Hazing At Princeton

The Princetou College students have been ut their old tricks of ''linziug" agíiiu, and a great commotion is the result. Heretofore the higher classes liave made the tudents of the lower classes their victims, but in this case the Freflhmen reversed the order of things in n way that the Sophomores despised. It appears that a number of Sophomores wrote a fietitious invitation to a Freshman, inviting him to a reception. Suspeeting nothing, the recipiënt responded, when he found himself in Üio company of hostile Sophomores, and straightway put him through an unmerciful hazing. The latter, -when, released, determined upon dire revenge. He suspected two studente, Carter and Atterbnry, of instigating and heading the attack upon him. What followed is related by a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune : The night had advanced into the small houra when a party of eight Freshmen, all disguised by masks, broke into the apartment which Carter and Atterbnry occupy. They produced n paper whicli thev demanded the two Sophomores should sign, but, as it refleoted discreditably upou the class of ■which they are members, Atterbnry and Carter declined to comply. They were immecUately gagged, thrown down, and I bound -with ropes, and the party of Freshmen amused themselves by clipping their hair so as to make their appearance as conspicuously absurd aB possible. The bound and gagged couple resisted as stoutiy as their ropes would permit, but the masked intruders kept steadily at their work until they had finished. Then they piled the furniture in the direst disorder, and left. The sophomores wero relsased soon after, and detormined to frighten, not to punish their assailants. To that end they charged their revolvers with blank cartridges, and followed the retiring Freshmen into the street. Having overtaken them, tho two fired, and the Freshmen returned the flre witli loaded ■weapons. A ball struck Atterbury in the thigh, a quarter of an inch from the main artery, and passod out on the other side of tho leg. A meeting of the college faculty was callea, and an investigation resulted in the expulsión of the following-named Frechmen : Thomas B. Bradford, Dover, Del. ; Fraucis Lovely, Baltimore, Md. ; Horace McDermott; Dayton, O.; Powell M. ley, Washington; W. J. Flock, Wükesbarre; Richard H. Hutchins, Wyomiafc, Pa. ; Ëdward F. Matthews and Harry H. Matthews. of Cincinnati (said to bo Stanley Matthews' sons); Henry i pine, Jr., Savannah, Ga.; John J. M. Shaw, Pittsburg, Pa. The following Sophomores were also expelled : Bobert E. Annim, Princeton ; Atterbury and Carter, the riog-leadprs of the hazing ; Georgo S. Johns, Bt. Charles, Mo. ; John S. Meigs, Chicago; Julián Olds, Princeton ; and H. C. Porter, Towanda, Pa. The Matthews brothers, from Cincinuati, went at once to the Treasurcr of the college and drew out $20 that liad been deposited with ! him to their credit, and also drew from ■ the bank all the money that stood to Í their credit there. They then packed tiieir truuks, and, with the others, were ready to take the 5:30 train for home. This hasty sending off of the suspended students was the cause of serious trouble that threw the two largest classes of the college into a state of open rebeüion, and nearly led to more bloodshed. It is the custom of the college to have aftomoon chapel at 5 o'clock, and every student ia requircd te attend unless he has a valid excuse. The Freshjnau class, however, were determined to see their suspended brothers to the dept in safety, and they unanimously refused to attend chapel. The Sophomore class also desired to see the suspended Freshmen out of town, but with motives of a different nature. The Sophomores intended to "rush" the flve suspended ones, and for this reason thoy too refused to attond chapel. Thifl lielped to swoll n crowd abotit the depot that numbered several lmndrcd. The five Freshmen, awed by the threats of the Sophomores, concluded to make an early start and walk to Princeton Junction, two and .1 half miles away, and thus to avoid their enemies. But the college authorities did not consider them altogether safe, even with this precautioD, and Matthew Goldie, Proctor of tbe college, was sent to protect them. Goldie is almost a giant, and the college men look uptohim as an athleto Jnpiter. The Freehmen's friends were at the depot to see them off. The usual cheers and tigers were given, and the five young men with their powerful protector started for the junetion. Eiich man carried a heavy walking-stick, and, as subsequent events proved, nearly every one had a revolver in a handy pocket. The Sophomores had been watching for the departure. They went in a body to the depot to the mimber of more than eighty, and, as soon as they learned the Freshmen had started to walk, they ab.indoned the railroad and strack out ncross the fields in hot pursnit. As they marched along they sang the well-known Princeton song, and brandished the canes which nearly all carried. As they reached the long bridge, however, about half-way between the town and the junction, they saw the train on the Little Branch road approaching. They ran to the truck, made the engineer stop the train, and all huet-led on board. Mean while Goldie and tho five students had reached the junetion. Wlien the Princeton train carne in the eighty Sophomore made a rush for tho Pennsylvania railroad depot with a cheer and a tiger, some of them thre.atening to make short work of the weaker Freshmen. The Jatter were greatly nlarmed at the impending dangor, and askod Goldie what they should do. "Go in there!" said the Proctor, pointing to the door of the ladies' waiting room ; "go in there, and I will protect yon." The Freshmen went into the waiting-room, and Goldie, taking ono of the clubs, plantod himself in the doorway. The eighty Sophomores came down upon him with a rush. "Stand baik, gentlemen," shouted Goldie, as he lifted his club. "The first man that tries f o enter this door will drop." This unexpected repulse brought the Sophomores to a stop. They deliberatol about capturiug the wholo party, but none of them cared to be iu tlie front rauks. Iu a few minutes they returned to the door, chatted pleasantly with Goldie, trying jefctingly to induce him to let them " get a chance at the Freshmen." The Proctor was firrn nnd stood his ground till the 6 o'clock train for PMladelphia stopped in front of the juuotion depot. The crowd in front was jilmost impenetrable. Goldie, however, opened the door and said, "Come on, gentlemen," and, plunging into the midst of the crowd, hustled the eighty Sophomores right and left. clearing a passageway from the train. Not a hand was raised in opposition. The appearance of the Freshmen was the signal for a storm of hisses and jeers from the Sophompres. Some of the Sophomores in the rear ventured to throw a few stones and pieces of coal frem the railroad track, " and one of the latter hit Goldie on the back of the head, but he paid no attention to it, and devoted his attention to keeping back the crowd and gefting the Freshmen into the cars. Ench of the latter, as ho came out of the door, had his club firmly graeped in his hanil, and held his lolt hand in kis overcoat pocket ia a way that betokened the presence of revolvéis rady for an emergtney. The train stnrt.l off amid the jeerings rtud hootings of the crowd. A new and longer bayonet has been ordered for the British infantry.