Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-04
The Students Version.

versity at Iowa City, in connection
with the recent class scrap the
students indulge d in and which
was so generally commented on in
the papers of the State:
Editor Times: Il beg leave to
present a few facts about the
"Students Scrap
In the first ple CO the freshmen
are gentlemen, anl so are sopho-
mores and upper classmen. In
Iowa City there is a factory
gang who take any excuse to
mix in with the students and
sc .ap." These do many of the
cts that are credited to the var
sity students
That Friday nights affair was
disgusting, to say the least, the
sophomores agree. So do the
freshmen and everyone. It is
custom for the sophomores to
keep the freshmen from getting
to their socials and banauets on
time, and if possible capture the
president and keep him away en-
tiraly.
Friday the freshman president
went early in the morning to the
Berkeley Imperial hotel (where
the social was to be held) and
stayed, and the rest of the fresh
man boys went over after drill
and took supper at the Berkeley 30
as to be there to the social. The
sophomores went to their rooms
and found them gone, and COM
ing down to the main hall found
about twenty-five girls assembled,
and thinking the boys had left
the girls to get there the best way
they could, called the freshmen
yellow" but be it said to the
credit of the freshies, these girls
were not invited by any of the
fresh boys, as there were not
enough boys SO these had to come
alone. But the boys who did ask
girls sent cabs for them.
The crowd had assembled in
front of the Berkeley entrance and
when a carriage drove up they
crowded up to see if any boys
we're in, the police without any
attempt to clear path by peace
full means, beat the spectators
with their clubs to clear the way.
The spectators consisted of very
few sophomore collegiates but of
men from other classes in the
varsity who we're taking no part
in the affair as it was only be-
tween the freshmen and sopho-
more collegiates. But when the
police brutality beat up two "med-
ics'' King and Keller, the rest of
the varsity students took a hand,
ard here also was the opening the
town rowdies desired, SO the cry
clown with the cops" went up.
One policeman, Harrison by
name, seemed anxious to get the
students and so the next time he
came out of the hotel he was
bombarded with eggs. The po-
lice again retired inside the hotel
and some one opened the door
and again eggs were thrown at
the police who we're sitting by the
door. A few eggs hit the walls
and did some damage but very
little. The sophomore collegiates
had very little to do with this part
LOT it, it was mostly the town row.
d es. Then some one in the back
part Of the crowd threw rock
which went through the upper
corner of the big plate glass win
dow.
All the students agree with
Dean Currier that the person who
did this should be severely dealt
with. 1t is not believed student
did it.
At this juncture Mayor Steb-
bins came out and in very cred.
table and gentlemanly manner
told the hovs they had carried it
too far. He was loudly cheered
and some one called "What is the
matter with Stebbins?' They all
answered "He's all right" "Who's
all rlght?' "Stebbins!" The
mayor admitted the police had
acted in a very injudicious man
ner.
There were no pistol shots fred
until early Saturday morning
when the sophomores were post
ing their proclamations; then the
police and a few freshmen tried
to stop division of the sopho-
mores consisting of about eight
mep; here the police used their
revolvers freely, but none Of the
students were hit.
1 have not tried to give the
sophomore side of this affair, but
both sides, and the freshmen say
while the enjoyed the enemy, they
regret as much as we do the action
of the police which brought on
the trouble.
( The general belief among the
students is that the coming in
vestigation will show up the var
sity students in better light and