The Detroit times., 1909-03-16
STUDENTS GUT AND.
BRUISED BY DIVE.
THROUGH WINDOW
SEVEN FRESHMEN MAKE sPEcT-
AcULAR LEAP WHEN THEY ARE
SHUT OUT FROM BANQUET
HALL BY soPHoMoaEs.

ANN ARBOR. Mich. March 10
Seven freshmen students dived head
first from an elevation Of six feet
through the plate glass windows OF
Changers academy yesterday after
noon In an effort To get away from the
sophomores aud into their banquet
hail IL was the most spectacular feat
ever attempted in university circles.
The students who MADE the leap were
injured so badly that they were no.
able TO attend the banquet They
suffered broken ribs, cut faces and
scalp wounds.
Sixty freshmen socreted themselves
in the Majestic theater awaiting 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, when they
expected TO start for Changers acad-
envy for their annual banquet last
night The Majestic was closely
guarded by the sophomores and all
means OF escape seemed cut OF.
There is a distance OF five feet be-
tween the two buildings. with a &C.
ment walk the whole width. Eight
feet from the ground is the lowest
window sill at Changers that OF the
Majestic is IA feet high. These win
dows are nearly opposite.
The plan OF the freshmen 10 tunnel
through under the walk had been
nlpped by the sophcmores and the for
mer arranged 10 put ladders across.
Paul Gaynor. OF Toledo. president OF
the class. crossed the bridge. TORY.
the hurdler, tried TO pull the ladder
down and there was free-for-all fight
that resulted in several black eyes
for the students on both sides.
Then the freshmen baffied their ad-
versaries. They pulled or a stunt
that paralyzed the sophomores. A
figure poised in the Majestic window
for "A moment and then IL hurled r.
self through the air There was a
crash OF breaking glass al Changers
and a torn and bleeding freshman was
safely in the hall Then came another
and another until seven were in.
Ray Wilcox. of Grand Rapids. while
getting ready 10 Jump. was hit in. the
head and fell back into the Majestic
unconscious. II was half an hour be-
fore he revived Lawrence Larson. OF
Manistee. was cut badly about the
face Ben Weeks. OF Allegan. was
also badly bruised by diving through
the window Myroh Mead. OF Es-
canada. in diving. landed on the win
dow sill on his abdomen. The sophie
mores tried To pull Mead out while the
freshmen tried TO pull him in. The
freshies. TO save their classmate
bodily harm. let him go and he was
badly pummeled.
IL was discovered that a hackman
who started TO assist a guest through
the crowd standing at the banquet
door was Harold Yocum, II Jackson.
the much sought POSTMASTER. and he
promptly rendered his resignation 10
the transfer lire. Re had made three
trips TO Changers with hack loads OF
guests. and this was the first time the
opportunity for entering showed.
William Dick. the only man captured
who had a toast TO respond TO, was
from Washington, d. c.
s. c. Stebbins. OF Lansing. the gen
eral chairman. the man second In i'm.
portance TO the postmaster, was
caught in the Sphinx club rooms and
spirited away.
There were about so who entered
Changers. and about 40 who swere
stolen, nabbed and secreted In the
sophomore headquarters. Between 9
and 10 they were decorated and turned
loose In the banquet hall Several
freshies were delivered i'm trunks. by
the express companies, and were safe
as none may modest express being de
livered by the company One was
struggled in in a big basket Of bread.