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Show THU IUII I III. lUUlll. Kv!it few weeks during the autumu uud esrly winter the wins delivered a mesisgu of eonio mad prank or outbreak of vandalism on thu put of the lusty, branny boa who makuup the I npulatlon of the prominent eastern universities. Home times these n-hlbltions n-hlbltions are couflued In their ellect to thedlirerent cUsaeaof tbo same or of rival Institutions, lu whloh case tho victims are entitled to uo ejuiiathy, since their voluntary participation Involves tho chauco of their Mug worsted. Itut more friquenty It Iratiaj In a that the vnrallud and pnuuin-ably pnuuin-ably oJtic&led gang carry their rlotoua behavior oulalde their own campua and reek suflerrra from It 111 the ordinary avenues of life uud among a less favor-id favor-id claw of mauklnl. Thus, for In stance, wu read In a Xew Haven i i r of thu II that the night previous the Yale freshmen carried their celebration to such an extreme that the virtually broke up a )ley In the opera houst, they broke lutoadlmi musuim aud phyet hivoi with the proprietor' chattels, they trlul unsuccessfully to ellVctaii intrancu lutu thu fair, lut wcrereju'sed by a arty of daoikcep-era daoikcep-era whi, nrmed Vtlth clubs and base billbatH, drino thoni luck, ououf thu students teeolvlnj a woonl un the nick Icy l)ie blow uf u shovel, a lesluii runt win r.ixt visile J bj thu rowdies, who lAcrlurmd nil thu furniture aud ooin died u ynu ug wmuau i stall J un u table an I make u speech; en nmssu IIiii freshmen then repaired to thu campus nnd indulged In n ruth with tho to; homorcs, the colebrutlon concluding con-cluding by thu frethmuii breaking a number of window In thu "old brick row." The folly escapadn bring thus appro) rlately terminated so far in Ihu glided youth nereconccrncd,the timorous timor-ous law stcped lu to the cxUnt o cautlnx the arrest of four uf the purl) 1 And IhUterilliln punish nent win to beeuiiteiutintud, ao the aame pi;er In forma us, by un Investljitlon of lists matter by Ihu college facility, the lu suit of which, It was believed, woul I be a number of expulilonil It seems totakua long time for the authorities of aomo of those towns and colleges to know when they have got enough of this sort of rowdyism. The mistake Is In looking chsrltshly at It as nothing worse than a rough display ofjoutlilul enthusiasm wheiemlschlel and not wilful Injury to person or proporty la tho motlvu. llecause, for sooth, the big boned hoodlums are fortunate enough to be able to attend colli ge, there appcara to bo a mortal luar ol repressing their buoyanoy of spirits, np reaching In some Instances a feeling of bratinomaityrdomlnbelng madu thu victim of their Jokes. Huch imbecility la difficult to understand In this part of thu country or any other where thu law has any ineanli g and lan be Impartially admlnlslereJ. An offender against the clty'a leace and good order la nonu the less ao because he may figuratively wear a mortar-board and gown. If he Is a brawler and a ilistrojer of any ctllten's aco orprojeny he de'ervea unlshmeiil aa much as the friendless tramp who engages In a like diversion. 'the trouble doublle a crises from the almost Insane devotion paid to athlello sports and achievements In all the leading Institutions of Iteming Where the stroke oar ol the wlnulnf 'varallycrew or the strong limbed fellow fel-low who can unerringly kick a goal fur his football team Is of more const-queuco const-queuco and cbtalne grenter praise than the headman In the graduating claw, It Is Idle tu expect that a physical outburst, out-burst, uvt u though wearing all the attributes I of a riot, will be sincerely oondemut-d. Yet tho evil Is not without with-out Its Imminent cun; when It Is final. I carried to excess, a lut that cannot can-not bo far In thu future, n sensible community, duly mindful of tho need of adequate bodily cxirclsnto cool oiT the exuberant ardor of lUamicd scions, will gradually come lo look with a favorable eye upon the cftlcaoy of the bread nud-water diet nnd the chill seclusion ot a prison cell, enhanced en-hanced by occasional inllveulugex-parlencs inllveulugex-parlencs with a treadmill or with a stonehammeronthe publlo hlgliwsy. |