The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18
TIE FRESH|ES;,
EAT UP DINNER
New York University Class
Outgeneraled by Sophonores.
Their Enemies.
MEMBERS BOUND IN BARN
Gain Release in Time to Save
Coffee at End OF Yearly
Feast.
MEMBERS BOUND IN BARN

/ New York, December IN ..s.i the
freshmen of New York University Went
TO the Hotel st. Denis !ast hight iof
their first class dinner they found their
enemies, the sophomores, had rencheu
the feast first and there was nttie leit
except the dinner cofee. The upper
class learned or the intended feast and
delayed IL by capturing haif OF the
| freshmen. They had tnem IN COLO
barn unt.i the other members OIL 'he
first year class found where they were
prisoners. AS the freshmen fought for
the release of their brethren all the
sophomofes who could be spared from
the fight hastened to the banquet-room
and disposed of the spread.
The freshmen took every precaution
to keep the date and the place of their
dinner secret from tho sophs. Jut the
! information became known and the
second year men began their prepara-
lions to spoil the pans. The treshies
were surprised by the interest OF In
/ sophomores in their movements all uiiy
yesterday, but were not prepared -.
the onslaught in the evening.
AS the lower class men left the lee
ture rooms they were captured by the
sophs and on one pretext or another
were led away from the university
buildings. When dozen or more
of their men had DISAPPEARED the
freshies became alarmed and tried &c
prevent the wholesale kidnapping Of
their fellows.
AS the 1918 men tried 10 make away
with twenty freshmen they were halted
by the 1914 class on the campus. There
were 125 men in the sophs crowd, and
they found themselves attacked by al
most the same number of freshmen.
The Juniors and seniors. non-com.
batants. witnessed one of the prettiest
fights that ever have been seen on
the n. Y. u. grounds. and finally saw
the twenty freshies spirited away as
tho others of the 1918 class put up
clever interference to the rescuers' ef
forts.
Tho captives were taken TO a de-
serted barn in Sedgwick Avenue and
there were tied hand and foot to the
posts in the structure, Forty of the
sophs stood guard and they believed
they had eluded the 1914 class. The
prisoners We're taken between $3.50
and o'clock, and all the sophomores
who were not needed for guard duty
logged themselves In their evening
clothes and hurried to the hotel.
They informed the head waiter in
the banquet room they would have the
dinner an hour earlier than the stated
time and then sat down 10 the cock
tails and made their way through the
oysters, soup, roast and other courses
of the dinner down to the cigars and
coffee before the warning cry was
given. AS quickly as they had ar
rived they fled, leaving behind them
the remnants of the freshmen's class
dinner.
The 1913 men who had not been
taken prisoners followed a careless
sophomore to the barn, and after
warm scrirmage released their fell
lows. They tried to revenge them
selves by binding the guards in their
own ropes, but quit when the 1913
men told them they would have to
hurry If they wanted to save any part
of their dinner. They rushed for their
dormtories and frat houses and We're
in the subway within half an hour.
They reached the hotel just too late to
halt the devastation OF their dinner,
and the entire class of 1875 had to order
all over again. They are now awaiting
their opportunity for revenge on the
men of the class above. and 1t is
promised to be complete when 1t does
come.