Show INTER DE INTER DEPART PART PART- ME MENT NT FRACAS Arts and Resent a Taunt of the Engineers A GENUINE COLLEGE RUSH Trouble Started by Engineering Students Hanging Their Banner on the Arts Build Building ing and Fracas Results from Effort of Arts and Normal Students To Tear Down the Banner There have been a number of lively demonstrations of class rivalry and college college college col col- lege spirit at the U. U of U. U within the last few years but the fracas on last Monday was perhaps the most violent outburst that h has s ever occurred The w whole hole affair makes an ting newspaper story THE BANNER IS HUNG OUT Early Monday morning morning- a number of fellows from the engineering school hung out from the roof of the arts aits building over the front entrance enhance a large banner b bearing aring the words New Home of the Engineers The suggestion sugg-estion of such an escapade came in the fact that since the burning of the physical building a few weeks ago the engineers have been having having having hav hav- ing some recitations temporarily in the arts building THE TIlE BANNER IS TORN DOWN A little after nine o'clock the sophomore sophomore sophomore more engineers while in mathematics f recitation saw one end cf the banner c J I c. c 1 t. t c h j 1 i swing down past the window Wallace dashed to the side aisle on an impulse exclaiming exclaiming exclaiming ex ex- claiming aloud with clenched fists Its down fellows its it's down I Pi Prof of Toi Toronto Toron- Toron on onto to spoke not not a t word woid Wallace resumed his seat scat But immediately he rushed back to the window paced up and down the aisle once and then made a dash for the door with the exclamation Come on fellows come 0 on 1 I With one impulse impulse impulse im- im im im- pulse every engineer bolted likewise Pi Prof of Toronto saw nothing g m more moie re of his class class' that hour IN THE TIlE ACT Johnson J iI Muir and Howells all normal students ts had climbed out on the roof loof to tear teai down w what hat to them w was was s san an insulting rag lag Johnson performed the deed and while he was hiding the banner banner on the on-the the he other two fellows escaped But upon climbing back into the att attic c Johnson fell right into the clutches of the w whole hole sophomore class What shall wedo we wedo do with him Kill Kill him him 1 was the quick response of a hot hot headed headed engineer who began pounding Johnson in the back While three of the fellows were trying to throw their prisoner the others climbed out on the roof loof in search of their sacred banner Meanwhile Johnson jei jerked ked about bout like a mad man remained on his feet and finally escaped and fled fied ATTIC GUARDED ALL FORENOON After some seal searching searching- ching the banner was found But upon a message sent by President Kingsbury to tor r postpone th the until the noon hour the banner r i i S X was not to be hung out until 1 During all the remainder of the forenoon forenoon fore fore- noon noon the sophomore engineers remained in inthe the attic guarding the tl drop-door drop way wax there News of f the situation qui quickly ky spread pread throughout the the institution with the announcement that precisely at ati i o o'clock lock the banner would be hung out w again agam WAITING FOR THE BELLS DELLS TO RING Several minutes before i o'clock h half lf the school was waiting about the main entrance of the arts building Out on the thet t eaves above Dresser and Forrester were holding the banner in their hands hans waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing for the hour to o strike The uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty among the engineers and the coeds coeds coI cof co co- co- co f I eds as to just what the arts and normal do made the fellows had planned to situation an exciting one OF THE ARTS AND NOR NOR- MALS DIALS The electric bells the noon hour The flag is hung fellows In Inan Inan Inan an instant there was a rush and a tear Twenty-five Twenty arts and normal students dashed out of the main entrance from the basement with the fire hose The crowd scattered while a bunch of engineers engineers engineers en en- made for a hold on the hos hose I Turn on the water The two factions tugged at the hose Turn on the water The long line swung to and fro and a hundred wrists fought for mastery Turn on the wat water r 1 One engineer succeeded in severing the with a large pocket knife Turn on the water The big crowd of eds co-eds at a distance uttered intermittent exclamations of fright as the seething mass of the struggling increased in size Turn on the water Slash the crowd s separated d in the in-the th the middle some one had cut the l hose hosein se in half Turn on the water down there th there there- r t THE STRA I FAILS But the he water would not turn At least when it was turned most ost of it went into the hallway instead of the hose because because be be- cause of some soine disarrangement at the r recent recent re re- cent fire of the physical building It had been the intention to give the crowd of of- engineers outside a cold bath then drive back the engineers from the roof with the same treatment and thereupon tear tear ter the banner down with a long pole and a hook The fellows to tear it down were three young who were hiding on top of the in front of the en en- trance But an engineer had swung down upon them from a neighboring window opened the window opposite and let a bunch of engineers climb up in spite of the several arts students guarding below This gave the engineers complete complete complete com com- control of the situation Upon failing with the basement ho hose e the arts art students got the fire hose from a aupper an upper floor and rushed down upon the strategic points But again there were shouts of Turn on the water And again the water failed to c come me at the bid bid- ding The guard of engineers in the attic had turned off the water at the eq equalizing pressure tanks j jAN J AN AMUSING INCONGRUITY happened in connection with the first fire 1 hose During the tug of war the engineers engineers en en- ene on the end of the hose outside the building were trying to pull the hose back in while their comrades inside were trying trying trying try try- ing to pull the hose outside And Ard a vice arts ts the a versa division also existed among and normal students toward the en end d 0 of f fand the tugging match MATCH l GENERAL GENERAL ROUGH AND TUMBLE Then followed a a. a general rough I 1 an and d the arts and nor normal normal nor nor- tu tumble ble match in which m mal l st students dents endeavored to regain