The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
CUT OFF ALL HIS HAIR
Then Painted the Coveted Letter
on Him With Iodine.
Prank Is Laid at Door Athletic
Crowd of Boys.

Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 2s-The first
case of hazing to occur at the Kansas
state Agricultural college during the
last three years took place Monday
right when Edwin l. Foster, second
year man, was taken to the city park by
a gang of tx men who cut his hair
off close, painted him up in various
styles and put him through all kinds
Of torment. The hazing was done be-
cause Foster had made a MONOGRAM
and was wearing it about the college
when he had no right to do so. Though
it all occurred Monday night, it was
kept a secret until late Wednesday
when the news leaked out.
It. IS impossible to find out who were
behind the movement that brought so
much sorrow to young Foster. but 1t IS
known that most of the athletic men
who won monograms this year, were
into it. It is thought that between 10
and 20 students helped out on the job
Is in the DIR. Cook Glass.
Last Saturday night. the K S. A.
c. held its annual athletic banquet
v bich was the SWEETEST affair ever pull
ed off at that institution At that time
the monograms which are nothing more
than big ks" were presented to the
raen SO entitled The proudest men in
college were the men who received
monOgramS.
This was the cause of young Foster
committing the act for which after
wards he was to sorrow. Foster was
on the track team last year and did
fairly. we'll in athletics. But this year
he failed to make enough points to
entitle him to a monogram Not to be
outdone but to Guido. Foster spent the
greater part of Sunday in making his
inonogram- How he ever got it made,
no one knows but Monday morning he
appeared on the college grounds wear
ing his monogram and 1t was a good
likeness of the real thing 1t was so
good that few people could tell the dlI-
ference Foster managed to visit all
of the buildings in order to let every
one sec his monogram. He strutted
about with a great deal of pride
Faxed a Monogram IA" and Strutted.
The real * men were in wrath
when they saw Foster and his mono
gram and they immediately set about
to devise plans for getting even. They
decided TO put of operations until
night which gave Foster ample time 10
show his self-made monogram. During
the day the TX men learned OF the
roOnirg place OF Foster and decided
to get him there after dark.
Accordingly the gang met on cor
ner- nearest Fosters rooming house as
soon as II was dark To make things
better they learned that Foster had
an engagement for the evening with a
young lady friend and that he would
undoubtedly wear his monogram.
The plotters sneaked up to the win
dow and there watched Foster stand
before the glass and look himself over
and over but looking most of the time
at the monogram Fixed out in his
best. he opened the door and stepped
out
Unsuspecting Youth Is Captured.
Then the fun started. He was i'm
mediately grabbed, partly carried, part
" showed but principally rolled through
the muddy streets to the city park,
away from any residences
BY this time Foster was sobbing and
scared. He pleaded with his captors
but it did little good. First pair of
shears were produced and they started
wading through his hair. All of the
hair was taken off his head with the
exception of one little lock on the top.
Paints were produced and he was lit
orally covered with ks" Iodine was
used in making them on his face and
the same was used in making a large
80" on the back of his almost bald
head. Then after demonstrating to him
that he was poor punching bag, MS
captors turned him loose, first daring
him to come to chapel the next morn
ing And he was not there
Chemicals Left Blister ''K's.'
Foster hurried to a barber shop early
the following morning and had a bar
Der cut off the one lock on top and give
his head a neat trim as the shears of
the night before left the edges rather
off and took some of the hair out by
the roots. Various kinds of chemicals
we're applied to his face today in the
hope Of removing the ks" and fairly
good success was met with, but II
blistered the skin
Foster was in his room today and
refused to consent to an interview He
wants to get even but he does not dare
try it,
have taken no action in the matter.
Put Strychnine in Mothers Coffee.
Wichita, Kan, Jan. zS.-The atten-
ton of the Juvenile officer has been
-aIIa5 - tho case of 12-vear-0id C11aS