The Springfield herald., 1907-04-05
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STUDENTS TO SCHOOL OF MINES
ARE TORTURED.
ARMED POSSE TO RESCUE
Sheriff Whlpple Says He VIII Stop
Hazins II He has to peputize All
Of Jefferson County.

Of Jefferson County.
undergraduates at the School Of Mines
had supported professor In his dis
pute with the chemistry class, mob
of 200 students Tuesday night seized
eleven offending classmates and pro
ceeded to carry out an extensive haz-
ing plan, says a Golden dispatch to the
Denver Post. The work OF the gang
OF avengers was only stopped by the
arrival of Sheriff c. w. Whipple Of
Jefferson county with three deputies
and shotguns.
The arrival of the sheriff was greeted
with jeers and taunts, and 1t was only
after he threatened to arrest every
student In the vicinity that the dis.
gruntled band of embryo engineers dis
persed. Much comment has been
stirred up by the occurrence and citi.
zens of Golden demand that the stu.
dents concerned in the riot be arrested
and prosecuted. 1t is probable that
within the next few days some legal
action will be taken either by the
School of Mines authorities or the
townspeople.
The trouble OF Tuesday night had
its beginning a week ago. Professor
John c. Bailar is the instructor OF
chemistry at the institution. One
morning last week he was few min.
utes late in meeting his class and all
of the members of the class with the
exception of eleven left the lecture
room, giving their class yell and cheer.
ing boisterously. Professor Bailar up.
peared shortly after their departure
and finding eleven students In the class
room, proceeded to give his regular
lecture.
The following morning when the
class assembled there were many re.
marks in audible tone commenting on
the fact that the instructor was In his
place on time. After the class had
come to order Professor Bailar an
nounced that the morning would be de-
voted to a written examination on the
lecture OF the previous day. The stu
dents who had absented themselves
the day before Immediately arose and
left the room on this announcement
The examination went on, however
and the eleven students who had re-
NAMED for the lecture handed in their
answers to the questions of the profes
sor.
Tuesday evening the chemistry
class, supported by almost 200 OF the
students of the School of Mines and a
few hangers-on from the Golden higll
school, paraded the streets and cap
tured all of the eleven students who
had offended against the unwrittn law
Of class etiquette. The captives were
securely bound with ropes and led tc
the outskirts OF the town, where srea'
bonfires were lighted and the festivi
ties begun.
The scene of the orgy was near the
brewery and the first act of vengeance
was to coat the eleven victims with
liberal supply of malt brew. In this
Shiny and unhappy condition. the hap
less offenders were next taken and pu
through test of blanket tossing. ths
old army game which has been popu
lar in hazing expeditions since timt
| immemorial With crowd of husk,
Young men holding the sides and cor
ners Of the blankets, the unfortunates
were tossed high in the air. caught II
the blankets and tossed again ant
again, until the prosecutors were
weary OF the sport.
AS a grand finale to the nights en-
tertainment, an involuntary bath II
Clear creek was planned, and this las'
act Of the program was about to be
carried out when the sheriff and his
deputies arrived on the scene. The mot
of hazers at first laughed and hootet
at the officer OF the law, but when the
latter walked up to the leaders ant
stated that he would arrest every
student in Golden il he had to use the
court house for a jail, and then backee
up his remarks with sinister flourish
OF formidable looking shotgun, the
young hazers decided discretion was
the better part of valor. and beat
hasty retreat. The sheriff released the
captiyes. who hunted out their rooms
for bath and a change OF clothing.
The sheriff and his deputies secured
the names of the leaders of the mob
and it is said that prosecutions Wit
follow.