Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-04-05
HAzINCATCOLOEN
STUDENTS TO SCHOOL or MINES
ARE TORTURED.
ARMED POSSE TO RESCUE
shsrin WhippIs Says Hs VIII stop
haxins IL Ne has to ospvtiss Al
Of Jefferson County.

HAxin0 u He has to osputixe All
Of Jefferson County.
Anscred because = number OF the
undergraduates at the School Of Mines
had supported u professor In his dis
pute with the chemistry class. q mob
Of 200 students Tuesday night seized
eleven offending classmates and pro
ceeded to carry out an extensive haz'
ing plan. says u Golden dispatch to the
Denver Post. The work OF the gnng
OF avengers was only stopped by the
arrival OF Sheriff q. w. Whippie OF
Jefferson county with three deputies
and shotguns.
The arrival OF the sheriff was greeted
with jecrs and taunts. and II was only
student In the vicinity that the dis
sruntied band OF embryo engineers dis
persed. Much comment has been
stirred up by the occurrence and citi'
gems Of Golden demand that tho stu
dents concerned In tho riot be arrested
and prosecuted. II 10 probable that
within the next few days some legal
action will be taken either by the
School OF Mines authorities or tho
townspcoplc.
The trouble of Tuesday night had
It's beginning a week ago. Professor
John G. Bailar Is the Instructor OF
chemistry at the Institution. Ono
morning last week he was fcw min
utca late In meeting his class and all
OF tho members Of tho class with tho
exception Of eleven left the lecture
room. giving their class yell and cheer.
Ing boistcrously. Professor Daiiar mp.
pcarcd shortly after their departure
-. a. ev~e ola IA
room, proceeded to give his regular
lecture.
Tho following morning when the
class assembled thcrc were many re-
marks In audible tonc commenting on
tho fact that tho instructor was In his
place on time. After the class had
come to order Professor Bailar an
nounccd that the morning would be de-
voted to q written examination on tho
lecture Of the previous day. Tho stu
dents who had nbscntcd themselves
tho day before Immediately arose and
left the room on this announcement.
Tho examination went on. however.
and the eleven students who had re-
maincd for the lecture handed In their
answers to the questions OF the profcs-
sor.
Tuesday evening the chemistry
class. supported by almost 200 OF the
studcnts OF tho School OF Mines and
fow hnngcrs-on from the Golden high
school. paradcd tho streets and cap
turcd ali of the eleven students who
had offended ngninst the unwrittn law
OF class etiquette. The captivcs were
securely bound with ropes and led to
tho outskirts OF tho town. where great
bonfircs wero lighted md tho fcsttvi.
ties begun.
Tho scene OF the ORGY was near tho
brewery and the hrst act OF vengeance
wns TO coat tho eleven victims with q
liberal supply Of malt brew. In TINS
Shiny and unhappy condition. the hap
less offenders were next taken and put
through a test Of blanket tossing. tho
old army game which has been popu-
lar in hazing expeditions since time
immemorial. With crowd OF husky
young men holding the sides and cor
ners OF the blankets. the unfortunntes
were tossed high in the air. caught IN
the blankets and tossed again and
again, until the prosecutors were
weary OF the sport.
As n grand finale to the nights en-
tcrtainmcnt, m Involuntary bath IN
CIcar creek was planned, and this last
act Of the program was about to be
cnrried out when the sheriff and his
deputies arrived on the scene. The mon
of hazers at first laughed and hooted
at the officer of the law. but when the
latter walked up to the leaders ana
stated TINT he would arrest every
student in Golden II he had to use the
court house for jail, and then backed
i'm his remarks with sinister hourisn
OF formidable looking shotgun. the
Young hazers decided discretion was
the better part Of valor. and beat
hasty retreat. The sheriff released the
captives. who hunted out their rooms
for a bath and change Of clothing.
The sheriff and his deputies secured
the names OF the leaders Of the MOB.
and It is said that prosecutions VIII
foll