The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-03-09
SENIOR STUDENTS
HAZE FRESHMEN
President Boatwright Does Not
Seriously Regard Fun-Making
of Upper Glasses.
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Unable to restrain their burning in
dignation at the shameful freshness
OF n number OF freshmen" in having
swell, and exclusive banquet al
Coles Cafe, to which the new goods
OF the college We're invited, the upper
classes OF the Richmond College de-
cloed TO give the sassy rats the les
son OF their lives last night and con-
sequenuy veritable army OF the up
per classes was formed. Albeit they
did band themselves together for
great slaughter, and. Selling upon
various uncomfortable, but not dan
Serouss although not entirely pain
less weapons OF warfare did secret
themselves in certain dark spots
ABOUT the campus TO await the com
ing OF the audacious ones
on! the audacity and colossal gall
OF those feasting rats"
Inc thought of il drove them to
madness. Meanwhile all innocent of
the awful impending fate were the
Merry freshmen partaking with great
dehclousness of the swell repast IN
DEED, they were sure that the terrible
ones had no mixing and were bliss
Iully ignorant. But somehow the pre-
clous secret leaked out and the fan
OF Rome was scarcely greater than the
carnage and devastation which fol-
lowed. These poor, unsuspecting las
perS, homeward plOdding their way
with well appeased appetftes and
elated with enjoyment, little knew
the. mournful doom which awaited
them (reader, let us weep. Peace
tully they pursued their way to the
ghostiy gate of the campus. Harkl
Hist! A terrible blood-curdling cry
rent the air. It was the hobgoblin
warcry OF the upper class terrors
Rats out" broke the beautiful tran
guilty OF the evening air. Then they
knew their doom (again tears). They
had no time TO rally for a last brave
stand, and broke ranks and fed But
the villains still pursued them. Their
let us stop here. The stunts" and
horSeplay and 'funniosities" those
Rats" were put through would be
too much to tell without killing some
one with laughter. Singing and whist
ling and speech making and other in
ventions of the fertile brains OF the
learned upper-classmen ran rampant
Then when Ii was finally all over
there dawned a great fear in the
hearts or the same upper classmen. A
lear like unto nothing save that in
spired by the fear OF suspension for
haZing, as hazinR is against the rules
ana means suspension if caught. But
the frolicking was in the right spirit
and was so regarded on both sides
mat the abstract possibility of Presi-
dent Boatwright taking the matter Sc
rlously and shipping anyone, for il
was seen to be so remote as to take
the shape of what is technically
known as most improbable possibiI-
fty, but this was set at rest this even
ing when The Evening Journal Sc.
cured Or. BOatwright's opinion that
the matter was nothing but a little
play on the part of the boys and was
not in the least objected to by the
freshmen" and IL was not up to
him to take any official notice of it.
The freshmen attending the banquet
were: Riley. president 1914 class; Cul-
bert, Crymes, Cawthorne, Crabtree
Sonant, Crockett, Cole, Chewing. Bailey
Biscoe, Baker. Duke. Fario. George.
slip, SkaEgs. Registrar. Wicker. Walden. /
Throck morton. Terrell. Toy, Steel Sur
peIl. Risner. Rogers. Dudley. Little. !
Parrish. Kesler. Mccarthy, HaisteSd, |
Z lima mt, Edwards. Powell, HonEhton |
Posey, Hawkins
Co ds'-Misses Anderson. Hoover.
Sands. all Of Richmond.
Dr. Dtckey. professor OF Latin. acted I
as dean, while DIR. and Mrs. r. G !
were the chaperoneS.
Riley, Mccarthy. Percival. Toy. Hin |
n0nt and Kesler.
While the upper classmen OF tho
Richmond College are recovering from
Dearanee delight OF viotimizins com
pletely the rats and the Quake
81 fear that the faculty and president
might misconstrue their fun-makinE as
serious or malicious. the rats on the |
1ther hand are animated by a different
<lnd OF nervouSAeSS-that procoedine
rom the delight OF their feast and
Deiiea that they really At great odds
men, In fact. they claim tke lSnrSis
Df the victory ana denY that they were
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