The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-02-20

CleSe was Juu difInOQ. All student
want to do things to the faculty. ant
some do them. Among these again was
Harmon. That is why he did not grad
uate till day late and but for a small
French revolution in that particular
college would not have graduated a
all.
Selected as a Burnt Offerinu,
Most colleges have fake commence
ment programmes that roast the digni
fed professors, trustees, students ani
everybody worth roasting. The one Of
June. 1865. at Denison was especially
notable. 1t changed the junior elias:
exercises into bowling farce anl
made the stately trustees so chokingly
wrathy that there had to be a victim
Harmon's earmarks were all over the
fake programme, so he was selected a:
the burnt Offering to appease the an
ger of the powers that were.
The fact that Harmon had been lef
off and was not to receive his sheen
skin did not dawn on the audience til
near the close Of the exercises. It was
a mean and small way of getting ever
and created an uprOar Of protest
Harmon. Harmon!" went up the
shouts from all sides, and in the midst
of the turmoil the faculty completed
the ceremony and filed out through q
side door. Thereupon the student body
and alumni hastily convened and
passed resolutions after the good old
American way. Whenever two or
three Americans get a grievance there
is the resolution in the midst Of them
They as naturally run to "whereases''
and oratory as an Italian vendetta
does to stilettos or an Irish fair to
shillalahs
| The Dension students and alumni re.
solved that Jud Harmon should be
graduated without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation on
earth. The faculty refused. The stu
dents thereupon resolved to strike, boy
colt the institution and to do all the
dire things that could suggest them
selves to an excited body Of young
men. This made dent in the faculty,
and after some further "whereasing''
and 'resolving" consent was given that
Harmon might graduate.
The next day when the ceremony
was to take place the student body got
out brass band, formed procession,
escorted Harmon to the hall like con-
quering hero and after he received the
coveted sheepskin ''rah-rahed" all the
rest of the day and into the beginning
Of the next. The spirit of the Declara-
ton Of Independence got in it's work
on that student body in fine style.
What chance had a mere board of
college trustees before force that had
walked all over kings and thrones?
With such start in life there is no
wonder that Jud Harmon's friends
think he is endowed with certain in
alienable rights, among which are life,
liberty, the pursuit Of happiness and
the right to run for president.
One of the Home Guard.
1t was shortly before this stirring
revolt against the tyrant that young
Harmon had his war experiences. Hav-
Ing martial ardor and being a preach
er's son do not go together. Young
Harmon found it SO, and when he
would soldier be he discovered that
| the first enemy he would have to whip
was his father. Not caring to gain mil
1tary renown in such a hard way, he
relinquished his Dreams He did run
away from home, however, to join the
home guard, that gallant body which
went to repel Generals Kirby Smith
| and John Morgan. Like the king of
France, the home guard marched up
the hill and then marched down again.
Unlike Caesar, it came, it saw, it scam
pered.
After participating in this valiant
feat at arms young Harmon had an
actual warlike bout with his father.
In this celebrated battle the weapons
were shingles, and only one side was
armed. The late member of the home
guard was totally and disastrously
defeated, after which he was bundled
off to school. The warlike spark was
not entirely quenched, but it had to-
blaze into eloquence rather than into
valor. Young Harmon made one speech
on the college campus which was so
filed with fiery patriotism it is re-
membered to this day. Bryan Is not
the only boy orator.
Like all Ohio men and some Others.
Mr.. Harmon is an optimist It is hard.
er to be all. optimist now than it was
six months ago, but so far as heard
from Judge Harmon is still sticking.
That eminent but intermittent Cincfn-
NATHAN, William Howard Taft, is like
wise as optimist. All men are who
weigh over 800 pounds.
One thing in Judge Harmon's favor
is his name-it is so much like har-
mony. If there is one thing the Demo-
cratic party '1ong has sought and
! mourned because" it found it not"
that one thing is harmony. If a radi-
cal is nominated, the conservative s
knife him; if a conservative is nomi-
mated, the radicals knife him, and if a
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