF hers M
2 Vibbert senior. son q the t, vicar OF Trinity
meeting were against the Presldents decision.
1t was said that the rule authorizing the, sus.
read o. to he when tSey
| culated. and that any one who signed 1t bad
done so without knowing OF its existence. One
| rule existed. and inasmuch as he had promised
| when he entered college to obey all the rules.
PresIdent's action. His remarks were greeted
Resolutions were drawn up to be presented
rnG EeEfhas Ehav sd IN t Van By
Water, Peck, Clement. and Hudson were sus-
from all recitatlons until the four sophomores
were restored to their class. 1t was an out-and-
y hsse at ss
| of the senior and junior classes. and small
| part OF the freshman class attended the meet;
signed the resolutions went about the place
| with long faces
at % the insubordination @ meeting eH Expressed du a
with the radical nature OF Its proceedings.
| They said that while they felt Individually
bound by the action, OF the college meeting
they wished the resolutions had not been quite
| 80 strong. The general order to do or die was
| considerably cooled by these conservative
counsels. Another meeting was called for Sun
| day night. The evening meeting was consid-
| erably larger than that ofthe morning The res
| olutons OF the morning meeting were formally
withdrawn. The meeting paused to heave O
unanimous sigh OF relief. It had come to the
| ears OF many Of the siRners In tbe meanwhile
| that President Smith had been told Of the reso-
| lutons. and had said that II the faculty found
| no students In the classrooms. the college had
| an income sufficient to justify II In worrying
| along for a while, without students; the pro-
fessors would study when they ceased to in
I've woke up" says a junior. Ito the sad.
sad realization that the doctor was making
The sophomores said that they as a class
would relieve the college of any and all re-
sponsiblity for the faculty's action on tho four
1901 men. The sophomores then went Into
effect that. so far as the hazinE was concerned.
| the entire class shared the guilt. The decision
| to haze the freshmen had been made at a class
| meeting Every member Of tho class had
| either participated in the hazing or had en-
couraged 1t. Furthermore. the petition is
said to have asserted that the action OF
| the four sophomores in refusing to answer
| uueStiOna ahOut the hnzin0 waa also in ar