The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

| QlHCuSHrOn ana ar6 OI uuNhIytHB tutCk c<s | to the public. Whether viewed by the visitor or by the student. college life has its charms. Princeton University is an institution that is full of interest to Southern men and women because many of our disttn- guished men received their training there and have an abiding affection for their Alma Mater.
 If a new man at Princeton treats the subject introspectively. or rather from the personal viewpoint of its inner life, it should be borne in mind that he is a new man there-a Freshman.
 The college and its student life interest," ed him. He believes 1t will interest you: Beautiful Buildings. Nowhere perhaps is there to be found more pleasing combination of grassy lawns, shady walks, and academic build ings than in the old historic town of Princeton. Nassau Hall, on whose steps George Washington stood. and in whose rooms the Continental Congress met when the British held Philadelphia, is in the centre of the campus. 'Old Nassau is the oldest building on the campus. Its walls are scared with the marks of can non balls that were fired in the battle of Princeton. Ivy covers its walls now and the battle scars are hidden. Be-
 
 used by Washington in the battle of Princeton is planted in the ground. Around this cannon the college celebra- tions are held, and during commencement the open air exercises of the graduating class are held there.
 Near Nassau Hall on the east is the new library, probably the largest at any uni versity. Dickinson Hall. a large three story building, furnishes class rooms for the academic students, while the School of Science building a little further on Is the recitation hall of the scientific. Mar quand Chapel, facing the campus. is a model of modern architecture. Wither- spoon Hall, Edwards, bod, Brown, Blair and newly completed Little Hall separated by grassy lawns and shady trees form a most pleasing picture.
 The new gymnasium, completed this year, is the largest in the country at the present time.
 McCosh walk, shaded by tall trees turns into Prospect Avenue, the home of the upper-class clubs.
 The dress of the students at Princeton is peculiar to itself A Freshman is rigged out in an i'll fitting pair of cor duroy trousers. a plain black jersey, and small black cap that he must wear except when he leaves town. The Sopho-
 
 in that they are not dressed in corduroys Their hats are also different The upper classmen dress in the most comfortable manner possible.
 Some Unique Custcus.
 The traditions and unwriten laws of the undergraduates are unique. Here are some of them:
 The sophomore class has the privilege of initia ting the Freshmen class Hazing has been abandoned and the milder form of "horseing'' has been substituted in its place. The Sophomore wears a large orange and black hat with some mystic device on it. An unsuspecting Freshman sees a crowd of Sophs. sitting on the ground or on the fence and tries to escape by turning through walk. He Is too late, for the Sophs have seen him and he is commanded to Hit 1t up over here Freshman" He goes running over and is told to put his hat in the trash basket when he gets back to his room and get a cap; a derby they tell him Is too promi- nent for a Freshman. They ask him his name and demand that he give his school cheer. The yell proves to be very anus ing and the ''horseing party is about to l tell him to "wrestle with temptation or to scramble like an egg" when a voice with forced calmness tells the Freshman to go to the other side walk. The kindly Junior asks him where his home is and If he happens to be going that way escorts him there. The Freshman when he gets to his room Is thankful to the Sohps. that he has something to put in his letter home that night
 Two days after college opens and the
 ashn,en have had fairly good dose or "horselng." the clas elections are held in the gymnasium, with "peerade" after ka fo m Ina tod fDr president and the cry is taken up over the hall He is a good feSow. I propped with him last year.
 After the elections are over some one says 'peerade' and the Juniors. forming at the entrance. give the advance lines of the largest men good start before the Sophs. try to break the line in sec tfons and disorganize the line of march, If the Freshmen hold their line success fully against the attacks of the Sophs. they are regarded with favor by the upper-classmen, and they are likely to win the cannon rush" on the same night. The "Cannon Rush." The rush Is the first important occasion | for the Freshmen to show what they are | made of. The Freshmen get in line on one of the streets. while the Sophs. gather around the cannon that Is sunk in the | ground behind "Old North" The Fresh men are rather excited and are made more so by the Juniors commanding | silen ee in the ranks
 The word Is given to move slowly for | ward and the excitement grows intense as the red lights of the Seniors on th' steps of the buildings burst into view The word to run forward Is passed alont the line and the Freshmen begin to rul | as fast as possible ip a compact body | As the line strikes the Sophs. the fore most lines shoot straight up in the air | Then commence a free-for-all fight t. take the cannon. Is a Freshman sue
 ceeds in reaching the cannon. the Fresh
 man class has won the rush and tn
 Sophs. horse" them all the more.
 After the signal for the end of tn
 rush by the firing of a pistol has beel
 given there is a mad scramble by tn
 Freshmen to their homes. with the Sophs
 running after them. for if a Freshman
 caught out after the signal he is haze
 until the Sophs. have had satisfaction fo
 losing the rush.
 duty to steal the bell-clapper from tn
 tower on old Nassau Hall. The class tha
 fails to achieve this feat was formerl
 regarded as beneath contempt
 Soon after the "cannon rush" the can
 spree" is held in front of Witherspoo
 Hall The Sophomore and Freshma
 class each picks representatives in Hgf
 weight middle and heavy weight cor
 tests. The Sophs. form half of larg
 ring and the Freshmen the other hal
 The contestants are given cane and tn
 Freshman tries to take 1t away from tn | At.. o4a xnrIv- fxNrl