Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-19
EASEMENTS BANQUET
VIII Take Place st the Elton Ualsss
 Sophonurss Prevent

Waterbury Is alive to-day with
 students of Trinity college of Hart
 ford as the banquet of the frsshmen
 class to the juniors will be held this
 evening at The Elton. This, is an
 annual event and the sophomorss
 who are on the outside looking in
 endeavor to prevent as many fresh-
 men as possible from attending, con-
 sequently there is plenty of fun for
 the college boys before the spread
 takes place.
 The freshies endeavor to prevent the sophies from learning where the
 banquet is to be held and are aided by the Juniors who are supposed to
 do the right thing and not say 8
 word about where they are to be feasted. This year the freshmen
 were rather successful in keeping
 mum, that is as far as 1t Is within
 the bounds. as there would be very little excitement if the sophomores did not get wise in time to get in some work.
 The freshies in their efforts to throw the second year students of their guard started to leave Hartford yesterday morning and many of them arrived in this city yesterday. It did not take long for their rivals to get wise to the fact that the freshmen were sneaking away and soon learned that some of them had departed for Waterbury; they did the same. Some of the sophomores thought, at least made bluff they thought, that the banquet was to be held last evening and immediately proceeded to cap ture what freshmen they could and lock them up. The freshmen when they saw some of the "wise fools" in town did not know what to make of 1t and knew right away that they would have to lay low or they would be captured by the sophs and thus prevented from being present at the banquet this evening.
 Therefore they retired early last evening, that is they went to their rooms to retire. what-no, of course, they wouldn't have a game on Sun day night.
 This morning the sophomores, re- infOrced by several of their number who had been informed where the bunch was and hastened to this city, were up bright and early ready to corral any of the fres1iies whom they saw. Two of the sophs were stand ing on North Main street this morn ing when they saw couple of fresh- men coming through the green on their way to The Elton. The sophs let out whoop and started pell nell after the freshmen. One of them forgot all about the wire on the green in his eagerness to capture the fresh- men and went sprawling on his head. The ground was not very dry and | the fellows suit was rather to tn bad when he arose. Nevertheless, other sophomores appeared in tome to capture the freshmen and they were hustled on to the Connecticut hotel where the sophs had a couple of rooms hired to which they con- iucted all their prisoners.
 The freshmen who are captured will be allowed to attend the banquet his evening. but will have to wear whatever costumes the sophomores wish. Some of them undoubtedly will 'e painted in a grotesqne manner md all will be made to look ridicu- ous in some manner or other.
 Forty freshmen and forty juniors Ire expected to be present at the 'anquet this evening. Speeches will 'e made by Cyril Judge. president of he freshman ciass. who will give oast to the juniors. while President Harsh of the juniors will respond to
 toast "The Freshmen" William nark will have few words to say bout "The Faculty"
 The las. report stated six fresh- nen had been captured by the twen. y sophs in town. The prison was he Connecticut. All the students Ire supposed to be at school today mi that doo9 mt ynoffar