Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-25 | Page 31 | Helen Taft is Loyal

I HELEN TAFT IS LOYAL I Bryn 0 Mawr Pa Pa Oct Oct 24 Tes 4 Yes it Is true t that tat I did aid not escape the mIt- mIt ceremonies to which all al freshmen freshmen fresh fresh- frOh- frOh men are heir hell but the these stunts do not come under the head hend of or hazing but I MISS HELEN TAFT of or rush night an as al hazing is a n tabooed c word of or Bryn Mawr and there Is nothing Injurious In heln being rushed I came In for m my share sharo of It f. f with the theother theother theother other victims I Miss Us Helen Taft the tho pretty daughter daugh daugh- I ter tel of the Republican candidate for forthe forthe i the Presidency thus today began her hor I interview showing partly what happened happened hap hap- i to her when she met her fellow nt at Don Bryn Mawr college which she h has Just entered At the te opening exercises exercise attended b by Mrs William Wilam IL Taft Taft Ml Miss lbs s Carey CarcY Thomas president of ot the college sounded a n warning against hazing In her address she Rho declared the practice I. I foreign to Bryn r n Mawr and tho the spirit it represents and further branded It as a survival al of or savagery In some romo mo mysterious manner maner the edict went forth that little lUc Miss ls Taft Tar should bo be Immune from any treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment which might be rough but not Injurious So the thc usual ceremonious hl held by the sophomores d during which they pa pay their compliments to their friends the did not take place place but the tool took took advantage of or rush night to Initiate tho the new ne newcomers comers coiners Including Miss Taft Tnt In these thes rush nl night ht celebrations the unfortunate freshmen who happEns happens happens hap hap- pens pEns to balk at the te initiation meets meet a horrible fate So cruel are arc the thc girls that the they cause causo cuso thee thene to be placed In a n tub sometimes supposed to be full tun of ot water Sometimes the barbarism goes oe so far tar as ns the blindfolding blindfolding blind blind- folding of or the victim and the administering administering admin admin- to her herIn via In a n spoon of or nice clear cry crystal tal water while the Jle expects ma may bo ho poison S Then she he is required to wear hosiery hoset of ot a n weird eIrd wild mixture of ot colors color A Again she ma may bo be required to sing Home nom Sweet Home sit on the floor foor tailor fashion fashion with wih hands tied behind her baJ back bach and hair hall done U up In pig pIg- tails tais Theres There's a big list of or these awful awful awful aw aw- ful tortures th that t th the girls have but Just which ones Oe were applied to Ml Miss I s Taft Tar she will wi not say M for tor or she's I loyal on I Ito to her friends the enemy and isn't telling an any tales out of ot school school Rol