The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-20
WILD BOYISH TRICKS
CRAZY FRANKS PERPETRATED 81
COLLEGE sri bDENTs.

at times their play may smack of bru
tality. at others it is amusing and ever
clever. Some years ago at Harvard
a cart containing bricks broke down il
front Of Memorial hall. 1t being thei
late. the driver left it. there for thi
night The next morning, securels
resting on the ridge Of the roof q
Memorial hall. was that self same LOAF
OF bricks. although how it got thel3
Is to this day a mystery. The scuttl
to the roof was far too small to admt
the body Of the cart. On the Othd
hand. the cart was too heavy. it Seemet
to have been pulled up by hand fro
the outside. and besides neither wd
nor roof showed any sign of its pS
sage. Yet there it was. and there b
remained until at considerable eXpen4t
to pockets and temper the college dll
thorities had it removed and restorfC
to it's clamorlng owner.
''The preparatory school to Whikl
/ went was in small country VillaAe
A fire was looked upon as a gr5a
affair and was attended by the stu
dents in a body. Once there our q
tom was to hurl ribald remarks and I'd
vice at the various firemen By nalhe
To get even it was their habit. at in
expected moments. to turn the his
upon US. A few duckings taught5u
caution. and we at length were usual!
able to scamper away without a Vet
ting.
zone bitter winter afternoon n
gathered at IRE and engaged in bu
usual occupation of batting the IRE
men. At length they tried to rehcI
US with the hose, but having antici
pated the move we were .without it
range. But unnoticed behind US haC
been standing the principal Of fth'
school. On his august person fth
stream of water descended likes al
avenging fate, and before the pSni
stricken fremen could turn it avail b
was wet to his respectable skin. fTh
water froZe as it struck. and we ger
presently gazing upon a human i@cIe
"At length we recovered suficidntl,
to go to his aid and. wrapping Thin
In coats. drove him rapidly tOf bi
home. during which the entire S&hOO
shook in its shoes. while the wret eheC
f1remen were for resigning in a ody
But he was u thorough good GLOW
and beyond a few words as t& tn
wrong we were doing in interffrin;
with a public servant in the discaarg
of his duty he allowed the hidden
to pass by unnoticed.
''The town hall was one Of thOS
hideous and bleak structures SOtcOm
| mon in the New England towns bf p
years ago. where the only attenI Ipt a
decoration was a funereal cupola In tn
exact center Of the roof. on TIP o
which was a large figure OF JRStice
| To the horror of the selectmeA tn
town awOke one morning to gaZd upOI
a TRANSPORTED Justice. light blu
crinoline skirt and red shawl Ell wrap
ped her 6gure, and she looked dbquet
! tiShly out from beneath the 81 kadOV
Of an immense poke bonnet las
particularly happy thought shk va
weighing two babies in the sea es.
'"Then came an awful row.f I'll
town had no hook and ladder Itruck
without the aid Of which no on@ coult
be found to remove the garmentE Th
nearest hook and ladder compaI y W.
IL miles distant and required nj onI,
permission of the town council ut tn
expenditure of cash to bring Owl
The seIectmen declared that aSAit wa
manifestly a trick of the studel IT'S tn
faculty should pay. The faculty firm
ly refused, holding that there Vas n
proof that such was the cas4. FO
ten days the controversy ragSd, AM
then the seIectmen gave way aid pait
for the hook and ladder truc3. Th
day the hook and ladder compsny wa
to come a storm Sprang up Whicl
lasted for three days. When the god
dess was finally stripped Of hS cloth
ing, the dyes had run, and shd emerg
ed tinted with all the colorss Of tn
rainbow. She had to be painted afreSh
the selectmen footing the cost wit
sullen faces.
'HThe secret was successful by KEEP
as to how the goddess was decorated
The night previous to the Ockurrenc
there had been a show in the tow
hall When it was over, thea captain
of the football team and twP fellow
conspiratorS had Sneaked be1Rath tn
baize fronted stage. When san wa
quiet, they had aScended to he root
Once there one end Of long kOpe hat
been attached to the captaiRs waiS
and the other to that of on OF tn
others. The third man accompanied
the climberrto the base Of the fgurv
with the bundle Of clothes. he skir
and babies were easily. pl4ce0. bu
the shawl and bonnet came Is Sarde
work, the figure rocking fesftuily Ol
its base. The idea Of the cope wa
that in case the dresser fell NE WoulC
be saved from rolling to I'd ground
II such an accident had happened
when he bounded from the slopin:
sides Of the roof he undoubtedly WoulC
have carried the football captain to tn
ground with him They didn't thinl
of this. however, and it gate them
greater feeling Of Safety."-FeW YOrl
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