The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-22

least Sembldnce or excuse.
Another Class Of HaZerS.
Again, the hazing crowd may
be composed of a better class OF
boys. Boys who have maintain
ed a fair average in scholarship,
in sports, and in the social n
political life Of the college. Such
boys are not vicious, and more
over, such boys indulge in haz-
ing to only a limited extent.
Usually they confine their hazing
to the members of the freshman
class Of whom they expect to
make friends, but occasionally
they tackle a youngster, whom
they consider to be badly in need
Of hazing.
This class of hazers differs in
many particulars from the rOWdy
class Of hazers. These boys go
about in much smaller groups;
they seldom wear masks or carry
sticks and other weapons; they
proceed in their undertaking in
a much quieter and more orderly
manner, and, when it comes to
"a show down" Of nerve, they are
much o courageous.
These men indulge in hazing
for two reasons. First, because
of the spirit Of merriment they
put into it, and second, because
they honestly believe that some
men need hazing. This belief is,
in many instances, shared by the
student body and often by the
faculty. Not the faculty as a
body o any member of the fac
ulty officially, but some Of the
faculty as individuals.
For example, a freshman from
somewhere "blows'' into college
like the main gaZabo." He
talks loud and long and fire.
quently; those who will
listen that he is "some class
where he hailed from, and that
it is his intention to introduce
new frills and sensations on the
quiet little campus. He boldly,
openly and freely asserts that he
will violate all the traditional
limitations Of the first year man,
and boasts that while the sopho-
mores may haze some freshmen,
it is a "cinch' they won't. get
him. He INDUCES in both old and
new forms Of tyro assininity un-
til he is in general contempt.
In the course of a week or two
this person suddenly lOosas his
cyclonic air and becomes a nor
NAL man. A smile Of under
standing passes through the col
1ege and the whisper goes that
the boys have been out.
This boy has been benefited by
hazing. He has been forced to
conform to a status demanded by
the student opinion and the stu
dent tradition, and, having con-
formed to such status is received
as n Of the boys. Still it might
have been wiser to have permit
ted him the alternative applied in
such cases, a slow torture Of con-
course would have left him ex-
communicated, as it were, from
college fellowship. I have seen
both methods tried, both meth
DDS discussed, and I know that
the majority of the freshmen
would infinitely prefer hazing to
snubbing.
The Average Hazing.
Again, this latter class Of haz-
ers visit some young boy Of
vi opoL nc nave
had an eye and have decided to
adopt in their coterie. They en-
ter his room in a very mannerly
way; seat themselves comfortably
on his chairs, trunk and bed
the bed being preferred-and
notify him that a speech or song
is expected. Often they join with
him in singing the chorus and
both freshman and sophomores
spend a pleasant half hour to-
gether.
In the majority Of the cases
the freshman feels instinctively
that these fellows are but ex-
tending to him a rough welcome.
He does not consider that a band
of men are combining their
strength. because they are cow
ards individually, to force him to
the performance OF a disgusting
and ignoble role, and that he is
to be made an S OF because
he cannot help himself. He
rather accepts the situation as an
institutional proceeding prelimf-
nary to his admission into the
goodfellowship OF the college,
and himself enters into the spirit
Of it.
Popular Idea of Hazing.
II has hoon stated in the DreSS