Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-05-26
FRESHMEN HAZED
Bound With Thongs and Their
Ice Cream ForcibIy Taken
Paul Jones Grated to the Moon and stars,
Prompted by the End Of a Rope-Rlot
Act Read.

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Prompted by the End Of a Rope-Rlot
Act Read.
Unusual developments, such as the kid
mapping of two students, a forced speech
at the end of a rope, ETC., were the ac-
compartments to the spread" given by
the high school freshmen to the girls of
the class in the laboratory Friday
night. Several boys of the sophomore
class were chiefly responsible, but those
of other classes took a hand in the affair."
and before quietude was established a
police officer had been summoned and
Committeeman Leroy F. Adams had read
the ri act from the steps of the building.
The freshies ordered supply of ice
cream, and the sophomore boys planned
to get 1t. They agreed to congregate near
the Baptist church and take the refresh
ments from the boys of the under class.
Two freshmen, Warren Crosby and Henry
Whitney, passed the church with the ice
cream about o'clock. At that time only
two of the sophomores had arrived, so
without using any force they offered to
assist in carrying the ice cream to the
school building. Two other sophomores
appeared a minute later and the four
bounced upon the two freshmen and took
the cream away from them after fight.
The two stronger sophomores held the
two freshmen while the other two hid the
and Whitney to the bank on the north
side of the common, where they tied them
with ropes to trees. Then they started
back, but on meeting Paul Jones, another
freshman, they took him to the band stand
on the common and compelled him to
make a speech, in which he brought in
the moon, the stars and various other
things which caught his eye, and when
he lacked for words one of the sophomores
prompted him with the end of rope.
While the speech was going on Crosby
gnawed off the rope which bound his
hands and then took out his knife and cut
the rope which bound his feet. Next he
released his companion Whitney, and
they went to the river bank and main
tanned silence an hour lest their where
abouts be discovered and they be forced
to submit to other indignities. Finally
they got up courage to start back, and
they were seen by DR.. and Mrs Fremont
Hamilton. who took them into the house
and gave them hot drinks.
After Paul Jones had finished his stunt
the sophomores who were with him re-
turned to the place where they left
Crosby and Whitney and were much sur
prised to find that the birds had flown.
After spending some time hunting for
| them they returned to the high school
| building to see if the escaped prisoners
were there, and the janitor, revolver In
| hand, met them at the door and refused
| them admittance. By that time Police
| man Worden had been summoned, and
with him came a crowd from the street
| who had heard of the racket. Mr.. Adams
followed little later.
DIR. and Mrs. Hamilton went to the high
| school building to assure the freshmen
class that they would not lack for re-
| freshments, and they were followed by
| Crosby and Whitney The sophomores
were glad to learn no harm had come tc
| the two victims. About this time the
| girls, who were looking on from the win
dows up stairs, informed the sophomore
| that more ice cream had been ordered
| Visions of an ice cream bill came before
| the eyes of the four sophomores who tool
the leading part in the affair and they
lost no time in restoring the original sup
ply and cancelling the second order