E. Scott And A Rooster

An old incident oí college life was very vividly brought out Wednesday. Away back when the elaf? of '72 was in its seeond year In : de annua) sophomore exhlbition was being held in the Methodist church. The sophs were out in a body. The ediflce was erowded. The class was presenting its most brilliant students fer orators and essayists. "When the exercises were in thü midst of their soltemnity, suddenly a sqawking was heai'd from one of the galieries and a rooster was seen to make a bee line toward the pulpit. The audience was immediately put in an uproar. In the exeitement, young Winchell, the freshman who had turned the noble insignia oí the Democratie party loose on the orators, escaped. Stephen Adams, the colored janitor 0Í the church, collared the rooster. The roar lasted for half an hour befure anything like order couia be restured sufflciently to permit the exeruises to proceed. The bird hmnediately becarae famous. The freshmen scouted the town for it, it being distinguiáhed by the fact that U only passessed one eye. The saphs were equally vigilant for its retention, and to make sure that i'. would not fall into the hands of the enemies, sent the rooster to George Coults at Kalamazoo. The class of '72 tinally graduatèd and scattered. About the only representative left in Ann Arbor was Evart Scott. About a week before commencement in 73, Evart Scott happened in a barber shop and met young Winchell. The controversy about the rooster came up. '■We'll have hina here for class day. all right," said Winchell. Scotty took the tip, telegraphed to Kalamazoo to have the bird removed to some secret spot. Winchell went to Kalamazoo for the rooster but found him gone. He purchased another tnat looked just like him, and even had a surgical operation performed by removing an eye in order that it woula be the exact counterpart ot tne original. Class day arrived. The historian of the class was recounting the events of the four years and brought up the subject of the rooster. "And here he is," said he, proudly revealing the fraud. "That is not so. That is not the original rooster," yelled a voice from the law department window. which overlooked the scène, and the class of 73 turned around and saw there Evart Scott. A rush waá made for Mm, and the "Greely" hat that he wore was captured and cut up inlo souvenirs. An apology was demanded. "I wil! apulogize for interrupting your exercises," said Scotty, "but that is not the original rooster." He waa threatened with "pumping," ducking" and all sorts of things if they caught him out nights, but nothing of this kind happened. J Yesterday the class of '73 was holding its 25th anniversary. The old grads were seated at a banxiuet at Prettyman's and had just fairly started to i dispose oL the viands when the caterer S "Chass of '73! Let me introduce a couple of old friends of yours," and ruiling back a curtain revealed Evart Scott and a rooster, and Scott commenced to crow. . The class made a grand rush for mm just as they had done 25 years ago, but this time with a different feeling. He was grasped by the hand and they insisted that he remain as the honored guest of the evening. He eonsenled. "Why, darn your picture," said one of the '73 men, "I have gol a piece of that old Greely hat of yours pmned up in my room yet." „♦♦ "Thafs all right," replied Evart Scott, "but the Wrd was not the original rooster." L