Newark post., 1922-03-01
Sophs and Freshies
Stage Real Battle
Affair on LastThursdayNight
Was of the Hottest Type
Free Haircuts Dis
tributed

The battle Of the Marine was put in
the background last Thursday night
right here in Newark when the Soph-
mores and the Freshmen of Delaware
College clashed in one of the real
fights of the year. On the first few
class fights of the year. On the first
few days of the term there were sew
eral "honest to goodness" clashes be-
tween these two classes but it is
doubtful if any of them came up to
the standard set by Thursday nights
clash.
There seems to have been an official
censorship placed by the two classes
on the actual happenings and to learn
the cause of the brawl is almost an
impossibility. But according to the
best sources the trouble started In
some of the dormitory rooms when
several Sophs dictated to a couple of
Freshies.
At that time there was nothing
for the Freshies to do but to give in
and this they did, but some of the
other Freshies got air of the occur
rene and Paul Revere was ap-
pointed and went around shouting
"Rally 1925 Glass" and from reports
rally they did.
From that time on it was a case Of
where the greatest numbers of Fresh
les met the smallest number of Sophs,
the former were the winners and vice
a-versa and according to the semi
official report it seems that the lads
of the 1925 class proved victors In
most struggles that were staged.
TIL chief weapon used in the clash,
according to our "news scooper," was
a pair OF shears or lawn mower.
The report received by US was that
these shears were used for cutting
the hair of opposing classmen, but
from the examples of the work
turned out we would believe rather
that a lawn mower was used for the
hair trimming. One advantage that
the Sophs have over the Freshmen
| is the fact that citizens of Newark
may not see that they were cropped
in the battle for they are allowed
to wear hats and caps of their own
choice while the Freshies must wear
the prescribed "ink spot" and some
of them certainly showed wonder
full feather edges when they ap-
peared on Main street Friday morn
ing.
There were cries that rent the air
in all parts of Newark at various
times Thursday night and at first
the citizens were alarmed to some
extent, but when the cause of the
cries was learned the fears were
abated. One big Soph, who is known
for his power on the athletic field,
proved thorn in the side of the
Freshies when they went ''to work on
him" and it took about eight of the
lower classmen to get the best OF
their older rival. After they had
gotten him down in the gutter of
Main street and proceeded to cut of
several patches of his locks he got
up, shook the dust from his clothes
and turning to his captors said, "Wel
derned if it didn't take your whole
front line to get me-"
The cutting of hair was not the
only stunt that was pulled off" bu
!. on one occasion when shears were
not handy to cut the hair of Sopf
he was given a shampoo with chew
ing gum and mucilage and today i
/: looks as though a near sighted bar
/: ber had given him a shave, for al
!: though he failed to have the Fresh
!: les cut his hair he had to have il
!: shaved off by barber.
I: Several of the combataa.s were
also given baths but not bath SINH
!: lar to the usual Saturday affair" fol
those on the receiving end were
: placed under shower baths or thrown
/: in the swimming pool with all theil
|: clothes on.
From reports received one of the
combatants was stabbed accidentally
!: with the shears used for the hair cut
!: ting and had to be treated by loca
!: doctor.
All ended peacefully on Friday, but
as rule the Sophs and Freshies
!: travelled in pairs.