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Show skull iTSsT II Mi. PRIKS University Students Racked With Laughter at Antics of Ten "Pledges." Marched one by one out onto the university campus before a cheering and laughter-racked concourse of students, stu-dents, tho ten "plcdgos" of the Skull and Bonos society of the juniors yesterday yes-terday added to the gayoty of nations. na-tions. It was the occasion of tho year's particular pruukishness on tho part of tho juniors, and thoy bad ton good mon and true to initinto into tho Skull and Bonos society. Not a falter was thcro on tho part of tho goat riders, and tho entire show wont through without with-out a slip-up. At sound of trumpet tho first man stoppod forth from his hiding placo. His ruimont vras garish and so loud that tho sound of it issued is-sued ore did its wearer. This was Ben Ellerboek, and from the looks of him ono would havo thought that he had just dropped in from yo olden tymes, when knights were boldo and ladyes passing fairo. Behind Ben cam Poter Kinney, tho groon-covorod jester of monarchs. Tho iool was wiser than his master, for ho devoted all of his time to proventing his lordship's attempts to mako goo-goo goo-goo oyes at all the girls on the campus and fall at tho foot of each with a protestation of undying love. Sad Bill Argylo camo next, dressed in a cider barrel of forty gallons capacity ca-pacity and it was cold, too. Ho re celvod no comfort from tho court jester, jes-ter, nor could ho extract any from tho laughter of tho crowd. Now camo a nightgown od girl, af righted right-ed and running from a burglar. In hor hand sho oore a lighted candle, tho which was frequently extinguished by tho cruel winds, -whereupon tho maiden with stroaming hair and screaming scream-ing voice perforce was obligod to beg matches. Ta hor natural habiliments, however, the terrified maiden vras Olydo Williams. An Italian organ grinder, with monkey mon-key annexed, drifted in. The manipulator manipu-lator of unmusical BOundB was James Paul, and attachod to his string as a reprcsontativo of man's forerunner was Sherman Lillie. But a big bulldog hovo in sight, and forgetful or perhaps remindful re-mindful of his part as monkoy, Shor-man Shor-man porched himself on a water fountain, foun-tain, and from this rofugo ho could not bo budged until tho forocious bulldog bull-dog was called off. ITow camo an Italian bootblack, who insiBlod that it was his duty to shine tho shoes of all tho girls on the grounds. The bulldog wbb again let looso and found Jesse Miller up a tree. Noxt cam PTOBidont Kingsbury's "double'' in the person of Roy Wnrth-mnn. Wnrth-mnn. Not at all adding to tho austere dignity with "which Warthman sought to temporarily olotho himself, a vaudeville vau-deville dancer of most abbreviated and gaudy costumo "was his consort. The 6ald dancer proved to bo Allan Forrester. For-rester. Bringing up tho rcaT was a Salt Lake "whito wing," properly adorned oven lo tho over-present and shatrev whisker. As Stan !Darger passed along tho lino the spectators thought he was humming a tune. But ho was not it -was only tho wind singing through hia "CT-stringfl." After all sorts of ridiculous speeches boforo tho student body's regular meeting meet-ing tho initiates were pormitted to go into the gymnasium and emerge their natural selves. |