The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-10
Upper Classmen
Initiate Frosh

! On FRIDAY evening at Cne nlSL
school building, the freshmen were
all initiated. The means of attend
ing to this little duty was to blind
; fold them in the auditorium and lead
them down the winding stair into the
gymnasium. At the foot of the stair
each one had to cross rickety old
woven wire spring, elevated from the
floor enough to remind them of the
rocky road to Dublin. On arriving
in the gymnasium each one in his or
her turn was required to step on a
little platform which they were lead
to believe was an elevator leading
to the solar regions. The victim
would rest his hands on the should
ers of the bystanders and while the
little platform was being lifted from
the floor and held few inches above
the floor, the bystanders would kneel
down so that it gave the victim the
impression of being elevated rapidly
into the upper regions, rising ap-
parently out of the reach of every
body they were called back by their
tormentors on the floor to jump. The
victim would jump expecting to de-
scend several feet and would descend
only a few inches sprawling on the
floor and being caught in friendly
arms to keep them from hurting
themselves. This happened to boys
and girls alike. Having been saved
from death by falling, each one was
accorded to chair to rest moment.
The chair was of the kilOwatt kind
and the electrician would turn on a
little squirt of current when the rest
full victim would go up in the air,
startled bit not injured, stimulated
but not to excess. The next step was
to visit the morgue. where the re-
mains of the victims of the wreck
had been assembled. A cold marble
right off of the ice would serve for
an eye and that would be touched to
the finger tips of the victim and the
tormentors would enjoy seeing him
or her squirm. A piece of vicente
would serve for the victims heart
which was supposed to be taken in
the hand and pressed gently. A
whole weenie, very cold from the ice
would be laid in the hand with no
information as to what it was. If the
victim leaned forward very much a
weenie would be put down the back
of his neck with the information
that it was a mouse and he would be
warned not to let 1t get away. If he
leaned back too much it would be
put down his neck under his chin and
allowed to start down under his
clothing. Under these tests the boys
would squirm and the girls would
squeal. Having passed these tests
they were then taken to the oyster
stand and required to open their
mouth and have sloppy old oyster
put into it. Most of them spit it out
Immediately, but once in while
there would be one with pluck
enough to swallow it. At the next
table the crackers would be served
BY the time the victim got piece
of cracker in his mouth tiny pan
would be put under his nose contain
ing a chemical that made a very dis
agreeable odor and the cracker
would generally be spit out upon the
floor quickly.
Then there was the, juggernaut for
the boys. It was made of two wheels
from hay rake with seat erected
between them, the contrivance being
something like wheel chair except
ing that the wheels were very large.
Only boys were placed in this seat
and after being securely strapped in
the wheels were given a push and
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the floor like trapeze performer
turning hand springs. BY the time it
reached the end of the hall he would
be dizzy; the wheels would be rolled
the other way and unwind his dizzi-
ness by the time he got to the other
end.