Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-21

/ ting few hard knocks, and the boy
who doesn't Keep n stiff upper I'm Iu
college, come what may, isn't llkof
any more than the man who weakrps
every time an Ill wind blows his way.
Wen, the Ave OF us who were ION
were put through the PAGES for fair.
We were run copue OF miles so
we'd warm up; then when we reached
bridge over the same creek into
which we had rolled, we were lowered
into II by means OF a rope and once
more thoroughly soaked. Then mora
running this time four miles, with
switches 10 urge us on and a sopho.
more as q load on your back every
once In a while, Eventually, we
reached the spot where the feast was
and sang college songs and Were
folly good fellows" with one another.
and thenceforth have been GOOD
friends because we had been tried
out and found out one another. Haz.
ing Is at the bottom Of many a friend
ship. SHOW nerve anywhere and you'u
get credit, and everybody likes 10
have friends with nerve. Then. toa
hazlng establishes a sort OF healthy
what do you call it2-comaraderIe.
and such state is good for one and
all and the college, to boot
VIEWS OF OLD COLLEGE MEN
Just you ask an old college man
what he thinks OF hazing, No, don't
ask Il that way--ask II he thinks ha2.
ing is a good thing. Ten to one hen
say yes, and maybe he'll add, III IL
isn't carried too far" Ask him Il he
ever knew, personally, Of It's being
carried too far, and he'll say no, more
than likely. Well, he'll be telling you
the truth In all he replies. Every
once In while you hear Of hazing
being carried too far, but not often.
We're human, just like the rest OF the
world, and we don't believe IN pllng
Il on too hard, and often when you
hear that some OF us have done SO, II
you'd take the trouble 10 investigate
you'd find that the tale was the work
Of some squealer who'd exaggerated,
just like the Gould affair was exag.
gerAted by outsiders Why those
sophs didn't want to harm the child.
They Just wanted TO take him TO their
dinner--that was all. And he fired
a pistol at EN-! Huh DO you know
what he should have done when hs
saw the sophs bearing down on him?
Faced EN-, rolled up his sleeves and
said; Now, come on, one at time
They'd have done so, and the child
would have won their respect. As It
IL now-well, say, I'm thankful I've
taken my knocks with grace and been
taught some needed lessons by them,
and made some good friends among
the ha2ers in the bargain. And tot
all that was coming TO memo more,
no less--iust what the average fresh
man gets, that's all. Don't look as
II I'd been bunged up for life, do ]?
Well, ] guess not; and III tell you,
right now, ia be n darn sight less
wearing on me to take a hazing than
have to do a page OF Horace over
again, TIA be more fun, too You
bet
OTHER REASONS.
Want more reasons why hazlngs a
good thing? Wish / could tell you
now, but it's the hour for Philosophy
Number q But there comes PreXie
across the campus. You go down TO
his office, get him to talking, and I'll
bet he'll give you a long string OF rea-
sons, One will be that it's fine thing
for keeping the college spirit up to TOP
notch Prexie ought TO know He's
seen sophs hazing freshmen every year
since the seventies; and ever since I'VE
been here he's winked at the good old
custom and once | saw him smile
when n prof told him what he'd heard
had happened TO q bunch Of freshmen
who came back from their trials with
beautiful red and blue stripes--the coz
lese colors--betweon their shoulder
blades. Pickles all right, and hos ono
OF the reasons why hazing IL rot wrong
mot on your llfel
Copyright, 1905, by Guy r. VisknIskk0