The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
IN A SACK SCRAP
Annual Battle at Washburn
College This Afternoon.
FRESHMEN and SOphOmores
Fight for Glass HonOrs.
LONG HISTORY OF COMBATS
First Year Men Usually Have
Best of Contest.
Big Event Out on the Blue
Campus Today.
LONG HISTORY OF COMBATS

A boy would not think that he had
gone through college if he could not
remember of some time in his college
career that he had gone home with a
rev scratches, a swollen wrist. SKIM
ed shoulder, a broken nose and his
shins black and blue to his credit and
perhaps rejoicing over the fact that
there were others in a worse shape
than he. One could gain these in a
game of football with perfect ease but
In class scrap all are obtainable with
hard work.
In every college of any size in the
United States at a certain time in the
year the two lower classes, the fresh
men and the sophomores indulge in a
scrap of some kind or in an athletic
event to determine which is the strong
er class physically. At some schools
a flag rush is held. others have d tug
of-War, baseball game, football game
or tennis tournament color scrap or
collar fight At one university the
freshmen were locked in room at
a meeting of the class by the sopho-
mores and after many had escaped
through the tranSom tree-1or-aH was
held. A flag scrap is usually held at
Hamline university and the same tnlnS
has been abandoned at the University
of Colorado and a tug-of-war Substltu-
ted in it's place. Kansas Wesleyan has
an athletic event and a rope tie Is
held at Oberlin. At Ann Arbor the
of a long pole and give the sophs untll
a certain time to take them down
Washburn college does not lack any
thing at all in the way of adding
little amusement to the lower classmeh'
Organized class scraps have been IN
progress since the year of 1900 AT
that time a cane rush would be held IN
the fall and a May pole event would
be pulled off in the spring. The IDEA
of the cane rush was to rush the canes
a n a
building in the campus and after. the
fight a program would be given by the
literary societies of the college. At the
May pole event the freshmen would
erect the pole at night and the follow
ing day the sophs would try to take 1t
down. In 1907 the faculty decided 10
do away with the cane rush and the
rope tie was substituted in its place
The May pole was given over to the
observation-disclosures field meet to be
held May l, or whereabouts. loving
cup was presented to the winning class
of the field day event by c. H. Morrl-
son in 1903
1t has been won by the following
classes since that time:
May T. 1908, Won by the class of 1906;
score 7415 to 4S12.
May ?. 1904. won by the class of 1906;
score 81 to 81.
May 1. 1905, won by the class of 1908;
score IS Is to SO 2-3
May 1. 1906, won by the class of 1908;
score 6S1a to 411a.
May 1. 1907. won by the class of 1910;
score IS to 90.
May 3. 1909. won by the class of 1912;
score 741a to 4S1a.
May 1, 1911. won by the class of 1918;
score 96 to 26.
May 1. 1912. won by the class of 1915;
score 122 to 10.
EreShies Usually Win.
In the real class scrap it is the usual
thing that the freshmen win, although
the sophs are experienced men. With
the exception of the year 1909 it has
been quite while that the sophs have
won the scrap. On Oct. Z, 1904, the
freshmen won the rope tie and on Oct.
s. 1905, the class of 1909 Won the cane
rush. which was followed by a musical
program given by the literary socie-
ties of the school. The Freshmen won
the cane rush on Oct. II, 1906, and for
the first time in five years the sopho- |
mores won the scrap on Oct. IL, 1907.
In 1908 there was a great time in try
ing to decide what the nature of the
class scrap would be until the fresh /!
men came out with their new caps |
girls and boys both wore them) and |
then there was big doin's in Rice hall |