The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-11-09
FRESHMAN AT u. OF N.

way to Ellsworth, and there was much
speculation rife as to what was going
on in Orono-what was happening, or
what would happen-and smile of
satisfaction illumined every counte-
nance as the train carried the plotters
swiftly along toward the goal which no
other class had reached for years-a
successful Freshman banquet. Ellis
worth reached, the American House
was sought and taken possession of
| with glee. Meanwhile people were
waking up with something of start
up in OronO. In one frat house there
was fruitless search for a Freshman
to go after the afternoon mail, and
only when about half dozen Freshmen
reported at drill amaze surprised was
depicted on the countenance of the SUI
perior officers.
Before the full significance of the
absence of the whole class was grasped
by the somewhat staggered upper class
men messenger from Bangor was
speeding campusward, spreading the
news as he went THE Freshman ban
quet is on, at Ellsworth" Down into a
corner went books and papers. Balls
and bats were flung any old where" and
a mad rush for coats, hats and pocket
! books ensued. The Sophomore were
on business intent, and the upper class
men did not intend to lose any fun that
was going and indications pointed
toward the prospect of a good bit. In
various stages OF preparation Or I'M
readiness they boarded the down car,
regardless of the fast approaching sup
per hour, or anything but the audacity
of those Freshmen
AS the car hummed n1errily on its
way the emptying frat houses adding
new recruits all along the route, stand
ing. room or even hanging on places
were at premium and some OF the
later and less persistent were forced to
cool their ardor by half hour wait
until the next car came along.
The first installment employed their
time judiciously, however, after their
arrival in Bangor. Much to their dis
gust they discovered that there was no
other train out that evening that would
put them on the trail of the offenders
within the desired time limit. Els
worth must be reached, however, elf it
took all the money in Bangor to do it,
as one blood-thirsty individual ex-
pressed it. Before the reinforcements
reached Bangor the hustlers had put in
some heavy work, and a special was
ready to start when the forces had
gathered. If practically the whole of
the Freshman class had gone over the
the road few hours previously the
the whole Sophomore class, with num-
erous additions, was now bound Els
worth ward. Every upper classman
who had "tlle necessary" and was in
Bangor, wanted to be ''in at the death"
and helped to swell the number on the
special.
In Ellsworth things were progressing
merrily. The knowledge that the Soph-
omore-laden train was bound for the
scene of festivities did not dampen
their ardor in the least. kilograms an
nouncing it's progress were received at
the table and read aloud to the great
edifcation of the banqueters. Neat
| little menus were distributed, bearing
the names of the class officers and the
| toast list, and the fun WaXed fast and
! furious as the succession of yellow
envelopes heralded the approach of the
foe. Just before the appearance of the
avengiEg horde was imminent the hotel
was deserted and the class moved sta
tionward in q body.
After the arrival of the train no one
knew exactly what did happen. Even
the upper claSSmeD, who had come
specially to ''see the scrap" never knew
Just exactly what took place. The op-
posing forces met On an embankment
and good many picked themselves up
at the bottom, extricating themselves
with difficulty from mass of arms and
legs in which both classes were more or
less artistically mingled. After that
well, every individual had his own
story to tell. You were made the pris
oner of three Sophomores, and all four
! helped pretty impartially in giving the
little town such stirring up as it had
not had in years. The fire alarm was
rung in in some mysterious manner
aud the apparatus made hasty ap-
pearance upon the street, adding to the
uproar. In the excitement you man
aged to skip your captor and were
lucky enough to FIND Jack in the crowd,
and free from the hampering influence
of any Sophomore guard. Together
you kept on the outskirts of things
pretty well until you were seized again
by a party of skirmishers and taken to
the station, where a repetition of that
memorable evenings haZing was gone
through with. They seemed to be much
taken with your rendering of some of
the popular songs and some of them
were quite enthusiastic over your dane.