The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
PARADED IN NIGHTG)NNS |
SEVEN STUDENTS TOOK PART, AND
THREE OF THEM WE'RE
SENT HOME
FNT AT A NORMAL SCHOOL
Beds Daubed With Manifestations
mencemcDt Gowns Spoiled
and Letters Torn TO
Pieces.

TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 4.-Seven Of the
loveIiest 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 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
400 pupils are young men and maidens
fIom 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. ", 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-
ventionality and their unquenchabIe ap-
petite for fun.
AS long ago as last May they actually
made frivolous jokes about the digni
he'd members of the senior 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 purposely omitted
TO send 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
oalmy with the scent Of new naown
grass and Of thousand flowers ten of
the Twelve Sighted ones were ready to
"Feak vengeance. Five of them wee
Ioomlng in Boarding Hall, the venerable
mouse In which generations of normal
sehool girls have lived for wears and
hve IN Hendrickson House, a mansion
recently devoted to similar uses. These
BiFis meekly went to their rooms at q
o CLOCK as If they were going to retire.
q n
proprlate to the secular pursuits of thc-
pusy day and the busy scenes of the
classroom and arrayed themselves in
er--er-pe ignoirs-long, white robes with
huch Huihness and great plenishinps of
es' Iuihes' etc. Meanwhile in the
sSIiiildsIuIii' all the rings and bars and
spring boards and vaulting horses havtno
Deen put away, the senior class girls and
thelr favored guests of the iunior- c1oee
were dancing merrily and eniovin1 the
oehghts of one another's society ha1ae+h
tne approving glances Of certain a,,ey,7st
members Of the faculty
IN Boarding hall corridors and uar.
S ta-fs mouse halls tall, sylphlike ghosts
began 10 hit from room to room M -
sound was heard. They were f1a &c
Vehge-seekung juniors who were excIrdac
from the reception. Clad in Their rohe
ue NUT that gave never a rustic a thcv
sped barefoot so that no shadow If
a sound heralded their approach. these
A%usnlE girls Jared from one seniors
room to another wreaking destruction.
They broke up desks, plucked forth love
Iettefs and read them. Some they edited
with scornful comments and stuck up on
the walls Others they tore into fine
bits and scattered. They ripped memo
randum books to flinders, thus DESTROYING
the notes of many 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 lars
of straw berry jam and various pfnts 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
cOmndrpd with the really auUf111
ton. The ten misguided girls yanked cru
ely out of Sundry bureau drawers certain
beautiful white dresses the seniors were
to wear on commencement day. These
had been tried on at least eight times
apiece and patted and pressed and tuck
ed away aim sachet bags heaven knows
Nor girls actually besmeared and be-
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
nightgown 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 cant get EN- up In the mo-o-o-orn-
ingr'
This did not bring out, the seniors. sc
the juniors joined in shrill yet mighty
rendition of their class cry:
"Ric1ety-rickety-r ickets-racki
"Rickety- ricke ty-rickety-
"Rickety-racki Rickety-Scat!
"Hurrah for Naughty-one?'
Out rushed a dozen seniors. The jul
nior girls flew across the lawn to the din.
ing room boarding hall and hid there
giggling 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 BOYER HEARD GIGGLE.
Miss Boyer walked over into the din
ing room She saw nothing. 1t was dark
4 tiny giggle all but suppressed smott
upon her sensltlye tympanum. win tn
quick wit of a Napoleon she locked tn.
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. Kind!
retire to your rooms one by one, eacl
giving me her name as you pass tn
DOOR
Some wept All gave their names. Mex
day the offenders were summoned befor
the tall and awful and bearded majest,
Of Prof. James M. Green, the sfrincfpa
of the Normal school. He baniSIhed al
of them to their homes; Three he dis
missed from the school forever. Th
Others he said he would notify later a
to their punishment The girls were:
ings Elizabeth; Florence Shattuck, Pat
erson; Ena Adams. Millville, N. j.; Juli
Hughes, Perth Amboy, N. j.; Ethel Hou
ston, Perth AmboV, n. j.; Phyllis -
Camden, n. j.; girl from New Durham
N. j., and girl whose comrades. nick
named her "Didn'e We Charlie?" bu
whose exast name has been forgotten a
the moment. Besides the three who wer
pended until Feb. / next, the rest unit
Sept. II, when fall term begins.
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