The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-05-05
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Daughter Of Prominent Con-
necticut Family Frustrated
by Her Experience.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, May 2.-FranklyN
admitting the practices OF which the
parents Of pretty Lorraine Clark accuse
them, members of Alpha Alpha society
are relying upon the testimony Of ex-
pert witnesses to free them from culpa-
bility In connection with the nervous
and physical collapse Of the girl fol-
lowing her hazing by the stunts COM
mittee' Of the local high school or
ganization. Miss Clark Is the daughter
of Fayette G. Clark, q member of the
state assembly and q wealthy manu-
f%acturer. 1870
The girls are said to have gone to
considerable expense to secure chem
ical, medical n legal experts to aid
them In their fight to prevent the board
OF from placing q ban upon
their organization. They admit that
Miss Clark may be in the precarious
condition her parents and attending
physicians claim, but declare that the
hazins .s net responsible. !
AT an early our in the morning, aft
err a elaboration lasting two hours and
following a four and a half hour ques-
tioning Of high school girls who were
forced to attend under a sheriff's order,
the board of education found itself In
q quandary as to how to dispose Of the
problem of fraternities and societies.
Unable to reach a decision, the board
adjourned until next week.
WISS naven6 star Witness.
Tne star witness was Helen ravens,
whose father Is paymaster general on
the STAN OF Governor Weeks and one
OF the leaders OF republican state poll
tics, as well as a member of the board
of education.
Miss Ravens was called after DR..
Richard Halter and the parents Of the
Clark girl had testified that she is still
at Linden Lodge, Brattleboro, VT,
/ private SanAftrinrn Mrl Clo rr cot1
the doctors wrote her 1t would be three
years before her daughter is herself
again. She is able to walk a short dis
tanoe. but Is unable to eat food.
Miss Havens admitted that the ritual
OF Alpha Alpha was strictly adhered to
In the initiation of Miss Clark. She
then described 1t.
n candidate was first given q pack
ct of letters to deliver to members OF
the society at their homes. She COW
cred more than five miles before her
task was completed. Then she was
met by q committee. and escorted to
one of the members home.
Fell Out Of Her Blanket.
once In he house she was blind
folded, led upstairs, tossed on a bed and
thrown in q blanket. Miss Clark, she
admitted, fell out. Then she was
forced to crawl downstairs blindfolded.
After h had played the piano and told
the story of her life she was told to
prepare for the kitchen stunts. These
consisted of serving to her while blind
folded three strips Of macaroni that
had been boiled in soap and coated
with raw eggs and oysters.
Here's an angleworm, Lorraine
they told her, try It," And they
forced 1t down her throat. The oys-
tiers. they told her, were pollywogs.
When h had eaten them she was
told to spit them out. When she was
unable to do this the girls expressed
\ fear that the dose would be fatal.
Then followed a cocktail Of molasses
vinegar, salt. pepper n sugar, as vel
as a dose Of sweetened milk in a nurs-
Ing bottle. Then came the branding
process. L%oraine's arm was barred and
hot wax, dripping from a candle
formed on her flesh the letters A. A
The bandage was then taken from hel
eyes and she was shown a red-hot
poker. Her shoulder was barred to re.
ceive 1t.
While one of the girls plunged the
poker into a piece of raw meat, allow.
ing the odor of burning flesh to reach
her nostrils, another drew a pencil OF
Ice across her shoulder, giving the
frightened victim the impression thai
the hot iron vas being scared into hel
body.
Mrs. Dwight c. Hall, prominent ii
local society, who was one of the
founders of h society ID years ago
then took the stand. She protested
against the Idea that Miss Clark's con,
dition was due to the stunts, but ad,
mitted that the ritual she helped tt
prepare was tame compared to tn,
present one. Yet this same ritual ii
used in Is chapters of the society il
high schools throughout the COUNTRY
the Bridgeport chapter being the moth
err chapter Of the order.
Other fashionable alumnae defended
the girls. There was a practical dem
onstration by Horace Smith, a chemist
of the harmless effect Of macaron
boiled in soap upon the stomach.
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