Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-08
PORT f,F MISSING MEN
SOUGHT BY SOPHS AS
PENN FIGHT IMPENDS
Freshies Scurry to Cover From
Dread Enemy, but Plan t.
Real Tussle for Bat
tie, for Bowl +
WHERE is PRESIDENT,

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a cellar under barrel, perhaps, the py..
ident Of the freshman class at the Jfes,
versity of Pennsylvania.
In nearby suburban sections are hiaAA.
other class officers, while scouting nart,,a
from the sophomore class are doing thsia
little best to uncover the missing fresh
les. 'H-
Last night meeting was held ~ a..
Phi Sigma Kappa house by the marsbs,s
OF the bowl fight, which is to take nIaaa
Monday. II was officially decided AT ,b,s
meeting that kidnapping officers of ,hs
freshman and sophomore classes woniS
be permissible, but 1t must not no DON
until after the dread hour Of midnight ,s
morrow. Spies from both Glasses a..
said to have been hidden behind curta,ss
and doors of the conference room H.
soon as the decision was passed 'phonss
got busy. officers Of the two classes tosL
no chances. u
The first suspicious sign of hasty A..
parture from the moon-kissed walls y,
old Penn was when a taxi was sim, "a
moned to the curb in a dark spot alon. {
Woodland avenue, by two young mar
and a short. stocky girl" The ''giy,~
leaped into the dark depths of the ms.
chine with unusual celerity and vigor.
group of sophs. acting as plckets h..
came suspicious and dashed after N.
machine. But to their loud cries ~
halt" they were given only merry
''haw haw," in n tone that was a.
cidedly masculine NJ
SMUGGLING TACTICS. fS
Another group of sophomore sleuths Ar.
rived at 33d and Spruce streets In time 10
see a sack of potatoes hoisted onto
baggage wagon and driven rapidly away
in the direction of the b. and o. Station. +
1t Is rumored that one officer even
went so far as to have himself arrestsd
nd nj IN, iai rpharp hn rpNtiHt,ft ak. .
out, but this could not be verified :, n
So far two of the freshmen have left +
town or at least disappeared from the,
sight of their sophomore enemies Thev Il
are Sidney Thayer. Jr, president Of the ~
class, and l.. NJ. Parsons. vice president.
Only two officers of the class remain
They are ". II. Bonsall, secretary, and
Il. b. Cunningham. treasurer. Both are
members OF the staff of The Pennsyl-
vanian. the college newspaper. A daring
attempt was made last night to capture
them and keep them in captivity until
midnight tomorrow, when they mightabe
regularly kidnapped" Both young men
were leaving the Office of The Pennsyl-
vanian very early this morning, but they
happened to look over the ground out
side. Several shadows were seen NOV
ing about and the youngsters took no
chances. They made their escape through
the cellar and a coal chute areaway. "
No effort was made to make way with
them in broad daylight today, when they
attended classes at the University, but
both have their every move watched by
the sophomore sleuths, a small squad Of Z
which dogs the footsteps of each. "''l
OUT TO THE TALL"
one of the missing freshies is thought
to have gone to Perkasie. A mysterious h
note was found torn up near the campus
by the sophomores, on which the words
Beat il near Perkasie," were D
family discernible in pencil.
The freshmen are more concerned IN
hiding the officers of their own class than "
they are I'm trying to lSidnap the 'terri- M
BILE" sophs, but the officers of the lattss
class are evidently taking no chances ..,,t'
Guy F. Nevin. president of the sophsl
has gone into seclusion, and his whert,
abouts have not been traceable since an
carly hour this morning. "Bill' Quigliy
and tom" Hunter also have sought ua''
known climes
The reason for all the activity in con-
nection with the bowl fight is that this
will be the fight that will decide s-
premacy between the two lower classes
at the University. The idea of the fight
is to battle over a bowl. i
In the first half of the fight the sopho-
mores try to touch the freshman bowl
man with the bowl which the former
have in their possession. In the second
half the side wins that has the most
hands on the bowl at the end of 20 min
utes.
The marshals at the fight will be W.
l.. Chickering. II. ii. Gay. Jr.; r. B
Garvin. l.. G. Gunther, II. T. Hun. y
Lee. p. f.. Sigmund, Jr.; j. w. Miller
{. r. Murphy, Il. IL. Southall and W.