The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-22
The haZers would not tell and
neither would the hazed. The

The hazers would not tell Y
neither would the hazed. The
custom attains publicity ONLY
when such an unforeseen and un-
intended accident, like the one Of
recent date. occurs, or when the
rowdy hazers ~perpetrate some
pronounced act of brutality.
The Upper ClaSsman's Point of
View.
Hazing is variously regarded
by the upper classman. At Trim
ity from 1899 to 1908 the minis
terial students as a body were
strongly and openly opposed to
the practice in every form. This
was likewise true Of the older
boys who e. working their way
through college and were there
fore prone to take a serious view
of everything. These men were
right in their opinion that al
hazing should be abolished.
but they were generally wrong
in the methods pursued by them
in opposing it I mean by that
the violent oppositionists among
them.
The athletic set. both the ath-
letes themselves and those in en-
thusiastic sympathy with college
sports, which class contained the
larger number Of the best round
ed men in college. was divided in
its attitude towards hazlns.
The larger number regarded with
mild d~isfavor indiscriminate haz-
ing but admitted that mild and
discriminatiye hazing was fire.
Quently not without value to the
boy hazed. A number openly ad-
vocated the practice in it's least
Objectionable forms, and some
lnqualifedly condemned the whol
thing.
Having Not Confined to Colleges.
Hazing is by no means con-
fined to colleges. The new re-
cruit in the army is tossed in his
blanket; the new Jacky in the
navy is sewed up in his ham
mock; the ley cowboy is com
PEELED to mount the widest
bronco; the new player in the big
ball squad is made the victim Of
practical jokes. And so it is in
all cases where new members
are adopted into a body Of men
where environment and circum-.-
stances necessarily unity that
BODY and make it homogeneous
General Observations.
If hazing in colleges was con
Quoted altogether by the better
class of men or under the direc-
ton Of the better class Of men.
if the hazers would demand.
nothing of the freshman that
would reasonably tend to insult
him or violate his self respect,
If they would refrain from dam
aging his person or property and
would approach him only in the
spirit Of goodfellowship, the
custom would not be altogether
c~ensurable. Unfortunately, how
ever, the rOwdy class will in
evltably take part: will inevita-
bly, overdo the thing, and will al
ways work vastly more harm
than benefit. Mainly for this rea-
son the custom should be abso-
1utely abolished, and for this rea-
son., the custom will certainly,
in the end, be abolished by the
student body itself.
A public sentiment against the
evil properly expressed win in
f1uence the colleges to terminate
the practice more speedily, but
general denunciation and abuse
ounded upon erroneous teas
magnlfied notions of the wicked
ness OF the practice and a blanket
Indictment of every boy that en-
cages in hazing, every boy that
y mpath1zes with it and every col
lege that does not Immediately
stop 1t. will have the effect, Of
disseminating all open hazing,
which is the least harmful. and
promoting the secret hazing,
which is the worst kind.
Whenever the student senti-
ment in a college becomes truly
opposed to hazing the hazing in
that institution will come to an
end and only then.
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