The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-09

Twenty-seven years ago, on April is,
Chauncey warson. then Il years old,
took a vow that he would thrash Prof.
Mont Cryder A fortnight ago ne made
good.
For q years Warson has waited his
chance. Five times opportunity had
been given him. and the fifth time he
accomplished his purpose.
The fact that the two men fought a
desperate battle to settle an old Crude
is but an incident TO the story. The
remarkable part of it is that Warson,
perhaps, is the only man who ever
made good his threat to whip his
teacher.
warson was the son of a weIl-to-do
farmer residing in Highland County,
Ohio. He attended school at a little
red brick schooIhouse which had been
derisively named Swamp College" 1t
happened that the school at that time
had a hard name for its treatment of
teachers. Two or three had been fore
ed to jump through windows, one had
been snowballed out of the district, one
ducked under the pump and one smok-
ed out when he barricaded himself in
the schoolroom against the assaults
of the bigger boys. The parents were
in despair. The boys were handed to-
gether 20 compel the teacher to yield.
The Trustees tried moral suasion by
sending them a girl teacher. She last
ed only a few days. Half the time the
school was closed for want OF a
teacher.
Affairs reached such a condition that
the trustees determined on vengeance.
They hunted up the County Examiners.
and Al shannon. who realized what
was wanted. discovered Prof. Mont
Cryder
Cryder was young-just out Of col
lege He was deceiving. Slender, pale.
he gave no outward indications Of
strength. He said he was willing to
tackle the school for the spring term
to earn money to finish law courses
He was warned that the boys were
hard to- handle. Cryder merely re-
marked that he would try it.
That spring the boys came grinningi
with anticipation. All the plots We're
laid, but no one moved until the noon
recess was over. Then they started.
That was all they ever did, Cryder
suddenly became transformed. He call
o,t out the biggest boy to whip him.
The others rallied TO his assistance.
The next 10 mf-zztes were minutes At
action. The air was filed with bowls
of pain. cries. for mercy and flying feet.
Desks broke with crash, the stove
overturned. boys suddenly were jerked
of their feet and cracked like whips.
The girls huddled in the corner ana
squealed.
BY and by Cryder, breathing a little
heavier. stepped back, lifted a switch
out of the trough by the blackboard.
raped sharply and called. Order,
please. Inc bruised ana battered Dogs
crept back TO their desks.
It forgot to say" remarked Cryder,
dryIy, that I played football at coll
lege." Il
Then, one by one, he called out the
big boys and thrashed them soundly. ]
and sent them numbering back TO their
desks. That ended the trouble at
Swamp College. But it did not end
entirely. for among those whipped was
Chance warson. Warson's father
was against the actions Of the boys,
He had told Chance his views and
ordered him to treat the teacher well
He added a codicil TO his lecture, in
which he said. IF you get licked at
school or play any tricks on the teach
er you get licked at home"
The boy had decided in his own mind
that 1t was wrong. When the boys
plotted against Cryder young Warson
had urged them to leave the teacher