, 1900-10-15

The six young ladies who consti-
tutethe gentle and dulcet part of the
senior class in the university are said
to be upon the narrow, shaky and peril
GUS edge of hysteria. Betwixt def
ance and fear they are unhappy; and
between the president and the jani-
tor they may possibly renew their
home ties in a somewhat unexpected
and precipitous fashion. Still the sword
of Damocles that is suspended over
their heads may not fall, for fate is
usually kind to sweet girl graduates
with golden hair"
1t is a pretty little story and shows
that though the boys may not be able
to get up a cane rush or steal the bell
or do any Of the things that are sup
posed to be quite the thing in a well
established college, the girls have still
enough spirit to start a rough house
at any time. That's what it was in
this case-a rough house, with the fit
accomplishments of "Therell be a hot
time and my gal is a high bohn
lady" And the university is all stir
red up owe it..
How It Happened.
The girls of the senior class as be-
fitted their dignity, had a study room
on the third floor of the college build
ing. 1t a nicely furnished, chiefly
at the expense of the girls themselves,
they say. There were easy chairs and
lounges and curtains and
and pictures, all the most ar
tistic and classical. 1t was a nice
place to study. The atmosphere was
redolent of poetry and impregnated
with art and fairly reeking with sci
ence and philosophy. The surround
senior class were bound to distinguish
themselves and indeed their records in
the class room were full of promise of
brilliant termination OF their college
careers But alas and alas. The ozone
at the height of the third floor of the
university building is too electric. The
spirits of the close of the nineteenth
century are too brisk. The bounding
energies Of the class of 1901 were too
untamed. Things broke loose.
They RebelIed.
The girls were reprimanded once for
the too free expression of their exhub-
france. Being daughters of the soil
they could not brook such restriction
of their liberty and their independence.
When told that they must be more
quiet in their study room they rebel
The study room was their own,
they guessed. They would show ev-
erybody what sort of stuff they were
made of. They acted promptly. The
furniture was heaped in the middle of
the room The statuettes were draped
in mourning. The pictures were turn
ed toward the wall. The room was
made to look like an interior view of
some domfcile beyond the Styx. All
this vas done without any Of the feline
stealth and kitten softness hat might
have been expected OF such an occas
ion. 1t was done amid much clamor
and sounding of the slogan and utter.
ance Of college yells. Then the girls
left their artistic ensemble to greet
the eyes of the suffering janitor.
The Janitor.
The janitor, being a man of action,
went straightway to the Office of Presi,
dent Smiley and reported the condi.
lions of things in that lofty seat of
learning and high Olympian gallery OF
dignity known as the senior girls
study room. President smiley calmly
went and saw-and locked the door.
Now the senior girls had left their
books in the room; and the door is
locked against them; and they cannot
study; and the faculty has had a spe'
cial meeting to consider their case;
and they are nervous but defiant; and
that is the whole story. Just what will
be the outcome of it all is a matter for
speculation. Also for some uneasi
mess. Also for some tears.
In the meantime the senior girls are
reading Aurora Leigh" and trying to
look happy. Their papas or other per
Sons Interested in their welfare have