Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-26
COLLEGE CLIFFS WEIRD WAY.
The Candidate Must RcstEn HimseIf 10 the Will of.Another
 |t for . Week.

Ez- a "There is club in northern col lege," says Frederick Gittings. of phila- 1e1phia, according to the New York Tribune, "a prerequisite to becoming | member of which compels the candi- | date to resign himself absolutely to the will of another for week. During that period of time he may not speak | to other people without permission of his guardian, end Curing his weeks probation he must do any and all things that his temporary kesper may order. Amusing incidents by. the score have been the result of this method of pro cedure. A young chap from western city landed at the college with couple of servants in livery, for he was very rich. His fellow-students regarded him with open suspicion, for they looked upon the presence of those servants as side of the wors. description.
 "Ths weSternsr, however, io spite of his horses and men was a very good skap, and, this fact being discovered, ia due course of time he was elected . member of the club. He knew Ioth- ing of the election Satn he received the nstias. and spsn it's heels followed tho inevitable weeks probation. His sister aaA . number st her girl friends had arranged ts P.t in week in tho caRegs tswa, and he had prepared to entertain then layislly, xn- elegant lawn party At HaJSids inn being among the entertainments laid out. The visit sad his period of probation fell at the same tins, and as with out permission hs eosld communicate with ne sRe, he was unable to write and ask his sister 70 delay her coming, Then his mentor discovered how the land lay and made his plans according ly. The visiting party was met at the train and dinners and theater parties, teas at college rooms and all that sort of thing followed each other. The miserable rCbationsr WSS supposed 10 be away on buS;ness-at least the letter he had besn forced to write to his S.Stsr gave that ss sn excuse for his absence, and also advised her of the lava party.
 That fats saRs sf in due tine, and wsa great Saccsss. About the middle of the sl frasco luncheon enc of the Prsttiext of the sisters trisnds sud, esaly lssksd kssnly st enc sf the hv- cried servants. 'UsN REch that man lsaks like Jack, dssSa't hs? she said, turning ts Jacks friend and pro tenn. naAtsr. 'Ys, replied the man ad- dresasA, he doss rather, except he's rather better locking, and, by the way, speaking of Jaah, and then he launched ints new, tallac.ous and wholly undig- nifed explanation ef Jacks continued absence, the explanation being deir- cred iR an unnecessarily audible voice. Ths man in tho livery grew steadily a deeper pHrpls as the explanation un- rolled itself. Murder looked from his kuraharSsd syss. But, to his honor be it said, hs controlled himself. Of course, he was Jack and a few days later, his week being up, ks was able to give . satisfactory explanation of his abGanes. IT. Al another tiXs representative Of the Rsst aristscrstis family in the col leGs town was forced, clad in ovsralls, to carry . trunk down the main street just as hiA frisnds and relatives were returning from church. Men posted st intervals alsng the street kindly called their attantian to the hlushing # man with the trunk, explaining his ac- tien ts be the result of wager on Q prize fight. The pranks that have been
 
 played by this society have been at times amusing and have seldom been harmful. Of course, now and again a 'bounder' will creep in, and when he takes his turn at initiation he is like ly to make his victim suffer unneces- karily. There is such . case on record where finally the mentor went too far, and the candidate rebelled. and, care fully removing his coat, said: Of course, l want to belong, and know what it means if I don't; but, all the same, l want to keep my self-respect, and to that end I'm going to give you the tallest licking you ever got in your life And thsn he sailed in and did. When, however, the facts were laid be- fore the other members it did not stand in the way of his election.''
 A Reflection.
 , Mrs. Johnson--What l said to Mrs. Simpllins was dat I didn't b'Ieeb yo' l husban nd ebbah robbed a hcnroos' in his life. S ,f. Mrs. Black-Yo' done mean to insin- niwate he .ain'tJgot de nerye?-Puck. .
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 Every man who shows symptoms of becoming eonceited should be told what his poor kin think of. him
 Atchison Globe.
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