The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-10
TOOK NEOPHYTE
FOR A LUNATIC
GOODS HELD HIM IN DURANGO
FOR HOURS
To Prove His Worthiness Of Frat
Membership, He Had to Remain an
Hour in the Flat of Strangers and
Was to Call for Something to Eat
Girls Had Nerve.

Post holiday fraternity limitations
fourished last week in the university
settlement on the East Side. Some of
the stunts performed by the novices
were soul-trying, but in one instance the
fraternity was Worsted.
This frat has its home in the vi
entity. of Fifteenth avenue SE-maybe.
One night last week they were putting
candidate over the hot sands and thru
the mazes of the road to trouble. One
of the a"testso for this young man was
a demand that he leave the frat
house, = go to the home of five soro-
rity sisters whom he had never met,
and gain an entrance to their apart
ments: He was told that he must re-
main there an hour and must say that
he was hungry and wanted something to
eat. . - - ..
Escorted bya troop of his brothers-to-
be-, the young man entered the lower
hallway Of the fiat and rang the bell.
AS he did so the "brothersO rang all
Of the bells in the building and six
see if it was the butcher boy or the
letter carrier. Among them was. the
head of the sorority household. The
young man walked into her apartment
and, seating himself on a divan, an
nounced that it was his intention Ito
call. He fdgeted and the girls Of the
family circle became alarmed at his
actions. He was as nervous as singed
cat and the girls began to think Of call
ing on the neighbors for help or tele-
phoning for the police. ..-.. .. Is.
Finally the young man announced
that he was hungry. This gave Miss
Sorority Senior tip. -: 49,
- Step. right this way into the dining
| roor Won noor fa1Jou, - oh av.
claimed, opening a door. The young
man stepped ahead Of her-into a
closet. Miss Sorority slammed the door
behind him and locked it.
This did not startle Mr.. Fraternity
in the least. He regarded it as part
of a put-up game between his fellow
fraternity members and the girls. He
sat down on the floor of the closet, his
face surrounded in the darkness with a
bewildering confusion of things the
nature Of which he only half dared to
guess.
The girls held a council of war and
for his safe keeping placed a heavy
bookcase against the door, None dared
to leave for fear the tramp or insane
man would break out and murder the
other girls. 49, ~a -
just at this juncture a committee
from the "frat" house appeared to find
the missing brother. The girl who
answered the door is keen-witted. She
tumbled'' to the little game and
sweetly Informed the board Of inquiry
that she chad not seen anything Of the
young man. they were seeking
Abashed, the youths withdrew to a cold
corner and held consultation.
(" He's Yellow offered one.
I He's jumped the game," said an
other. zes,<vztg. 49, &sEgYE ~. @,.e7
- The mucker lost his nerve,' com
mented third. ~f-t,s-...
Then they separated and for three
hours searched for the recreant novice
All this time he was locked in the closet
and almost stifled. Finally he was re
leased by the girls. The FIVE were linec
up in the parlor and as the crestfalle1
} young man emerged from the closet thu
spokeswoman pointed to the door an,
said, tersely:
! "Hike!'
He did. .4- .-... 80 ,.-., o..