The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
PBRADH IN NIGHIG(jNNS |
SEVEN STUDENTS TOOK PART, AND
THREE OF THEM WE'RE
SENT HOME
F@I AT A NORMAL SCHOOL
Beds Daubed with MOInsses-COm-
mencemcDt Gowns Spoiled
and Letters Torn TO
Pieces.

PIECES.
TRENTON, n. J., Aug. 4.-Seven Of the
ioveHest girls in the junior class Of the
state normal school have just learned Of
the punishment they must endure because
they played awful tricks on the seniors
last June and INDUCED in a nightgown
parade. Three other girls who were dis
missed from the school outright learned
their fate on June u, the morning after
the pranks were played. The notices sent
70 the girls who are merely suspended
and by them made known today to their
friends in Trenton was the first hint that
the public has had of the high jinks in
the school.
The state normal school is an institu-
ton of ancient foundation and great dig
nifty. 1t moulds the plastic minds Of
those who in turn will soon teach the
young idea how to shoot Among the
200 pupils are young men and maidens
from many of the finest families in the
state Of New Jersey. The maidens great
ly outnumber the young men
The junior class, which will be grad
uated next June d. v, and If there are
any members left, is noted as the live
lest class that has ever studied in the
school One dozen of the girls have made
themselves famous by their aversion to
everything that savors of dignity for con-
ventionaity and their unquenchabIe ap-
petite for fun
AS long ago as last May they actually
made frivolous jokes about the digni-
fed members of the sen or class. the
most sacred thing of the school. So
when the senior class, shortly before
commencement day, gave a reception in
honor Of the juniors on the evening
OF June il last, they purposeIy omitted
10 s-nd any invitation to these twelve
girls. The twelve laughed twelve laughs
OF merry scorn and made ready their
plans for getting even.
TWELVE READY FOR REVENGE
When the fateful evening arrived.
balmy with the scent Of new ,ao,yn
grass and Of a thousand flowers fen If
the twelve sighted ones were ready to
"reak vengeance. Five of them we,
Eoonnlns IN Boarding Hall, the venerable
mousse IN which generations of normal
schooI girls have lived for years and
I'VE IN Hendrtckson House, a mansion
recently devoted to similar uses. These
girls meekly went to their rooms ~ a
1hey even discarded the raiman+ an
Proprate to the secular pursuits of tho
pusy day and the busy scenes of III.
classroom and arrayed themselves in
eT--er-pei gnoirs-long, white robes with
much Huthness and great pIenisbinge ~
$50, uiileS' etc Meanwhile in the
gymnasium. all the rings and hars on5
sprngboards and vauIting horses bo,,irc-
Deeh put away, the senior class girls and
theIr Favored guests of the iunior cIoec
were dancing merrlly and eniovin9 the
uehghts of one another's society hanaetb
tHe approving glances Of certain e1,ty,1s+
members Of the faculty.
IN Boarding hall corridors en6 rTa,,
E Sr+- mouse halls tall, syIphlike ghosts
DeS'Il 10 MT from room to room NOT a
sOuHu was heard. They We're fhe re-
Vehge-seeIung juniors who were excI,dec
from the reception. Clad in their rohr
oe NUT that gave never a rustic as tbcv
speu' barefoot. so that no shadow of
sound heralded their approach. these
l-@ushly girls Jared from one seniors
room 70 another wTeaking destruction.
Ih2y broke UP desks, pluCked forth love
!etlefs and read them. Some they edited
with scornful comments and stuck lp on
the walls. Others they tore into fine
bits and scattered. They ripped memo
randum books to finders thus DESTROYING
the notes of many a lecture whereby the
seniors sought to preserve the wisdom
of their elders.
But this was not all They descended
noiselessly to the pantry and stole Jars
OF straw berry jam and various pints of
molaSSes. With these they besmeared the
beds, so that when the seniors sought re-
pose after The awful shocks of the even
ing they found themselves pasted onto
the sheets.
DRESSES BEDAUBED.
But all these things were as nothing
compared with the really awful desecra-
ton. The ten misguided girls yanked cru
ely out Of sundry bureau drawers certain
be3uuful white dresses the seniors were
to wear on commencement day. These
mad been tried on at least eight times
apiece and patted and pressed and tuck
ed away aim sachet bags heaven knows
how often. These lovely dresses the iu-
daubed with mOlasses and strawberry
jam. Not content with this, the juniors
pinned notes on the dresses saying: Now
you will really be sweet girl graduates -
These atrocities ended, the juniors
coaXed certain girls to Join them in a
nghtgoWn parade on the lawn. They
formed in lockstep and marched on the
velvety turf. They thought of the sticky
beds and chuckled and sang:
81 can't get EN- up! l can't get 'em up!
Il can't get EN- up in the mo-o-o-orn-
This did not bring out, the seniors SC
rendition of their class cry:
Observation-Disclosures ts-racki
"Rickety-ri y-riCkety-scat!
"Rickety-rack Rickety-scat.
"Hurrah for Naughty-oneP'
Out rushed a dozen seniors. The ju.
nior girls flew across the lawn to the din
ing room boarding hall and hid there
eiggling and whispering. The main body
of the seniors followed them at a dis
Greet distance while two scouts ran and
told Miss Boyer, the preceptress.
MISS ROVER HEARD A GTGC.T n
Miss Boyer walked over into the din
ing room. She saw nothing. 1t was dark
y tiny giggle all but suppressed smott
upon her sensitive tympanum. With the
quick wit of Napoleon she locked the
door and pocketed the key. She strucl
a match, lit the. gas and beheld-teI
shrieking girls diving under the table
dragging tablecloths to hide them.
Young ladies'" said Miss Boyer acidly
"you are transgressing the rules. Kindly
retire to your rooms one by one, eacl
giving me her name as you pass TIL
door"
day the offenders were summoned befor
the tall and awful and bearded majest,
Of Prof. James M. Green, the fTincipa
Of them to their homes Three he dis
missed from the school forever Tn
others he said he would notify later a
to their punishment The girls We're e.,
ings, Elizabeth; Florence Shattuck, Pat
erson; Ena Adams. Millville, N. j.; Juli
Hughes, Perth Amboy. N. j.; Ethel Hou
sJon, Perth Amb0V, n. j.; Phyllis -
Camden, N. j.; a girl from New Durham
n. J., and a girl whose comrades nick
named her "Didne We Charlie?,' blu
whose exast name has been forgotten a
the moment. Besides the three who wer
expelled one of these girls has been s!ls
pended until Feb / next the rest unit
Sept. II, when fall term begins.
Beginning Aug. 1st,