The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
HazrNG AT Till a. q NJ.
dents arc Forced ny Barharous
rcatmcnt to Leave College. The Mat
ter Taken up and Two OF the Hax-
crs Dismissed.
News and Obseryer.l

tNeWs anu observer
As the result or BAKING sunday
might. two students OF 4. and VI. col
Ilegc. members Of the Sophomore class.
were dismissed from the college yes
terday by the faculty. who are deter
mined TO suppress every indication OF
lrowdyism and ~maltreating of under
Iclassmeu. An investigation is still In
progress. and 1t Is said that other dis
missals will likely follow.
1t seems that some of the Sophs
have attempted TO take advantage OF
the change in commandant and the
general rush and press OF business ut
1.-THE beginning Of the session. and have
made the past few days lively for the
Freshmen. The haZing has been more
Tor less trivial until recently. consisting
Iof FRANKS in the park and on the cam
Ipus, such a. making the Freshmen
ising and dance. But there has been a
disposition on the part of some To do
violence. as il usually the case with
isuch performances, and the result is
1.-THE dismissal OF two cadets, with the
attendant grief and sorrow in their
Ihomes.
The faculty OF y. and NJ. deeply re-
lsret h necessity OF this action. but
lthey are determined that hazing.
Iblacking and otherwise maltreating
Freshmen shall not get a foothold In
IA. and NJ. college.
| The under classmen at n. and VI.
lhave exhibited an inclination To resist
1.-THE oppression with which they have
lbeen visited. and Sunday night or rath-
Ter Monday morning ut = O'Clock an at
tack was made on the Don Of Il Fresh
imam who had barricaded his door. and
lstoutly defended Himself against all
attacks. Missiles were hurled through
ibis window and his door broken down,
but the men were detected and dis
missed.
Two young gentlemen from Nash
willie returned 10 their homes because
of the treatment to which they were
Subjected. In reference to them the
Nashville Graphic contains the follow
ling:
Last week Master Boddie Ward,
son Of the late Willis Ward. and Mas
tier Sam Bachelor, son OF :. 4. Bach
!elor, Esq, left for Raleigh 10 enter
tine Agricultural and Mechanical col
llege. A few days after besng In the
institution letters were received from
the boys by their parents in which they
told of the cruel and outrageous treat
ment they We're nightly receiving ut
the hands of the older students. Think
ing the boys had become ~"home-sick"
land that they magnified the actual con-
ditions and that they had done So in
order TO come home, very little con-
Germ was manifested by the boys par
ents. Letters continued TO arrive In
which Boddie and Sam pitifully plead
ed with their parents to let hen re-
turn home and go elsewhere, as the
|haZing and rough treatment by the
Older students was unbearable. They
had not been allowed 10 sleep for n
night scarcely inc their arrival. but
instead their rooms were entered by
the sOphmores who would force them
to go out into the night half clad, and
|cnce in the park lei the buildings.
they were chased and pulled about.
forced to remove their remaining
scant store of clothing and reate To
la coating of backing and ~vari-colored
Diamond Dye" In this nude and
|disfigured condition they were made to
Indulge in speech making, singing and
dancing, and finally chased about h
Ipark as Il gang of dogs would n terribly
frightened cat. At an unreasonable
hour they would eventually get back To
their room in q nude, cold, frightened
land weary condition to find their pos
sessions and furniture disheveled.
lSuch Il treatment the boys say, was OF
ALMOST nightly occurrence. and that no
Ieffort was made by the faculty To sup
lpress the same. The boys returned
home Tuesday afternoon and their per-
lsons still show the signs of rough
Treatment from the application OF
Iblacking and dye, and both express
themselves as wiling to 90 anywhere
rather than return to the a. d Nj. col
llege.
These young men are known TO the
leditor of this paper. They came from
lgood homes and could have been
Icounted among the best students at
1.-The college, and it is To be regretted
THAT the treatment they received
Icaused them to return home. They are
mistaken in supposing that the faculty
Ibid nothing TO suppress the rowdyism.
1.-THE faculty Is resolved To crush hazing.
has dismissed ten Sophomores guilty
Iof it. and will dismiss the entire class
lie necessary TO give protection TO hr.
lBatchelor. Mr.. Ward and other young
linen like them who come TO the A. and
IN cnIIapa