The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-23
YALE SNOWFALL FIGHT.
THE FIERCEST FIGHT IN MANI
 YEARS.

Results of the DIspIensurc of the Fac.
 ulty- Freshmen Fall to Take tho
 Fencr.
 A glorious old-fashioned snowball
 fight, according to the Yale tradition,
 was deliberately held about the campus yesterday morning. It'was worthy fight, and one that will go down in lls- tory as being an extraordinary fight
 The birthday of George Washington, with it's conventional associations of cooked hats and cherry trees, is locally associated with white beaver hats and snowfall fusilades.
 Early yesterday morning there was a strained. expectant air about the cam pus-one of those hushed suspenses that precede unusual and critical events. A casual observer would have suspected nothing. The chapel exercises and the ffrst-hour recitations were conducted in the same old way. Many of the stu dents, having packed their dress suit cases, had departed to enjoy their holi- day at home.
 It was a day for undercla ss- classmen to improve-in bold defiance of the edict of the faculty and to the interference of New Haven's finest" Rather had temptingly displayed a fine assortment of white beaver hats--of irresistible white hats, triumphant and conspicu- ous.
 The sophomores, one hundred strong, began to gather on the green shortly before noon, where they arranged them selves for the parade-the annual George Washington's birthday parade. The freshmen had perceived the movement and were gathering in formidable num- Der. Class yels began to echo through the air Then the parade began. Up Chapel street the cautious students moved, swinging their canes, sporting their unfamiliar hats.
 The first encounter happened on Chapel street, between Church street and Temple street. Pedestrians began to grow uneasy as the plump snowballs flew thick and fast and splattered up the windows of the stores. Patrons of "The Groveland'' who had been drink ing cherry cocktails, pedging the mem ory of the historic cherry tree and wish ing George full many an enjoyable re- turn, abandoned their delicious glasses and went out to see or to participate in the inevitable battle.
 The eophomores, when they reached the Art school, where bank of snow had been collected, were enabled to re- ply with interest. Snowballs clouded | the air, they were so numerous, and | flew unerringly, with no uncertainty as to results. Several hand-to-hand en- counters were enjoyed in here between the several pairs of champions.
 Then to the fence, "a great crowd fol- lowing and here a desperate conflict took place. Freshmen who seized the fence were bowed like ten-pins from the top. The mud was thick and plas- tic and added greatly to the picturesque effect. Enthusiaste were rolled in mud until they were completely coated. Faces were dirty and extremely bloody, and black eyes were not uncommon in the next half hour.
 The, freshmen failed to hold tlle fence, and presently, by mutual consent, the matter was decided off Although some slugging matches had occurred, and several men had receive dpainful good nature was the order of the truce. After the class yells and re- sponsee every one adjourned to mend within the privacy of their boudoirs.
 The faculty will probably take action, as they had discouraged such d demon- One student Donald Thomp- son, was arrested for snowballing, but { released on bail, The holiday will prob ably not be granted any more because of this most glorious and daring disobe- dience. II