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Show PRANKS OF SCHOOICOV3. DraieMlrslleat Hhlfli mtlsee IlisSptl.f Terms M rhlHIs I sslsr. Many and peculiar are the custom tnd demonstration which cnllrrn the spring term at rhllllpe Fictcr, In which an pxnberance of youthful spirit, claM feeling and school cntliuslasin fin 1 full Tent Surmonntlng the town hall, which II of luolfn building of no slight height, Is a toweling dom upon which stan Is a colowil statue of Juitlco. One night In 1&S3 two daring spirits, at tho Iminl nent I'ril of life an 1 limb, contrired to rcacli the goil less, and gorgeomly ar-myol ar-myol her Tlio feat wat n nine day' wonler, anil thoe who nchlere It won for themselre and their clou no slight drgrro of fame. This wm the bvgliinlng of n scries of contest. In which each class strifes to plant touio cmblein on the dlulest liclght attainable, an I to resist allcf forts to reiuorj IL Doughty an I fre-uent fre-uent hare been the struggle thru en gendered, but with rare eicc Hon they hire been waged In good natured. If Intense, riralry The rantag point has generally been the tower of the school cdl!l but twice luu tlie town' statu of Justice licrn tatnicred wltli, and at rare Intervals a globe that lower abore Hi cdlflco of Itoblnson 1'einat setu nary ha bom erldence of stu dent rlslt. Hut ierhap the mrt remarkable, and at leut tlie most Attroctlre of all demonstrations, Is tho bonfire which enllrens the last Monday morning of the school year A Hunliy erinlng wear on student, garbeil In tho queer-ist queer-ist And most fantutlo apparel that can bo doilsed, gather In knot uion the stnta. Conlwood, tar barrels and otlier Inflammables aro piled high, and every preparation Is made. Ininilly at tho last stroke of tho inldnlght bill the pile I kindle 1 About It, hi conrcntrfo circles, la gnthcrod the entire school, who whirl an 1 dance In the din of cheers, shouts, bonis, cracker ami eannonunltl forced to dcelst by sheer exhaustion. A dls-lay dls-lay of firework lent ntlroctlrenrss, to the demonstration. rVion A pro cnwloii Is fonnixL and to the musle of drums, fife an 1 horns, the boy go the rounds of Ilia professors' home, rherr each AiilcUmor for a speech, which I generally gltcn. This demonstration of 15SJ will lint soon I- forgotten In stu lent annals. Tlie fire luul boen lid l.ln the academy yard, and the polio authorities of tlio town hail gtreii out Hint no demons! ration ra-tion In the street woul 1 to pcnnltte.1. This roan late was unheeded, and the result was a sanguinary conflict between be-tween the school an 1 tho police, of which a largo force of Srclats had br n twortiln. All night the II le of battle surged furiously, with watering results. Morning brought n truce, eagerly wel coiuc.l by both side, lltack eyes and swollen heads were many, but, strange to say, no one on cither side wm s rl ously hurt. Tills wu Indeed remark able, a club and btllle liad liceu freely free-ly ucL Berrral students were arrested, arrest-ed, Init tufferol little for defying tha majesty uf the law, Not uftin liaro the tioysgnna to very great eiccis In the way of mischief, but .hero liar been occasional act of vandalism, not by the school a a body, but by lndlrldtuls. One took place thirteen year ago, when the residence of a clergyman, who hail made publla remark decuiod I y the student uncalled un-called for and derogatory to student character, was egged. lUelt r (N, II ) Cor. lloston Ulcbo, |