The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-04-26
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just to Spite Him, the Girls VIII Hug
One Another More Than Ever.

Just to Spite Him, the Girls VIII Hug
One Another More Than Ever
Lake View high school girls too
affectionate More than that, Principal
Benjamin r. Buck, who made the dis
covery, says it is worse; they display
their affections in public in an undigni-
fed manner. Principal Buck has set
out to stop it, and the result of his an
nouncement of his intention caused an
incipient rebellion among his pupils
yesterday.
Affection is a good thing in it's
place." said Principal Buck, ''but it's
place is not in public Public displays
must stop"
AS a first step to this end he has for
hidden the girls who attend the institu-
ton to put their arms about each other
while in the building, or to go about
the hall thus linked together, or to kiss
each other on meeting, or otherwise to
show that they share the rest of the
worlds affection for them The girls of
Lake View have been addicted to the
forbidden habits, as high school girls
generally are. and they do not take
kindly to the principals attempt to cut
off the privilege. incidentally, they re-
gard, or many of them do, his sugges-
tons as not entirely called for. And in
consequence they buzzed angrily about
the building at the noon recess yester-
day, and after school several of them
openly def1ed the principal.
Trouble began at the opening of
school in the morning. The pupils meet
not in large assembly, but in small
class-rooms In each of these the
teacher in charge announced to them
that Principal Buck had made up his
mind that the practice must stop.
ut Is felt that the practice of thus
displaying affections in public is undig-
nified," said Miss Janet l.. Crosbie, in
one of the rooms, "and is uncalled for.
Mr. Buck requests, therefore that the
young. ladies refrain from putting their
arms about each other in the halls
That was a simple statement of the
case, and the girls who heard it looked
at each other in establishment, but said
nothing. Joseph H. Sheffield, however,
who teaches Caesar to the second-year
pupils, and is not popular among the
young women, grew facetious over it,
"It is a bad practice he said, grin
ming at the class. ut can have but
one of two reasons, either of them bad.
Either 1t is done entirely to tantalize
the boys, in which case it must stop, or
it is done to show affection for each
other, and that doubt if you have"
A. thoroughly angry crowd Of second
year girls emerged from the room a
later to hold a council of war
on the stairs. They were Joined by the
pupils of Miss Carolyn Parrish, first
year Latin teacher. Miss Parrish's pu-
pills were not half mad She had smiled |
at them when she gave
the announcement, and they had gath
cred that she did not exactly believe
in it. All their wrath was directed at
Buck, and was swamped in
their giggles. |
BY noon. however. the girls of the |
school and many of the boys were
angry, and had planned to
lie in wait for the principal. Two of |
the girls caught him as he came down
stairs in the afternoon. They were first
years. ana. so they clalnl, nau never
been victims Of the habit. But, seeing
him coming down stairs, and being
close together, they flew into an en-
brace and raced toward the stairway
at top speed, arms about waist AT the
foot of the stairs they stopped, and
oobbed together for resounding
smack. Principal Buck stood aghast
On the stairway, beholding the "sicken-
ng exhibition and the rank disobedi-
ence. Before he could gather himself
and his wrath and descend on the Of
lenders they fled away with shrill gig
giles toward their class-rooms.
And that was but a sample of what
Mr.. Buck had to meet during the re-
nainder of the day, and, the girls say.
Turing many days They have their
minds made up.-From the Chicagel