The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-15
'pecial Correspondence to The Tribune.

Lafayette College. Easton, Pa, Oct.
l2.-College life has certain peculiar
charms that scarcely any other avoca-
ton in life can give. No one appre-
ciates this until he enters college and
Is initiated into the many arts and
games characteristic of student life.
The tricks of students are cleverlv
executed and the trials and tribula-
tions that some freshmen suffer are
sometimes harsh and cruel enough to
turn ones hair gray. Strange as 1t
may seem. the guilty ones are rarely
apprehended. Suppose a freshman is
taken out and given a first-class haz-
ing. l. e.. to relieve hin, of his clothes,
shake flour on him, paint his entire
| body with non-erasable mixture,
shampoo him with coal tar and give
him fine dressing besides humiliat-
ing him in an hundred different ways:
do you think that he would run to
tell the president or whoever is in
| charge. at once-no. not he.
After the hazing bee is over he will
go at once to his room and wash and
fix up and woe be unto him If he ever
reveals to the officials anything con-
| corning his case. If he should tell
and surely the participants would
pack his trunk and leave college at
once or sooner if possible. This hastv
departure on his part would relieve
him of much embarrassment and save
him from the wrath of the entire STU
| dent body. Such cases are rarities.
There is very little hazing of a cruel
character done these days. About the
| worst they do to a student who be-
| comes unbearable Is to place him
under the pump and give him a
drenching.
| ONE OF THE TRICKS.
| In speaking of tricks and games
| that are always played on innocent
| freshmen, recalls my entry into col
| lege when upper classmen came to me
and tried to sell me a gymnasium
ticket for three dollars. The tickets
were neat in appearance and We're
| sottn up in such a fashion as to easily
deceive newcomers. Scores of the
| freshmen bought the worthless tickets
| and whenever they entered the gym"
| thy produced their credentials and felt
| proud over them. It's amusing, how
ever, when a freshman discovers he
! has been fooled. He tries to hide his
resentfu feeling for the sneak who
| called his several dollars from him and
nine cases out of ten, if 'thev ever
meet in "scrap." the freshman will
make sure to get his kicks out of his
buncOer.
On Thursday last one of the finest
class scraps in years took place be-
and 4:3O o'clock and Pardee hall was
the centre of the fighting ground. 1t
is a solid rule laid down by the Sopho-
that M fras1,p,op nj 7,
their photograph taken at the east end
of Pardee hall until after matricula-
tion. After this it doesn't matter. In
order that the freshman may not steal
a march on the sophomores and arise
early and have it taken. the sopho-
mores have guards placed there from
sunrise until sunset and if they should
see crowd of freshmen marching to-
wards the forbidden place they would
at once raise the cry "all out naughty
three" and in very few seconds the
place would be filed with sophomores.
CAUGHT THE SOPHS MAPPING.
On Thursday last the majority of
sophomores attended the Nazareth fair
and left about thirty stawarts behind.
never realizing that the wideawake
freshmen would take advantage of
their absence and make an attempt
at having their class picture taken.
AT o'clock sharp, one hundred and
thirty freshmen marched in solid
body around Pardee hall to the east
end. AS soon as they were discovered,
all kinds of alarms We're given to get
the sophomores out, and true to their
class, every available sophomore was
on hand.
Just then the photographer hove in
sight and before the freshmen could
surround him the burly "sophs" took
his plates and exposed them. First
blood for the "sophs." We "freshies"
We're not to be outwitted and soon dis
patched student after another photo
grapher. This fellows name is john
son and he came upon the scene about
twenty-five minutes later carrying his
camera on his shoulder. AS soon as
the students saw him they all rushed
at him and fortunately the freshmen
arrived first and encirclsd him. This
was in front of the observatory. The |
"soDhos" attacked the "freshies"
viciously, but We're repulsed Then the
march commenced for the east end
of Pardee. All along the distance |
there was fierce slugging. The "fresh-
les" would carry a big ''soph" out and |
sit on him and then the fun commenced |
in real earnest.
PHOTOGRAPHER FRIGHTENED.
Nearer and nearer came they TO tie |
coveted place At last they arrived |
and great many thought by the |
shivering of the photographer" that |
he wouldn't survive the excitement.
Surrounded by almost eighty freshmen
while the remainder fought with the |
sophomores, Mr.. Johnson trembled and |
shook like leaf. AT last most of the |
"sophs" were lying op the grass with |
freshmen sitting upon them and amid
intense excitement and the shouts of
jubilant freshmen that echoed and re-
echoed across the distant hills, the
picture of the class of 1900 was taken.
This is the first perfect freshmen pic
ture taken in years, After the picture
was taken, the trouble began again
and the freshmen had to escort Mr..
Johnson all the way back to his shop
and place guard there all night for
fear of the angry sophomores breaking
in and destroying the plate. When
the absent sophomores returned from
Nazareth there was weeping and
gnashing of teeth" and rumor had it
next day that some poor "freshies"
performed many stunts" that night
for the enraged "sophs' as "a balm for
their wounded pride.
The foot ball team of Lafayette is
rapidly rounding into great form.
Followers of the maroon and white"
recall last years glorious victories