The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-03
WISCONSIN
PAPER WAS A FAKE
Editors Of the Cardinals Rival at
Madison Turn Out a Sur
prising Edition.
Had the Junior Prom Called Off
and the World Generally
Topsy-Turvy.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 3.--The biggest
hoax ever perpetrated at the state uni
versity was sprung Saturday, evening, by
way or a fake edition of the college daily,
the Cardinal The feature was the an
nouncement that the Junior prom, the
social event Of the college year, had been
abandoned, a black line across the top
of the first page declaring: :.There will be
no junior Prom followed by a three
column article With the display heading:
Faculty forbids time honored function:
social committee after stormy session
votes that prom must be given UP: in
creased and unnecessary extrava gance the
reason" etc. The article contains an in
terview with President Birge, one with
Professor Frankenburger. who is quoted
as calling the decision Of the committee
an outrage" statements signed with the
names of other members Of the faculty
and students, and discussion Of the pros
and cons of the matter.
The paper contains other articles which
are hardly less startling. One sets forth
that the commercial seniors are to take
a trip to the Michigan iron mines, Illinois
and Pennsylvania coal fields, and the
cities ef New York, Chicago, Pitts
burg, st. Louis and New Orleans, and that
the United States Steel corporation has
donated $1,000 to help pay the expense. It
is also stated that 'the members Of the
party will make an especial study of the
management of theaters in Chicago and
New York.
Another story is that three Milwaukee
men have donated $4,000 for the pro-
posed wonan's building at the university,
that "a wealthy widow has promised
$4,000 more. and work will begin at once.
The leading editorial discusses seriously
the usefulness Of the library stairway. The
column Of items from other colleges con-
frSS IT,
Chicago is in favor Of sugar diet for
athletes President Angel Of Michigan
is an inveterate cigarette smoker There
are thirty negroes in Harvard's gradual
ing class president Woodrow Wilson
Of Princeton, in a heated argument over
a historical controversy, struck student
on the nose
In the advertisement Of a furnishing
goods dealer .'20-year-old rye was sub
stituted for collars and cuffs The entire
paper, outside of the advertisements, was
made up of fakes
The Cardinal editors are not responsible
for the hoax. In fact, one Of the best
jokes is on them. The Cardinal had sus-
pended publication until the semester ex-
amlnatiOns are over. Saturday the edi-
tors of the Sphinx, a rival college pub
LEGATION, took possession of the Cardinal
office, in the Democrat office, where the
paper is printed, and proceeded to get out
the fake number. After it was printed
Manager Raymer of the Democrat dis
covered that the paper was not put out
by the regular Cardinal staff, and refused
to let the papers go without an order from
the Cardinal management. The jokers re-
| moved this difficulty by getting the Car
dinal managers to sign q blank order. on
tn epretense that it related to some other
! matter, and afterward filing it in with
the order to let the papers go. They were
distributed Saturday night and Sunday
morning and commanded premium in
| the university end Of town.