The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-16
WILD BOYISH TRICKS
cRAz> FRANKS pERPETRATEo BY
col. .EGE STUDENTS.

Posed on the Roof of Harvard Me-
mortal Hall-A Weird Dece ration
For a Statue of Justice.
elm all ages" said the man who OBJ
serves, "boys have been boys, and if
at times their play may smack of bru-
tality. at others it is amusing and even
clever. Some years ago at Harvard
a cart containing bricks broke down in
front of Memorial hall. 1t being then
late, the driver left it there for the
night. The next morning, securely
resting on the ridge of the roof of
Memorial hall, was that self same load
of bricks. although how it got there
is to this day a mystery. The scuttle
to the roof was far too small to admit
the body of the cart. On the other
hand. the cart was too heavy, it seemed,
to have been pulled up by hand from
the outside. and besides neither wall
nor roof showed any sign of it's pas
sage. Yet there it was, and there it
remained until at considerable expense
to pockets and temper the college au-
to it's clamoring owner.
1.-THE preparatory school to which |
went was in a small country village. |
A fire was looked upon as great |
affair and was attended by the stu |
dents in body. Once there our Gus
tom was to hurl ribald remarks and adj |
vice at the various firemen by name. |
To get even it was their habit, at I'M
expected moments, to turn the hose |
upon us. few duckings taught us
caution, and we at length were usually
able to scamper away without wet
ting.
lone bitter winter afternoon we
gathered at fire and engaged in our
usual occupation of batting the fire
men. At length they tried to reach
us with the hose, but having antici-
| pated the move we We're without it's
range. But unnoticed behind us had
been standing the principal Of the
school. On his august person the
stream of water descended like an
avenging fate, and before the panic
stricken firemen could turn it away he
was wet to his respectable skin. The
water froZe as it struck, and we were
presently gazing upon human icicle.
"At length we recovered sufficiently
to go to his aid and, wrapping him
/ in coats, drove him rapidly to his
home, during which the entire school
shook in it's shoes, while the wretched
firemen were for resigning in body.
But he was u thorough good fellow,
and beyond few words as to the
wrong we were doing in interfering
! with public servant in the discharge
of his duty he allowed the incident
to pass by unnoticed.
1.-THE town hall was one of those
hideous and bleak structures so COM
mon in the New England towns of 20
years ago. where the only attempt at
4 decoration was funereal cupola in the
exact center of the roof, on top OF
which was large figure of Justice.
To the horror of the selectmen the
town awoke one morning to gaze upon
TRANSPORTED Justice A light blue
crinoline skirt and red shawl enwrap-
} ped her figure, and she looked coquet
} tishly out from beneath the shadow
of an immense poke bonnet AS a
: particularly happy thought. she was
: weighing two babies in the scales.
"Then came an awful row. The
: town had no hook and ladder truck,
: without the aid of which no one could
be found to remove the garments. The
t nearest hook and ladder company was
5 - miles distant and required not only
: permission of the town council but the
] expenditure of cash to bring it over.
. The selectmen declared that as it was
3 manifestly a trick of the students the
faculty should pay. The faculty firm
ly refused. holding that there was nc
? proof that such was the case. Fol
n ten days the controversy ragged, and
S then the selectmen gave way and paid
d for the hook and ladder truck. The
d day the hook and ladder company was
!. to come a storm sprang up which
# lasted for three days. When the god
v dess was finally stripped of her cloth
# ing. the dyes had run, and she emerg
n ed tinted with all the colors of the
n rainbow She had to be painted afresh
e the selectmen footing the cost will
i sullen faces.
II THE secret was successfully KEEP
k as to how the goddess was decorated
IS The night previous to the occurrence
r. there had been a show in the tow
e hall. When it was over, the captain
Is of the football team and two fellow
e conspirators had sneaked beneath tn
IS baize fronted stage. When all wa
It quiet, they had assembled to the roof
IS Once there one end of long rope ha,
;e been attached to the captains wais
N and the other to that of one of tn
N others. The third man accompanied
j. the climber to the base Of the fgur
n with the bundle of clothes. The Skin
" and babies were easily placed, bu
re the shawl and bonnet came as harde
re work. the figure rocking fearfully o.
its base The idea of the rope wa
that in case the dresser fell he woul
be saved from rolling to the grount
he Ii such an accident had happened
y when he bounded from the slopin
1t sides of the roof he undoubtedly woul
u. have carried the football captain to til
3, Ground with him They didn't thin