Show HAZING I lit IS v A. A The Tho arm army and anil navy and Ih the many y collages mid and Universities of or this country CO have hove been heen afflicted lt with tin lime spirit of lit hazing to tn such an tX extent l m t fI at t different times that these Institutions 1 s have hu peen hen threatened with embarrass embarrassment lIt ment on account of or It It More lore than thou Once th the barbarous custom has haM been carried I so IU far tar that death cleath hUB has on overtaken overtake the victims of hits bin mad spirit It is ts a t I common cummon thing for or Lo boys s 's nn and young oung men nHo mento to he lie maimed t for H life lICa h by the treatment they received nt at the hands of their f school Tho Tint brute bruli- that Is 15 III In all 1 mankind often often- manifests itself In a 1 brutal manner manlier i In In most cases one class of boys have Infinitely the advantage of the other In age numbers and physical strength and the lIH they call all It Il man manly I to 10 persecute cute a 1 weaker and younger boy claiming they are only l testing the courage and powers powers pow pow- ers era of oC c endurance of He th the younger boys hoys or In other words to to see le It If they are urE gritty anti and It If they are calculated to collie bt t courageous men men Ignoring Ignoring their own 11 eo cowardice and cruelty In n such Inch In Inhumane inhumane In- In humane persecution of or their younger and weaker victims I At AI West lIt Point P and Annapolis in time tittle PR print l the lilt upper classes have carried hazing so far tar that suits Lave have been brought against the perpetrators of or bodily Injuries s on p plebes ing IN-ing gov- gov government OV- OV In Institutions the tho aid of or congress con con- gt gress ess hut has b been n solicited to stop the savage cu custom tom The action of ot congress toward both hoth schools school has hall had a 11 wholesome whole- whole some norie effect re resulting In lit the thin suppression suppression sion alon of or the Uw custom to a great greR t extent t. t It would have ha saved tl permanent injuries t to l cadets ts and midshipmen If IC drastic measures had m i fo-i been n rr adopted years ago Uso that would nave stopped hazing altot alto alto- gether t In iii the lilt colleges 1 ami anti universities the time system Jill carried ll further than thanIn In ft II lh the schools school of t the government nt I re remember remember re- re member I that years ago General M. M I D. D Leggetts Leggett's son M. M t. t D. D Legg Leggett lt jr W was waR aa hazed at ul a a. college and while blindfolded blindfold ed fell 11 and broke brake bin nock neck 11 His Is mother r never ne I recovered tram Irum the horror of or the event and followed followell her Idolized son sonto sonto on to lu the grate u ra rac c soon goon afterward Any number of tragedies could coul be ll traced to 10 the malicious mischief of or tying boys to railroad rails and allowing them to bo he killed or placing them Ina in ii ina a position Ion wh which It'll J Jeopardized d t their II e yes nod and where re nothing short of ut a miracle could save l them It seems when boys boys' or o men get t together on un if br LJ bent lt that their are an aner er very fruitful r In conceiving means mN of torture of or their Ct fellows It Is claimed that the whole people are rn snaking making kin great greal progress in cl lion and yet we are art confronted by the fart that In many respects the natural brutality lurking In III all nil men breaks out with s great grat savages ss SIl now and again oguIn where it is 18 least t expected There Is III much complaint this year t tho the disposition In th the lit pupils in the high schools to haze one ont another the time upper classes chases perpetrating nil all kinds of or cruelties cruelties cruelties cruel cruel- ties upon the members of oC the thc year first classes The matter It is claimed has assumed assumed as ns- so o very serious a phase In hm the Washington ron schools achoo that Superintend Superintend- Superintendent ent Ct Chancellor felt rt It necessary ar to call the attention of or the board hoarel of or education to tu the trouble I It limas has been attributed to various arlou causes U OIl among others to lo the t existence e of or fraternities In the schools I which h. h It Is I. alleged t created il a R. spirit of or claim ami l I cent mu ells ls- ls I Unction and Inclination on the Ow part of ut tb tin tin- of or r In- In fri nil u 3 t to II j d' d dm n I ln beer i r a IM r i I the he I mm Tills Till har Jart n i e is In 11 v d den nt t. t d l b. b the lilt frats as I they hl term ni It s s They II I insist l that they llly help hI each Il eachIn th Ih mIn m In r very man many ways way by exerting In a Il hm n deist I In over O I the h members hrs r of r tI th fraternities le In that th they with tho those w who have haV difficulties and amid I III misfortunes un fK and encourage enco the dull j l to dent ant or unfortunate pupils sometime s to such an extent that those who would not nol otherwise ho have passed pusHed examination are an n able lc to 10 do so o through the help from trot brother or sister MIster members They disclaim dis 1119 claim any participation In III the hazing of or orun un tiny any of or the high pupils They Tile lh declare that there Is nothing which can lan take lit the place of or fraternities In giving ln 1 all pupils p fortuitous opportunities and Imperishable friendships that will II be of Inestimable value through h life Ufo How vr It may end nd It goes to prove pro that notwithstanding this l is an ale age of progress there thore Is always under 1 the till most lI civilizing conditions some orne chance I for a. a manifestation tu t 11 of evil I t ties II |