Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
COLLEGE CLUBS WEIRD WAY.
The Candidate NEST Resign HinseIi
to the Will OF Another
for . Week.


/ "There is o club in q northern co
> lege," says Frederick Cuttings, Of Phil
: delphia, according to the New Yorl
] Tribune, "a prerequisite to becomin
member Of which compels the candi
date to resign himself absolutely I
J the will OF another for q week. DurinI
J that period of time he may not speal
J to other people without permission o
his guardian. and during his week
probation hs must do any and all thing
that his temporary keeper may order
Amusing incidents by the score hay'
been the result of this method of pro
cedure. A young chap from western
city landed at the college with couple
of servants in livery, for he was very
rich, His fellow-students regarded hin
with open suspicion, for they looked
upon the presence of those servants a
side Of the worst description.
"The westerner, however, In spite Of
his horses and men, was a very good
chap, and, this fact being discovered,
In due course Of time he was elected
o member of the club. He knew moth
ing Of the election until he received
the notice, and upon its heels followed
the inevitable weeks probation. His
sister and number of her girl friends
had arranged to put in week in the
college town, and he had prepared to
entertain them layishly, an elegant
lawn party at q wayside inn being
among the entertainments laid out.
The visit and his period of probation
fell at the same time, and as with
out permission he could communicate
with no one, he was unable to write
and ask his sister to delay her coming,
Then his mentor discovered how the
land lay and made his plans according
ly. The visiting party was met at the
train and dinners and theater parties,
teas at college rooms and all that sort
of thing followed each other. The
miserable probationer was supposed to
be away on business-at least the
letter he had been forced to write to
his sister gave that as an excuse for
his absence, and also advised her Of the
lawn party.
"That fete came of in due time, and
was a great success. About the middle
Of the al fresco luncheon one of the
prettiest of the sisters friends sud-
denly looked keenly at one Of the liv-
cried servants. How much that man
looks like Jack, doesn't hep she said,
turning to Jacks friend and pro tenn
Yes replied the man ad-
dressed, he does rather, except he's
rather better looking, and, by the way,
speaking of Jack, and then he launched
into a new, fallacious and wholly undig- |
nifed explanation of Jacks continued
the explanation being deliv-
,red in an unnecessarily audible voice.
The man in the livery grew steadily
leeper purple as the explanation un-
oiled itself. Murder looked from his
unchanged eyes. But, to his honor
10 1t said, he controlled himself. OF
course, he was Jack, and a few days
ater, his week being up, he was able to
rive satisfactory explanation of his
Ibsence.
"At another time Representative Of
he most aristocratic family in the col
eye town was forced, clad in overalls,
o carry trunk down the main street
nst as his friends and relatives were
eturning from church. Men posted
t intervals along the street kindly
allied their attention to the blushing
,an with the trunk, explaining his &C.
ion to be the. result of a wager on
rize fight. The pranks that have been
layed by this society have been at
lines amusing and have seldom been 1
armful. OF course, now and again a I
FOUNDER will creep in, and when he
likes his turn at initiation he is like
! to make his victim suffer unneces.
arily. There is such case on record I
here finally the mentor went too far,
I'd the candidate rebelled, and, care ,
lily removing his coat, said: OF I
purse, ! want to belong, and know 7
hat II means if / don't; but all the
me, ! want to keep my self-respect, a
I'd to that end I'm going to give you v
lie tallest licking you ever got in your 8
fe.' And then he sailed in and did. I
hen, however, the facts were laid be- v
re the other members it did not stand a
the way Of his election" b