Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-21

hope you never were Saucy to SophO-
mores when you were freshman. They
paid us up for it,. How? Wen, you
would consider It childish now and only
fit for boarding-school misses. But, then
| | had never been to boarding school, and
the excitement OF that feud kept me from
being homesick all the fall term
''Hostilities began just three nights aft
er we arrived. My roommate and | had
been out to spread. and like dutiflil
children we started toward our room at
20 minutes of 10: but one of the most al
Turing sOphomores on our floor caught Us
and drew us into her room and offered to
make chocolate for us. We weren't hun
CRY, but she was so gracious and charm
ing that it struck 10 before we left her.
We had been duly impressed with the
direful consequences that would follow if
we burned our light after 10. and we
feared to break rule from the bottom
of our freshman souls. You know tina
oppressively, conscientious feeling you
have at first. Just as We scurried along
the hall we heard the swish of feminine
garments coming up the stairs. We had
barely time 10 get inside the door and
close it before the knock sounded which
meant gas out out II went. turned
briskly by my roommates hand. We
CROPPED our way about as best we could
and finally were ready TO scramble into
bed.
IL got in first and out again. in hurry
The whole bottom was lined with burg
chestnut shells. peanut shells and crack
cr crumbs. But didn't find that out till
morning. We didn't dare to light light
then. OF course. | squea!ed, and the gig
giles of those listening in the hall reused
me to such a pitch of wrath that | made
one bound for the door and landed full
tilt against the rocking chair. l saw
stars and mcteors for minute. and by
the time | had opened the door the han
was empty. But we knew the guilty
ones.
though" the alumna broke off: you
don't do such things now
The senior stopped polishing her tan
shoe an instant. Never mind what we
do she answered, with Il chucllc. DO
tell me what you did to those sopho
mores.'A
Il think we almost out Heroded He
rod the aluElna said musingly. We
We punished them singly first. One OF
them was very clearly, and bitterly OPP
posed to borrowing or running up bills.
She wouldn't even take postage stamp
down. We chose the moment when she
hadn't a cent in the world, and didn't eX-
poet her allowance for a week to put
myrrh i'm her tooth brush. She always
brushed her teeth after the light was out
and we had timed it just right. | wish
YOU could have heard the spluttering.
We We're almost paid for our suffering!
Norwood, YOU know, is sweet compared
with myrrh. and once in il stays forever
! don't know what she did that week.
One of the others we tried TO get even
with ny WI hitl1 III leu pepper uiluti lIit
skin of some apples she had in her
room: but that didn't work very vel.
our pet senior. who went in to call had
the dose instead. The third one h; ted
toads desperately. but after our persccu-
ton it seemed most fitting that We SHOULD
do up a dear little tree toad in a f1Scnat-
ing box and leave il in her bureau. When
she opened it. and he hoped, her shrek
brought the other two COnspiratorS 10 III"
spot, and they spent an hour trying To
find it, while my roommate and !, be
hind our locked doors. tried 10 study
Greek verbs between our paroxysms Of
stied mirth.
but our coup d'etat. o, that was go-
rious.' The alumnas eyes shone with
Nothing IN play ever worked
out better than that. We heard that the
three were going 10 have a
spread. and my roommate and
decided that we would make it memoir
able The rules We're StriCtcr then You
know" the graduate explained. apologet
icaIly, land the temptation to break them
WAS greater When they We're relaxed,
and We could sit up every time We
pleased. why, midnight spreads lost Ill
the Zest they had, which never had been
much for me. | always woke up 10 a
headache the morning after. Bat as |
was saving. our enemies planned the
spread of the season. for themselves and
three others one Of them had Il uCV
from home with q whole chicken in Il.
cake enough TO feed regiment. candy.
nuts. oranges. d0ughnuts and dozens of
other indigestibles They Were to nave
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