Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-06
DISTURBING THE PEACE.
College Boys Fell Into Their Own Trap
STORY of a Banquet

ishing delights of any college man are
memories of life in his fraternity, says
a writer in the New York lndepend-
ent. These Greek letter secret socie-
ties were Greek only in that each bore
a name in two or three letters of that
language; they we're secret only in
particulars which are trifling to look
back upon. In every college there
are, never one, but always two, of
these societies that hold, or try to
hold, the lead, and the fight for domi-
nance becomes precious pastime.
In the spring, when young mans
fancy" and all that, our chief per-
plexity became our rivals popularity
with certain of the ladies. They had
in their number several musicians,
and they had a way of serenading
which was so enticing that we all
grew green with envy. Their custom
was to 90 in company to one after an
other of the fair ones windows, rem
der there their tribute, and leave at
each house a combination card with
all their names.
One day Ted Worthington, walk
ing into one Phi Psi's room, found ly-
ing on the table a memorandum of
six addresses where they meant to
call that evening. Ted made copy
of the list of names and hour of start
ing and came off. He went down
town and there employed the worst
old organ grinder in the city, got up
some imitation cards and sent out no.
tice to our boys to meet at his room
shortly before eight. In due time we
started with our music O. over their
route, just ahead of them. We sere-
naded the first house and passed on.
The girls enjoyed the joke, and when
the real swells came along derided
them.
One of the Phi Psi's, finding what
was up. chased down town and got
warrant to arrest a party of ~ per-
sons for disturbing the peace" He
led the police back to the street
around two corners of which were the
two crowds, and, sending them
around to intercept us, cut through a
side street to join his friends. But he
miscalculated time and distance. We
had passed and the Phi Psi's had just
come up themselves when those po-
licemen reached the spot. The "cops"
were eager to do their whole duty;
they did not know one crowd Of stu
dents from another, and had been
warned not to listen to long explana-
tions. They made IL arrests and took
the culprits to the police station. BY
the time the man who had sworn out
the warrant followed round the route
and reached police headquarters he
was so ratified, the police were SO
chagrined and the justice was so an.
CRY that he fined the whole Is of them
two dollars each.
But when in college Greek meets
Greek, the tug that comes is worse
than one Of war Our rivals laid their
plans and got revenge on us the fol-
lowing Saturday night. That night
we had our annual initiation in our
hall. The custom was to have at
midnight on the date of that event
spread at Zigler's. ''Zigler's" was
restaurant kept by worthy German
who knew all of us for college boys,
but did not know, nor care to know,
one from the other We had con-
tracted with him to have a banquet
ready for ii of us at ~ o'clock AT
ten o'clock, while we were still in our
hall, two Phi Psi's walked in, and,
representing themselves as a commit
tee, asked what time the boys had or
dered supper. Twelve o'clock. "Well,
we have changed our plans and
Can't We have it at | 1 o'clock" Gig"
hustled round and wrought the mir
acle and at II o'clock ii men filed in,
ate up everything and at five minutes
before ~ dispersed. When We arrived
it was to find the empty plates, gigs"
blank surprise and, incidentally, his
bill for S27.