The Washington times., 1906-10-05
Slaughter and Carnage OF
Under ClaSSmen Must .
Be Fair.
FRESHIES GET DESPERATE
Smoke Cigarettes, Have
Trousers Pressed, and
Match for NickelS.

Away with the books and the thought
ful looks. and on with the Drawn Oh con-
nicr and the duh Jhud-thud or blows
on human flesh. Let Jhe fights pe Iasl
and furious. so long as they are taIr.
The higher education demands the sur
OF battle. and studious heart must feel
itself swell with eXuIJaui0u at the pros
pect OF slaughter and carnage. But IL
must all be according 10 rules ana regu-
latiOns.
The above are the sentiments OF the
upper classmeu of George Washington
University, and. just 90 show that
they're tu earnest about the whole thing.
the juniors and seniors posted "a formal
notice on the university bulletin boards
today. setting forth rules which are 90
govern the conflicts between sophomores
and freshmen
The notice was called forth by the
fact that yesterday morning a horde of
freshmen smarting under past indlgni-
ties and determined To- DE reveugedi no
matter how much they outuumbered the
sos, feI upon few =ophumores, who
were going 10 lectures. and would have
&Salt them something akin To pain but
for the timely intervention OF some
junior- and seniors.
Freshmen Grew Reckless
FolIow.ar thts thwartiuE of their
thirst llr-gore. the freshmen said they
didn't care what they did-so they
smoked three cigarettes eachI talked
freely in uudertuaes and carried all
their trousers to the tailor 20 have them
pressed This last act was "a silent
tribute 90 the fact rhat the sophomoreS
had pounded am the shape out OF the
IAN H.. fraghies did not stop there.
They matched ulclels ANA stuck a couu-
Jr, Uly for "a round OF COca-r1las anu
grape juice Then JhCy said iheE Wpu-d
uIi.- ca reply to the 5ophoIl1tes Aot'-S
rf the rules IGey had 10 ooe}- many on
fn.Fu went $50 far as 90 declare tArs
would write the reply even lI the3 h."
mother that day. just then three s"pL-
rr1rre- PASSED hy and the treshles Ia-i-
.7 al them blJJerly-ff Whispers g.. 81
said The s0phum0rc= were s1HtH c|
ana Thought they owned i'e car TIL
Sophs Pooh PoOhed.
FINALLY one of the freshmen darted
ONT of am obscure hiding place anu
crouching against the wall grippea A's
.,,.,-,-as twisted them into maulke shaPe
and nosted the following reply 10 l"'
..T+ must be said that the height oL
eoorisu is represented 10y sophomore
No pratands To be the first mount leu
e,,,ard of the Pope. and believes mat lie
Is the whole creation.
..yyhat is that2 IL g. neither ma7eu-
Iira nor feminine il is ueuter.
..Tnereforr the sophomore now ls q
zorro and nothing at an The freshman
-esDoDd= in "a foreign Language. nes""7-
~ is declared that the sophomoie7 9i 4
e. sruuid that they can speak E---si'7-'
raithar correctly nor elegantly
,.FfuaIlv. I'm reply ID IS only neteasilll1
IN saw that the vanity or Lht 7'I.1'
,9ores is UNPARALLELED. and that the
freshman lives by work and lhJeiiisTy.''1
I'm other words. Pooh. pooh soph7'
Freshies Rave over College Life.
Then an the freshies ran to their
rooms and wrote home that they We're
having perfectly delishdui llille D7
ro-,irr real college students.
Rut things are in store for them fIel- ..-
g. soon the freshman class meeting viii
r--,. mn and the sophdmores VIII Jump
frf, il and do things with the Ineetiil7
and the mteters. such as betLLll'7 '-''--
while they Jump out of WINDOWS, Ella
Id was said today that, heteaL.,-sli IN M
rrr.-er rTaSsmpu of the university VII
arrange "a fixed time as rush-day b1
tween the freshmen and sopholH"Ie7 rs