The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
UNFAIR TO RUSHEE.
High School Officials Note Bad Eff
fects Of the Withdrawal Of
Rushing Restrictions.
A Horde of Rushers Suddenly Loosed
Upon High Schools Interfere
With Work.

The recent announcement by President
Northrop OF the state university that the
rule would be suspended which prohibited
the university fraternities from rushing
high school pupils, has already had I'M
favorable effects upon the high School
boys and girls. Their studies have been
gravely Interrupted. The candidates have
been personally demoralzed. Worse than
all, the boys have been taken by their
entertainers to- places that high school
pupils should not frequent .'''
flushing" means the social entertain
ment which the members of the student
associations tender to youths that are
considered desirable as future associates
the rushing" being designed to induce
the candidate to enter the society repre-
scented by his hosts. Each year the So
c1eties, depleted by graduations, recruit
from the ranks of the new students But
an order to get a still better choice the
socleties have for some years extended
their advances to those high school pupils
who intend !. to enter the untyersitv, IF
SUCH student is f1attered and Toasted by
a committee of the Rho Omicrons he will
propably pledge himself to become a Rho
Omicron during his freshman year at the
~. Thus the university fraternities
nave made life joyous for the high school
boys While the sororities have filed with
nudge the evenings of the high school
girls 00
But It was, very unfortunate" said
Principal j. N. Greer Of the Central
hlsn school this morning, that the uni
Verslty decided to let the students rush
our pupils openly. Formerly such rush
ing was secret and restrained, and was
extended over the whole school year. But
no" regular epidemic 4of rushing has
oeen IN progress for the last week or
more. At least fifty of our boys and girls
nave been kept UP nights and introduced
20 hilarious recreation far from beneficial.
Many OF the pupils were unable to come
TO school next day. Some did not get
over the effects of their 'outing,' to ex-
press 1t mildly, for two or three days.
Not only were studies seriously inter-
rupted, but the boys minds were turned
towards mode of life that high school
pupils should keep away from.
linen, too. the pupils are called upon
to choose future memberships in socie-
ties with which the candidates are who'll
~ unfamiliar. The students didn't stop
at rushing our oldest boys and girls-the
members of the senior class-but they
| took the juniors and the still younger
| members Of the sophomore class. When
these pupils get into the university and
will often wish they had joined some So
ciety more congenial. That's been the
| experience Of many new students in the
past. They gave their pledge while still
! at the high school instead of waiting I'M
! til they had entered the university and
could learn all about the rival fraterni-
! ties"
| A much more serious objection to this
high school rushing comes from other
quarters The information is trustwor-
thy. Young boys attending the high
/ school, it is said; 'l1ave been taken by
| the rushing students to a saloon-c ia
| vored by fast folk, and even to other
more questionable resorts" ~ O.