The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-26
WILD BOYlSH TRICKS
CRAZY PRANXs eeRPETRATeo BY
COLLEGE STUDENTS.

/ " 1hANNtts
"ln all ages" said the man who oh.
serves. boys have been boys. and II
at times their play may smack of bru-
tality, at others II Is amusing and even
clever. Some years ago nt Harvard
= cart containing bricks broke down I'm
front Of Memorial hall. It being then
lnte the driver lcft II there for the
n!-ht The next morning. securely
resting on tie ridge Gf the roof of
Memorial lUll. WAS that self same load
- bricks, although haW 1t got there
Us e. this day Il mystery The scuttle
20 the ronf was far too small to admit
the body of the cart ON the other
haCd the cart wa" too heavy. it seemed,
to have been pulled up 10y hand from
the outside. and besides neither wall
nor roof showed any sign of It's pas
sage Yet there II was. aud there IL
remained until nt considerable expense
to pockets and temper the college au.
thoritics had II removed and restored
to It's ciamJrlng owner
"Thc preparatory school to which
! went was In small country village.
a fire was looked upon as great
affair aud was attended 10y the stu.
dents In Il body once there our Gus.
tom was to hurt rihald remarks and ad-
vice at the various tircmrn 10y name.
To get even II was thcir habit. ut I'm.
expected moments lo turn the hose
upon us \ fcw duckiugs taught us
caution, and W. AT length were usually
able To- scnmprr away without wet.
ding.
"Onp bitter winter afternoon we
gathered NJ n IRE anh engaged In our
usual occupation Of baitlng the fire.
men At length they tried To reach
MS with the hose hut having nntici.
pntCd the move we were without It's
range liut umnoticrd behind us had
been standing the principal of the
school. ON his august person the
stream OF water descended like an
avcnging fate. and before the panic
stricken tircmeu could turn Il away he
was wet to his respectable skin The
water frOzp ne II struck, and we were
presently gazing upon II human icicle,
AT length we recovered sufficiently
to go to his aid and wrapping him
I'm coats. drove him rapidly to his
home. during which the entire school
shook I'm It's shoes. while the wretchcd
fremeD were for rrsignlng In body.
But he was n thorough good fellow.
and beyond few words as TO the
wrong we were doing IN interfering
with n public servant In the discharge
OF his duty he allowed lh' Incident
to pass 10y unnOtlcpd
"Thp town hall was one OF those
hldpous and hlcnk structures so com.
mon In the New England towns Of 20
years ago. where the only attempt at
decoration was funrrrnl cupOla In the
exact center Of the roof ON top OF
which was II large figure Of Justice.
To the horror of the srlectmcu the
town nwokc one ruorIhng to gaze upon
n transhgurpd Justice \ light blue
crinollnr skirt and red shawl cnwrap-
ped her figure. and she looked coquct.
tishly ont from beneath the shadow
OF nm Immense poke bonnet. As n
particularly happy thought. she was
weighing two babies In the scales.
"Then came nm awful row. The
town had no hook aud ladder truck,
without the aid OF which no one could
be found 10 remove the garments. The
nearest hook and ladder company was
II miles distant aud required not only
permission Of the town council but the
expenditure OF cash 10 bring II over.
The selectmpn declared that as Il was
a trick OF the students the
faculty should pay. The faculty 6rm-
ly refused. holding that there was no
proof that such was the case For
ten days the controversy ragged. and
then the selectmen gave way and paid
for the hook and ladder truck. The
day the hook aud ladder company was
to come storm sprang up which
lasted for three days. When the god
dess was finally stripped Of her cloth
Ing, the dyes had run, and she eInerg-
ed tinted with all the colors OF the
rainbow. She had TO be painted afresh,
the selectmen footing the cost with
sullen faces.
"The secret was successfully kept
as 20 how the goddess was decorated.
The night previous TO the occurrence
there had been show In the town
hall. when IL was over, the captain
Df the football team and two fellow
had sneaked beneath the
Daize fronted stage, When all was
luiet they had ascended TO the roof
Once there one end Of long rope had
been attached TO the captains waist
and the other TO that Of one OF the
others. The third man accompanied
the climber to the base Of the figure
with the bundle Of clothes The skirt
and babies were easily placed. but
the shawl and bonlet came ns harder
work. the figure rocking fearfully on
It's base. The Idea Of the rope was
that IN case the dresser fell be would
be saved from rolling to the ground
II such an accident had happened.
when he bounded from the sloping
sides OF the roof he undoubtedly would
have carried the football captain To the
ground with him. They didn't think
OF this, however. and II gave them a
greater feeling OF safety."-New York
Tribune