The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-22
Ladder Is Slipped Away, Leaving
Musicmakers Stranded on
Kitchen Roof.
PRESIDENT COMES ON SCENE.
When Students Promise Not to
DisObey Rules Again They
Are Rescued by Their
Principal.

Mischevous college girls played q seriou
prank on party of young Shurtleff stu
, dents who had climbed TO the roof of
kitchen adjoining their dormitory. in Al
! ton. after midnight. yesterday morning u
/ serenade them. by slipping away the lad
der and leaving the romantic youths 10 b,
discovered a few minutes later by the irate
/ president. who would rot release them from
| their lofty Imprisonment until they haC
| promised not TO repeat the infringement OF
! the rules again.
The kitchen is 4 iat-roofed. oae-story
building that adjoins Martha Wood Cottage
! where some forty or fifty young ladies who
| attend the college sleep. and IL has been a
4 practice the superintendent has sought long
| to stop. for the boys to gather there or
! pleasant nights. when the watchful eyes oi
the professors are CLOSED in slumber. ans
delight the girls with love songs that wafr
, their way through the windows a story
above.
Midnight Hour IL Chosen.
Everything seemed favorable for AZ ex-
pedition OF thissk;nd after the nli1nish.
hour had struck yesterday morning. and a
dozen OF the young men. with their mando-
/ lins, guitars and a tall ladder. repaired to
the convenient kitchen. While the songs
We're being rendered several Of the young
ladies planned TO play joke on their visit
ors. though il Is net certain they wanted II
TO turn out 50 seriously.
They slipped out into the yard and, I'M
known to the young men. took the ladder
away from the kitchen roof, leaving the
serenaders thirty feet above ground. with no
way OF escaping but to jump. which no-e of
them chose TO do. When the muscmEkerS
tired Of their psstirne they gathered their
instruments and prepared TO return to their
own quarters. across the campus.
merry clapping OF nanos from 4 dozen
or more naif-raised windows Satisfied th-m
that their effort mad been appreciated. and
fhei were in very happy mood. when suc-
deniv II was discovered that the ladder was
missing. No one Was in sight below and II
was quiet and still over the college field.
50 no one could be appealed to. except the
young ladies'. but they replied in whispers
that II would be iInDossible for them TO
render assistance. as the hall watch Was
Ia" v!Silan:
Half an hour the BOYS begged and be-
seeched, and the girls chuckied with much
elee- Then there were Cat-cals and whis-
tlcs. given in the hope Of attracting some
Debated ciass:nan 10 their assistance. but
Noise AwnLens the President.
President STANLEY Il. Mckay lives not far
an unusual disturbance that he could not
understand. Finally he concluded to le;
up and investigate. and the noises led hin
10 the re.T Of the doruitory. where he dis
covered nj. students in their embarrassing
pIedicam-nt: President Mckay is a portly
person. aud his figure could rot be mistaken
In the maze OF moonlight.
From The roof. where twelve de ejected
youths. ShiverinG and crestfallen. were
seated. twelve solemn promises We're made
that never again would the act be repeated.
and from the ground u lecture WIS made
TO them by the president of the college that
none Of them viii ever forget. Then the
ladder was replaced.
IL was an hour b, fore the rlischievorS COL
.ege girls ventu-ed t..eir heaos from under
the cover. where they had taken refuge
after the presence Of tle principal became
known. and the windows that faced the
kitchen roof again closed.