The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-05
COLLEGE HAzING
AND SUBSTITUTE
The Rhamkatte View of
the Class Rushes
OPINION OF OTHERS
y SarreDu:icus Glance Oyer President
N~instOn's Mail shows That some
Folks Approve the Substitute
For HaziEa.
For HaZiDa.


(Phamkatte Ro2ster)
Rhamkatte IS up in arms over the
new sort of class hazins that was
practised at the a. and NJ. College last
week. We don't like no hazing nor
backing, or this new ush business
where somebody gifts hurt But Bill
sykes he up an SEE. seq he. thet be-
tween a crowd OF old students hazing
fresh at night. every time he'd rutheT
hay a stand up oid fashioned pulling
to see which IS h strongest
We don't believe in no sort Of
HAHN. The only substitute fer hazin
is fer the college presidents. to git
some good old hickories and ware EN-
out on boys that run acound az night
to fresh the new co1lers. y the CO..
lege KANT stop la2ing. o. the So
called subStectUte, t.Cyd o-t ter call
out the police Bat thare air many
folks < seems WHO az D.ezcd with the
new suubstertute. We wuz down 70
RoIly yestiddy and went owe 20 the
Amen CA. & NJ College ter see if we
could find any broker noses. Things
lo"i.ed about as usual. We saw BIZ.
or Oldest hopeful, who started in TO
~ iege in September. He looked peart
al Td ply. F1t Sdlh IL I4nSG "a
way fer it Civ a Fresh a chance 70
knock the stuffin' out 'en the high
falutin' Sophs who fer q hundred
years had been a innposin' on the
Freshs, thout givin' the Fresh a
chance. 7 sWatted d Soph, | kin tell
YOU" he sed. good and hard. and |
think the Substertute has busted up
HAHN and busted itself UP too at the
same time"
We went on to the College to see
"Old Vince" as the boys call the
President fer short. He wasn't in his
offs, havin' some to the hosn1tai 70
see how the victims of the Substitoot
ware a gettin' on. We observed q Pile
OF letters On his desk. 1t air not con-
sidered polite in some circles ter look
over ennyhOdv'S eiSc'S mail. but my
eye glanced on the first letter an
till I read en- all. They was so funny
that we copied some Of them. They
ware letters from all sorts of folk an
all wer anproyin' Of the new sub.
stitoot for HAHN. | writ as hard as
ever | could. but couldn't git EN- all.
but here air a few extracts from let
ters received by President Winston in
reference to the Class Rushes as d
Substitoot fer HAHN:
ron ? Patron OF the \. II VI.
College: see by the papers YOU
have added nnarslau@hter II your cur
ricllum. T hope il IS electric. How
ever, the average boy will take 1t BY
choice
From Chapel I'LL Freshman: IF
Won have discovered a substitute for
hazing. for Heavens sake, let US have
From Other college: Me. too"
From White House. Washington:
your plars for a square dead in ed7-
cation are an to date. Will you ac-
cent ofice Of L 5. Commissioner Of
Education2" (Signed) II r.
From st. lEary's school: PLEASE.
if RiHie's face is bruised. shall die
if he is scratched. Jamie.
IRON, Richmond Pancr: Send pho
tos Immediately OF President, Com
mandant. and broken noses, AM noses
Will do"
From Matron Of Female College:
Have YOU ever tried Tiddledywinks as
a substitute for hazing2 Two games
viii cure it"
From 4. ana VI. Freshman at cary:
When shall come back
from a. and ", Soph; 1t was pref
t. rough. but no mar that took part
il il. wiu ever sneak around WITH q
crowd If the dark and beat or bully
4 solitary Freshman VINO nas no
chance to defend himself.
From University Of Va Foot Bail
Team: That crowd will prove a tough
! meal for Us on Thanksgiving DaE II
Norfolk" :.
From University OF - root Bal
Team ut Is against our .constttu-
ton to play that crowd"
FROM the Duke OF Wellington: The
Battle OF Waterloo was wo-. on the
football field of Rugby
rror Dioccnes. ti2e Cynic: "Hlr
| President. YOU are going TO be right
| much damned. (Anlice condemn"dh.
e5t remember the wise words Of Con
fucius: He that no man damns. i
scarcely Wortl. a damn"
From Joshua. Son of Nan: Your
ro'= remind me OF the DAYS OF
from John y. sullivan. ex-Cham.
pion: Capital idea. You ought U
establish Chain of Anti-Haziag- ! WI
accept P~~ofeSSo-sn1p-
From, Seaboard Engineer: Away;
examine the steam SUaCc before you
omen the throttle"
From Haiei@h Newspaper Reporters
you gave u the rea, Stu.- Dida''
we rise TO the oc~cas.onE The o-d!ca-.
sneak hazias does1' inspire our
muse
From Mrs Lewis. Hospital Matron:
please order cne-haif barrel Mexican
| Mustang LiRiment'
E~nm secretary Of War Taft Tin the