The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
Upper Class Middies Said to
Make "PlebeS" Hustle.
SOME NEW FORMS INVENTED
"PIe Race" and "EIephant Race" De-
sIared 10 Have Been Added TO
older List OF n1ictiOnS-SuppOsed
20 he Intended as Test for New
OaiciaIs-Captain Doubts Truth.

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stamped out" by severe court-martial
| proceedings and the dismissal Of ten or
more upper classmen last year.
1t the Office of Superintendent Badger
this morning, It was said that nothing
/ like hazing or running had been disc0v-
cred by the new administration. The
further statement was made that If II
were discovered, little difficulty was ex-
pected to be encountered in stamping it
out Under the new laws passed by the
last Congress, the power to deal with up
( per classmen who molest plebes is vested
In the superintendent.
With the departure Of Admiral Sands,
under whose administration so many
youths were dismissed for the offense. the
attempt to re-establish hazing is now
/ thought TO h simply a test. made 10 feel
the official pulse Those who know Capt.
/ Badger and Commandant Of Midshipmen
Benson, express the opinion that these
! officers are perfectly capable Of handling
/ the situation from the very start.
PIebes Admit Mistreatment.
! ASK the greater number Of the officers
Of the Academy. and they viii say that
they do not think the practice viii ever
come back Ask any upper ciassman.
and be viii tell you that there IS moth
ing doin' since so many middles got
the grand bounce last year Ask any
plebe who is not afraid to talk on the
%. T." and he VIII tell you some inter
esting things Of how old stunts are
resurrected and made 10 do service over
again, and of new doings which are now
employed to vary the monotony Of the
ancient sixteenth" automobile" and
"the crew"
Some Of the latest stunts which plebes
Of the new class are now doing for the
edi6cation Of members of the section Of
/ the second class who were held over for
/ practical instruction" are the elephant
race which usually takes place In the
secluslon Of a plebes or an upper class
mans room. and the relay pie" race
that must. for the need OF a supply OF
material, take place In the mess han
Must Eat PIE in Haste.
The latter is. according 10 one plebe.
mot so bad except that IL gives a fsl-
low Indigestion A team Of say fye
youths is named by one upper classman
at the table. A fellow classman then
picks his five pie sprinters. The fellow
who takes the first lap Of the sprint
starts with his similarly designated op-
ponent No. man Of the same team
can not start to feed his face or
shovel pie into the furnace" until No. ]
has disposed of the whole of his slice
Of the pastry in so complete a manner
as TO be able 20 again articulate and say
done The pie relay team member who
eats too slowly. and causes his team TO
lose the race. may confidently expect a
visit from the boss Of his team after the
neal
He VIII then possibly be made 20 partic-
ipate In the elephant race. With "a num-
ber Of other unfortunatcs. he takes his
place Ca line around the table. Each en-
try has q slipper or similar weapon, and
the idea is 10 keep close enough 10 the
fellow in front and az the same time
score as many Shoemaker" slaps on the
seat Of hts trousers as possible in q given
number Of revolutions AROUND the table.
Incidentally. il is desirable 20 keep out
Of reach of the fellow Immediately in
the rear. who is similarly interested in
scoring base hits.
Hudcr Man In Past,
These are some Of the new stunts which
are given as actual experiences Of a
Dlebe. whose name however. mgst for
very obvious reasons be withheld. Many
Of the older and time-honored 'joshings"
are still in vogue. and are used along with
the new ones. The old rates" are also
respected. although not in the running or
rates Is there now the severe activity
which led 20 the Branch -Meriwether fight
and the other disclosure during the ad-
ministratiOn Of Admiral Sands and prior
10 thSt when Amiral Brownson was IN
charge Of the institution
The same warning from the active
upper classman. Keep your eyes off'n
me, you greasy plebe," is used. The
short heart-to-heart" talk is usually fol-
lowed by something like this: Say, mis-
ter. do YOU know who / amp The plebe
No, sir" Would YOU recognize me if
you saw me?" NO sir"
Lovers lane" is as sacred a foOtway
now as ever dCbaTTed the defiling feet OF
plebedom The 'end compsnionways," or
stairsteps at each end Of the corridors.
cannot be used by plebes, it Is said but
these rockies must and can come from
one foor TO the other only by way OF the
main staircase.
Investigations on Scent,
The board of investigation. composed OF
officers of the department Of discipline at
the institution, has had one or two ses-
sions during the summer. it is under
stood, but so far nothing that looks like
haZing has been unearthed This is pos
sibly because the plebes do not care to
talk too much of the things said to be
going on.
II was some time ago alleged that a
systematic plan for the resurrection of
hazing had been made before the close
of the last academic year and that the
new class just entered would get taste
of the things which the youngsters i'm
mediately above them were spared by the
two recent recoIleCtOns Of hazing courts
martial and the dismissals that followed
MARYLAND NEWS IN BRIEF.