The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-24
PRINCETON 1914 UNIFIED
STRENIO DI PiS>ES WIN
No SERIOJ = IiT lLTIES.
Freshmen Are Now College Wen In E'ery
sense of the Term me Clash Around
l. the Cannon on the stroke &c Eight
-Tarred Roads and Fleeing Freshmen

PHISCEGoS. SeTt. c3.-The most pug
nacious day Of the college year - safely
over and old King Witch Hazel occupies
an undBpued throne tonight. Joe GiSh
the perennial undergraduate who enter
college each fall for the sole purpose Of
t-eing exhibited To- the freshmen houses
while their occupants sponE" skinned
slbows and aching Sims with soothing
compounds aS the man VIII" tou'""t ih"
cannon. ha- is..'n exhibited and IA" cod
lege j. ready to scrtl" down 'n httl"
acadsfnC activity.
III. freshmen nave elected their NC"rs
and have demonstrated To- IN" Cull"g"
W rid that they were not able To h"lt a
celebrating ps"-rId" IN" sam" class has
hutted ia mead against the s"phomor"
pacid.sl cannon. and IN" ~nphum"r'S haN"
shown that their is'-J conception "i a
pee-rade wasn't good enough &" with
stand the JunIor~ aud seniors.
This particular dav's festivities assured
the class OF 1914 that ~ - a amt. To IN"
average freshman mind ~ DOESN'T appear
Julst how getting hammered and rnaui"d
and ihumped Impre,ssS one with class
Responsibilities but how could that to
expect ed when y j. equally hard for 'he
incoming student Ia understand how his
mental estate - improved ny -Cramnlng
like an egg or expanding his cnert hy
the blnomlal therfrm'
There j. one element uf the Princeton
population which l. very glad that th"
elections were held That - ~" segment
made up OF Italian workm"n employee
on the new buildings They rraped
harvest. ant D. came about ~ this WISE.
A. soon AS the freshmen have chosen
their officers they project themselves
into a mass of waiting -or humorc- who
vast. no tim" IN convincing Thorn thn'
theirs - not t. hoast nor IN "iutiun To
march The freshmen l-iuE 60, con
trary mind. there Is at once a gathering
at fsticlIifs. II follows sarily thar
much personal apparel was Displaced,
chiefly shn.s. lhp-a warm ustur"d
labor"rS who watchsd th" conflict to-day
waited Tor th" last at ,h. uuinhatart- -
disapU"ar from IN" frid and immediately
d'SCcndrd 10 gather the sroll~ Orr
grisly person was noted ~ y" sought his
shanty. He carried eight sh'-'-. non" of
them mates on. huttuu"i pa eat leather.
a dressV httl" tan oxford thrH" h,gh
black shoes a football shon and a pair
al ocr pumps Tli..-e W RI" tn. only
cas- ualtI"s officially grport..i although
you could hear rum prs Of everything from
y disloCated finger 20 homcid" Thl~ ~.
purely IN. process Of getting W. mod uy
The real mINup cam" Just aft dark.
Carefully dressed and -.lr assured
juniors STROBE down To- University place.
Nher" IN" freshmen IiN" m rymn,rS.
and began yelling tor lFli. In. hrs, r"w
came slowly. glanclug ,ir.'u'v ont of
their front doors with coats i"..'ci ~
and black Jersey ,'"",o' rnii.G gp Pour
abreast Ih-v formed va ,ur mlad.r -
street.
Fey Won hiS hrrd back there"
JUNIOR would hoil"- -crrn" W. here "a
front and &c; beaten up FOR your cla-,
Height WIS the r. gust" rpirg '"r 4. "rr,,
Tanker and n, matter how 'ru'l,' Va-
the chest " a rinKy freshman he
had - allow himself - bo draTg,l OFT
for battle 4 hJtls group II Junipr, COM
suited al the curb preparatory go ig.-
EeCtinR the long fr'shu man column
You take the nrsf bunch ordered
sam White IA. third rt-.mtu AND -.-.-
rotary 81 N" junior class. ANA you take
the second and You mau'g" IN" third
and don't fprgc'?- IA. added nix. ~.
villain just bsfor" they : iuap %" child,
we do u on the rrps' ~
SLOWLY the column advanced con
CealIng their pre-enc" 10y shouting a. the
top - their lungs. -Oh. We u v'ruu her
up for old Fourteen. v".ll wnupp kor
up again. critical Ois-s.TV"rs recalled
that -old Fourteen hid hy"i something
ike thirty hours, bu, that was neither
luther nor thIther. About "a" cannon
IA the Centr" II the CtnpIS that old
war niece which MS once Ius' To- and
regaInsd from dear obi Rutgers and
the Raritan has never flowed tu" sam.
since. the sophomOr's had themselves
wedRsd IN with binding circles II rope
Hitting this carefully wrapped parcel
Of humanity, III" intention - th" fr"Ih-
men, as n alway- l>. vas 20 Jam them
OF their feet aud SIrrpud tho cannon
The black Jers"y"d column 'rsrt closer
To- the compressed soDhomor"s Gradu-
ally those about the c"lInn begi" To-
r"VOlve cheering Themselves With sing
In the darkness and uIr .Hir o. was small
task for various groups ~ humorous
upper class men To- shout ou' Her. they
come and rush at ia" twIrung -pphp-
mor"-. thereby giving thai class az the
sensations ~ imminent slaughter Time
and again these fa.s" alarms sent the
fear ~ the mOb INTO the hearts - the
waiting class Dimly through the trees
the three freshmen columns apI,.sir'.d
They weT" silent now. and they uptO"d
forward from SPACES net wesn Old North
and the library Wing and Cho and Re
union and IA" university offices.
Md vi hen the clock In Old North rp, med
out N" fir-t stroke ss th" scenario DIR
ta'sd there wasn't any mur" tppling
II you We never been tapped 10y au ON
Z, ming locomotive % IN" newest type
YOU have very little idea IL TIA" renHa
ii,n II the sophomore class 49, that
moment Three or four jets uf rcd fire
gave NisS II N" re"thIng. TainTIug.
f"stlinR compact. the -ophpm0re- ChUrn-
ing doggediy To- mold their place-. the
freshman with srn- aIDit burlrE and
burTowiug .a'hlas-lv and hrti.. fed
fully Win three hundred men rom-
r,r.sred m gravel circle whp-,- ,I-rum-
ference - not more than ~ fe"i 8 hat
ChanDe Was Their" for smuggling hat .
49," hs'aUrv of IA" cannon rush. ~
weight ard push and sweat and loss of
brs .th. hut me- assault
fDr ~" inITgts- perhaps o. lasted.
ard then tho rcd tire died ard th" uuper
'ia-s men began hauling out d.. Jc--av-
and Yelling -Co hon. freshmen
Ind they need - second IuyI'stlrus
lhoy did not
over n" campus their -"urrVIuE l"R-
'atr,'.d them IA every dir"Dt son. and
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