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Show OF U, SIUOITS PUBLJCLY DUCKED; Summary Punishment Is Inflicted In-flicted Upon Some Who Fail to Obey "Orders' Tho studont court oC tho University if Hah sentenced half a ilozon stu-Iciits stu-Iciits to :i public ducking; and before ho wholo student body .immersed the nptlvoa iu n fifty-gallon barrel of va- C" Forty Bubbles" was tho (sentence a eiu-h case, but lonp befayo the ortioth bubblo had reached, the surface f thu vrator the victim was drawn out nd permitted to sneezo for tho stu-onts, stu-onts, . , Fifty odd students failed to appear or work on tho "U," and these wero uinmoned before- the court yesterday t noon. Tho hearing was public and ullv nine-tenths of the students were i hand to hear tho evidence. Tho first, man boforo the court was oy Melntyre, who pleaded that ho as a baseball plnyor, and accordingly :empt from duty on tho hill. There as some misunderstanding as to the rnnficnicnts mndo with tho athletes, that Mclntyro's case, along with the her baseball player delinquents, was istponod for ono week. Will Mngginetti followed. He averred ,ut ho had to praetico fos a part he as to perform in tho college caDaret itorfainment. ' It was proved, how-or, how-or, that Mngginetti had been queening" while the other students i tho hill wero working. Tie was sen-need sen-need to a hnircuttinp, which is a first igrco punishment. He was granted a otiou for a now trial and tho osecu-)n osecu-)n of scntonco prolonged ono week. Next canio "Vornon Howlett. He eseuted "Judge" Ashman with a let-r let-r from his father. Tho letter pleaded r the acquittal of tho son on the ounds that ho was confined to his mie with a badly sprained ankle. Tho thos of tho letter overcame the decs and Hewlett was acquitted. Ji. N. Pritchett was next summoned, e mot tho argument of tho prosecu-jn prosecu-jn with a letter from Professor Cum-ings Cum-ings to the effect Chat he was out. town for tho purpose of purchasing mo land, which ho could get at no her time. His appeal to tho faculty r help went against him in tho opin-n opin-n of the judges, and he was sentenced a public ducking. Will Yeates next appeared, xeates a newspaper reporter, and avowed at he was kept at his work until too te to cot to the "U." His excuse cmed insufficient to warrant acquittal d he was given the ducking sentence. A. N. Bcekstead then appeared. He ;ered a number of excuses, and thou sorted that sickness in the family .d kept him home. Tho last excuse is acceptable to the court, but bouse bo-use ho had failed to offer it in place some of the less weighty ones ho was ven likewise the sentence of guilty in 0 second degree. It wns then time for ad.-journmont ,d the student body moved on to the llego lawu to witness the execution sentences. A fiftv-gallou barrel of water was need on tho steps of tho new ad-inistration ad-inistration building and the ducking nimittoo took places beside tho bar-1, bar-1, Yeates stopped up to the barrel, cod tho student body and said reudv." With the word he was ized'bv the hips and feet and stood 1 h's head in the barrel. Next up was Pritchett. Ho attempted resist, and had his head bumped on e edge of the barrel. When he was loused he proceeded to splash water i his "executioners " Thereupon he is immediately seized and again mi- Beck'strand submitted gracefully to s duckiug and the crowd moved to o classrooms. |