Show I THE FLAG RUSH Late Late on Thursday afternoon d the th Sophomores posted an invitation invitation invitation tation on the bulletin board of oft t the library A A Pink Tea had hado been arranged for the new and o simple freshmen on the gridiron at ten thirty o'clock th the following morning ng S The fourth annual flag ag rush between n the sophomores and 1 ro dressed for the occasion At ten o'clock th the freshmen congregated in the carpenter shop in order to I better map out this campaign and to show their strong Irish spirit by themselves in emerald green The toa to toa a man man filled the gymnasium where they donned the football p N suits and other armament to be be 0 Y Ei r t. t 44 3 3 w. w J. J freshmen classes Was vas thus tInts made public The unusual amount of 7 business and the careworn expression expression r sion sian which the upper classmen had ad assumed gave the an inkling as to the truth so that they had become somewhat organized organized or or- gani ed during the first days of i school They were not to be taken taken taken ta ta- ken unawares unawares and a few expectant expectant i tant sent the ones soon news cV eta broadcast Many were thus able t to come come the next mor morning ing ti bra i found scattered about Shortly before the appointed time the upper tipper classmen marched march march- c. c ed onto the field followed a few v n minutes later by the in r 1 lock step The judges for this audacious occasion were Juniors Barlow Hartley and Sharman for the freshmen and S Seniors Cummings Cummings Cum- Cum Havener I and Leger for forthe forthe forthe the Sophomores The canvas flag two o and one half feet square t t with the class numerals 1910 and 1911 painted in a bright red on opposite sides was taken to the center of the field The Home Ferguson and Price for forthe the and Groesbeck Tracy Tracy Tracy Tra- Tra cy and Christensen for the were given their places The 1 freshmen were then lined up at the south end of the field and the sophomores at the north an equal distance from the flag fight was on Some scrambled for the flag which was soon the J center of bf a surging mass of fresh- fresh 7 1 ies and madly pushing pulling and crawling for a hold others attacked an old friend or enemy as the case might be and attempted to usher him out of J danger A cloud clond of dust enveloped envelop envelop- ed the vainly struggling pile Secret signals and signs were heard and seen on all sides or J J t 4 ti 1 a It still lacked a few minutes of being half past ten the appointed time The bleachers and grand grandstand grandstand grandstand stand were well filled with fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low students anxiously awaiting awaiting awaiting await await- ing the first whistle 1 n. n k Timers Ready suddenly sang out one of the judges This was indeed a welcome sound Both sides were impatient and dent The whistle sounded and the contending classes rushed Bi I toward toward to to- ward the flag and each other The H d from the hot dusty bottom came the frequent cry Get off in a half smothered gasp Some followed these instructions instructions instructions for other reasons than their own only to let some one else fall into their place who was in turn torn aside Ten minutes may not seem a long time to some but let them get into a Sophomore freshmen-Sophomore flag rush and they will readily change their opinions Both classes had re- re M l serve serve forces which were to come comein comein in n in two minutes before the time limit but most mos of the the sophomores had been called in previously so that the few fre fresh h ones that did didi i 3 not come COlne at t the e eight minute whistle stood little show against the superior numbers of the he fresh fresh- men All All of the younger classY class class- Y- Y men coming coming- in fought their way wayt t to the flag and had their hands in l J for or the final final count which stood thirty six to nine i in favor of the freshmen Thus the fl flag g rush of nineteen hundred and seven passed into school history j n r r 4 r f tV J 1 f 6 7 FF Cs t r i 49 ti r f 1 r j I j AFTER THE RUSH I dF J. J t i i V iI Kt K- K t f i q I. I |