Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-10-07
RESPUBLICA ROMANO MEETS
Latin Students are Initiated.-A Pleas
ant Evening Is Spent at
the High School.

The first social gathering of the
Latin club took place last Friday
evening in the lower corridors of the
high school, The meeting took the
nature of a VirgiPs trip through
Hades for the purpose of Initial
ing the new Latin scholars into
the club. Only the south door of the
school building admitted any person
and then only after three raps had
been given The entire building was
in the dark and those coming in from
the outside were led directly TO a
lighted room where they were called
forth two by two to be conducted
through the hades, an interesting
experience as can be told by all those
having the privilege.
Each guide was assigned two fresh
men to conduct through hades. The
first place to be visited was a home of
the three headed dog, Carberus
Here those going through were told
that they should never come out alive
and were ordered to proceed. The
next place, the Fields of Mourning
was in closed room in which only
one at a time was admitted. Several
persons stood near the entrance to
this room and upon any ones en-
trance two r0hed individuals were en-
countered who transmitted an electric
current by touch TO the newcomers.
A small electric apparatus was used
for this purpose and served the use
| splendidly. In the middle of the
| room on couch lay shrouded figure
groaning dismally as if something
unimaginahle was going TO happen.
Passing around this, near the back
part of the room stood skeleton and
everyone passing this were required
to friendly shake its hand. Continu-
| ing to pass around the figure and as
| the individual had almost completed
the circuit without any dreadful oc-
currence. a door suddenly would
swing open and some one would place
their hand over the eyes of the fresh
men, then branding them with piece
of ice. Again out of this room the
end of another corridor was visited
where after climb over ladder and
an interview with Sibyll in her cave,
where almost everybody was told that
they would soon meet their death and
would soon see Pluto. A small tun
mel was near and every freshmen
made an attempt TO go through.
From here the guide would lead her
charges to the last and most exciting
of the five establishments of hades.
1 On arriving at the end Of another cor
| ridoT an ascent as well as a descent
was made through another tunnel
which terminated just outside the
door of the home of hades, king,
| Pluto. One at a time the freshmen
| we're admitted to this last experience
where each individual was required
to give some personal story or 10 do
some especial thing before signing the
constitution which was done with red
| ink. The final test vas that of pass
ing, boys as well as girls. the f1eshy
as we'll as the thin. under small
kindergarten tsbe and this accom-
plished all were proclaimed members
of the club
/ The dress o. eyeryo.c taking part
in the initiation was in complete
white, a sheet lJelag opened in the
middle for the head asd then separ-
ate head covering was used Every
one used An assumed voice and all of
the parts were taken exceptionally
we'll and it was dificult for one to
recognize anyone.
After the initiation a general good
time was enjoyed until about nine
O'Clock when the meeting, was adj
iourned. Delicious Judges and pop
corn we're served as refreshments.