Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-07
THAT HORRIBLE HAzING.
why Cutler Was Nicknamsd BY
Frank Wing.

The following was recently publish
ed in the Norfolk Dispatch, and is
credited to Frank Wing. The Capital
reprints il by request, also because Of
Mr.. Wings genius and because il is \
good thing, and the Capital knows a
good thing when il sees IL,
.Dey done got busy ut Annapolis
an Knocked dc stnflin outten er cadet
fer HAHN Els or good thing, said
Potash Perkins. .Dey kain't stop de
brutal habit too soon. II makes NAH
heart ache. 'Dis feller's name wuz
Guller. an lie way ( acted wuz
sean lons l.t wuz. How cr man us
is rude temperament Ia inter de Ma
val Academy passes me. Bnt de fun
niest part erbont.et is de under feller 5
name. Et is Godfrey dec. Chevaiier.
Er man wid er name lax dat ortter
be thankful dat q wuzn't linched.
much less hazed. Why. dat name, en-
tered on de rolls nv any public school
in Norfolk would put white Grape on
somebody's do hefo' de fnst recess.
AN de best part erbout et Is dat
de charge ergainst Cutler is dat NV
givin' Chevalier er nickname. Cutler
an ChevalieFi Doan desc names
speak fer demselvcs? KANT yo' tell
who's gwine ter do de kiddin'.
s'Et is night at de Naval Academy.
All is quiet, an de dense silence is
only broken now an den ez some
perfesser sets on er bay-net donated
by is lovin' scholars. Dere is en-
momentary break in de solitude ez
some cadets playfully shoot er thir-
teen-inch cannon, loaded with kyarpet
tacks, inter number ten dormitory;
but dis is dismissed wild er latf. Fun
de distance come de collidge songs
NV de seniors, wot have hired tor
pedo boat an are jokin ly town er
ne weomer up de river by IS feet.
'sGodfrey dec. Chevalier have went
ter bald. In is cute little room e
takes OF is skirt, an is underskirt
an all de rest NY dose things, an
"a has inst taken er bath in cologne.
T. wouldn't use bay rum fer g seq
dat de last part uv de name rs Jest
horrid. Godfrey-now wouden dat
name rap ye'?-is got on de pink per
TANNERS wot hummer made, an
is cryin' inset ter sleep over one
NV Laura Jean Libby's masterpieces.
ssSuddenly dere is heard loud foot
prints in de hall. Et is de rough an
rowdy Cutler. Fun de way e
Walks CT SOuuNa AdA y = 81 - ~ -
friends wild i'm, but e is all by
Unset. Deliberately palcin' er step
ladder ergainst de do Nv de unforchn
nate Godfrey, g sticks is haid fra
de trabsom an Kisses:
"Casey
Instantly all is confusion. Perfes-
sors rush in an look out: Godfrey
faints, an goes inter Mysteries fer ten
minutes De sergeant-at-arms has ter
take i'm in is lap an kiss i'm eight
times befo' e kin be restored. Et
is wild de greatest difficulty dat e is
kept fun settin right down an
writin' ter mother. Er squad NV
marines rush ont an return wild Gull
Ter an black eyes. lcz soon ez de
faculty gifts deir faculties tergedder
dey sentence Cutler ter twenty-three
spanks on de pulse. In de meantime,
ez de comic paper sez, some NV de
students has comically buried er
freshman up ter is neck in de campus,
an Is rollin ten-pin balls at i'm.
.Ah doan' see whar dere wuz any
great harm in wot dis feller Cutler
did. said Caleb Jones. Some nv
dose felIers has been doin' lots wuss.
Ah'd er heap rudder becalled er nick
name dan ter be hung outteH in er
winder in &c sheet full er hard crabs,
lax yo' tole me dey did once.
'sEz fer me, responded Potash, 'ef
| All had been labelled lax Godfrey all
would consider any kind nv er nick
name er compliment.