control 4 of the top of the balustrade beneath the the banner This strategic point was now held by half a dozen engineers after their their having ousted the three young nor nor- mals and the approach to this which r was through windows from the stair way stair way t landing landino- b midway between the second and third floor was guarded by a crew of en en- The aim of the arts a and d nor nor- mals was to climb out through these windows windows windows win win- dows while that of the engineers was to toi i prevent this by throwing their opponents down the stair It is perhaps difficult difficult difficult cult to tell just w what hat the outcome would have been if the engineers on the balustrade balustrade balus- balus trade had not skinned the knuckles and beat the heads of their opponents with clubs when an effort was made to to climb up a window NARROW ESCAPE FOR THE JANITOR i Boysh ye dees in die commanded commanded commanded com- com Janitor in angry excitement excitement excitement ex ex- as he rushed into the seething mob No one seemed to notice him and the crowd quickly but unconsciously jostled him into one corner where he heI I was held prisoner prisoner for some time He now began to realize what kind of a mix- mix up he had fallen into as now and then isome isom some fellow was flung against him by the centrifugal force of the mob At last he was thankful to be able make a dash for liberty through a momentary gap MOVEMENTS l OF F BATTLE REGISTERED BY BYTHE BYTHE THE SCREAMS SCREAMS- OF OF CO The eds co-eds of f the institution were were were-gath- gath gathered th- th ered as spectators above and below the scene of battle A spontaneous expulsion of half suppressed breath came from every pi pretty etty mouth each time some fellow fellow fel fel- low low was beaten on the scalp or received a blow on the knuckles All would hold Bold their breaths in expectant horror honor as so some e centre of struggle moved close to the e v 4 edge of the stairs And a general scream of terror shrieked on the air as as some some arts rt or normal student was vas was torn from the crowd and flung down the steps taking with him as he would from one one to three engineers and all landing below in w whatever whatever what what- hat hat- ever position a fickle chance would have it ENGINEERS ARE VICTORIOUS Soon the engin engineers ers largely outnumbered outnumbered outnumbered their opponents who one by one were flung down the st stairs irs Seeing however that no head headway way could be made against the clubs and the swarming in inCrease increase increase in- in crease of the engineers the arts students and some of the had withdrawn not wishing to make a display of bullheaded bullheaded bullheaded bull- bull headed animalism Some time after the afternoon recitations were in session the noisy crowd dispersed upon a kindly re reminder reminder reminder re- re minder of the President l r i MORAL VICTORY FOR ARTS AND NOR NOR- MALS VIALS The arts and however felt that they had won a distinct moral vic vic- tory One of the senior arts aits students was was stopped in the hallway by the Pre President President ident i- i dent during the contest when the student told the President that the arts art's students would not let the banner remain on the building and that they would d tear it down before morning Fearing that serious trouble might ensue the Pr President President si- si dent ordered the janitor to remove remove the flag soon after half past one oclo o'clock k r SOME AFTERMATHS AFTERMATH Late in the afternoon th the ja janitor t r. r unlocked unlocked un un- 11 locked one of the upper rooms rooms and to his surprise released three eds co-eds who had been locked in ever since before the fracas began Two or three arts students had torn down the ladder leading g up to to the attic and had locked it in the room where three normal girls happened to be e gossiping together N Next morning or ing as a sort of f pleasant af- af f- f a a light echo of the previous days day's fight fight students students saw two large signs painted on the architects architect's shack down the way way One was Retreat of t the le Engineers Engineers Engineers En En- the other Engineers Engineer New Home But the engineers soon blotted it out with a new can of paint STUDENTS ARE CHIVALROUS Well V ell said an arts student to an impromptu impromptu impromptu im im- crowd of his fellows after ther the r fracas there were two or three large windows broken two fire hose mutilated the wall badly damaged where the ladder adder was torn away and other slight damages What shall we do about it Be chival- chival enough to pay for every bit of it i exclaimed another in response and surely surely surely sure sure- ly the engineers will insist on their paying i for one Most assuredly was the unanimous sentiment At the same time the engineers were holding a formal meeting at which at-which which they voted unanimously to pay for one half the damages WHAT THE PROFESSORS THOUGHT OF F IT Jove this reminds me of olden days e exclaimed one of the instructors with as a s smile i ile on his face and his his fists in his pock pock- ets Its the most fun Ive I've s seen en since Ive I've been here remarked an another ther instructor instructor instructor in in- while the noise was was' at its loudest this great remarked a doctor of philosophy to his associate professor The engineers are doing well was the smiling Cant response we do something something some some- thing to quell this disgraceful disturbance disturb disturb- ance inq inquired one professor of another Oh let em go replied the other with agrin agrin a agrin grin Ive had my day dav Ha ha smiled another instructor u as hs s he moved about to points of advantage with an occasional occasional occasional oc oc- admonition Be careful boys be manly There are Roman mobs and Negro mobs and Dago mobs but ut the worst of all is the college mob one professor The in individual liberty of the citizen he contin continued ed should not be abridged by a mob gathering gathering gather gather- gather gathering ing on the stairway and preventing students students students stu stu- dents and professors from passing if bv by chance they should have occasion to It disgraceful disgraceful exclaimed another another an an- other professor with flushed face Sav Say called one angry professor to a college student wont you help me collect the names of the leading arts students who have participated in this mob Oh they are only boys remarked Professor Kingsbury with good common sense and generous indulgence only it ought t to nave e occurred outside of the building |