The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-17
Big NIGHTSHIRT PARADE
HOW PURDUE CELEBRATED HER
GREAT VICTORY.
Four Hundred students Marched the
Streets I'm RfotOus GIee-Purdue
and NOtre Dame.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. nd, Nov. 16.-How Pur-
due students celebrated their victory over
Indiana will remain for a long time as
a lurid memory in the minds of Lafayette
people. They are used to eccentric exhibit
tons of college enthusiasm, and are pre-
pared in times of triumph for almost any
thing In the way of rush and racket, but the
wonderful night-shirt parade that 400 howl
ing undergraduates gave through the
streets of the city broke ali records for
unique demonstrations.
A night-shirt parade may seem an unus-
ual kind of way to exult over a football
victory, but somehow it seemed the most
natural expression of JOY in the world as
the long line of roaring boiler makers
marched like a chain gang cheering them
selves on by the sonorous yell:
Purdue! Purdue!
Rah Rah! Rah! Rail-!
Purdue! Purdue.
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rahi
Hoo Rah! Hurrahl
Bully for old Purdue!"
The night-shirt parade formed at Z o'clock
for business. Near the close OF the foot
ball game yell leaders announced through
megaphones that there would be something
doing, and for all good Purdueites to be on
hand. AT Z o'clock from every quarter Of
the city young men of stalwart build ap-
peared without a blush attired in night
shirts OF every conceivable style. There
were long, feminine-looking garments, with
lace 'do-funnys'' around the collar and
cuffs; there were short, almost immodest
night-shirts. Of Spartan simplicity; there
were night-shirts of vast size, and shirts
narrow and small; there were night-shirts
with the owners initials carefully worked
by fond mothers in silks of brilliant hue;
there were shirts that were frayed and
worn. and shirts that were immaculate in
starch; there were white shirts by the
hundred, and striped shirts. a blue shirt or
two, shirts of ~varisgated colors, and one
young AJAX tripped along in pajamas.
There were clean shirts and dirty shirts,
SILK shirts. pretty shirts and ugly shirts.
and every one plainly, frankly and without
apology a simple night-shirt.
Led by a young man whose flowing gar
ment stirred the Imagination to a picture
of Moses leading the chosen people. the
strange procession moved to the Lair
House, the sporting headquarters. Towns
people made a rush for the hotel to see
the show, and the corridors, the halls, the
rotundas and adjoining offices were packed
with laughing, cheering Lafayette folk
quite in sympathy with the odd demonstra-
ton OF college spirit. Marching in lock-
stSp, lHe IlsHt-Snlrt parade clrcleQ the no.
tel office in a roar of yells, made for the
street again, visited other hotels and then
broke up at a theater, where the boys, still
In night shirts, filled the COOP the gall
lery upstairs. The actors were somewhat
dismayed at their remarkable audience in
the heaven and their lines were spoken
at first with fear and trembling. The boys
attempted no serious outbreak, but made
the house shake with whoops and yells.
After the show was over the night-shirt
parade disbanded and the streets became
quieter. The celebration was kept UP by
bibulous persons for several hours longer.
Nothing has caused more joy at Purdue
and in Lafayette for a generation than the
crushing defeat of Indiana by the score of
80 TO 0. For four long years Purdue men
have bowed in humiliation to ~Indiana's
Drawn. but Saturday the stain was wiped
out in memorable fashion.
Purdue is now picked by some football
critics to beat Notre Dame and to win the
state championship. The teams speed has
been completely underestimated by every
body, and ii is remarkable when COM
pared to that of Indiana, a much lighter
team. Provided Purdue goes into the Notre
Dame game with the same spirit, uses the
same beautiful interference and the same
generally good team work the Catholics
will LAY a difficult time to win out. The
Indiana game has aroused great confidence,
and there will be plenty of Purdue money
to bet on the game.