Show THAT RUSH Of all the college sports there are The rush is famed both near and far Football sinks into the shade Whenever a a vigorous rush is m made de But after all the rush is good For striplings who need nut grape-nut food It builds the spirit of a school Where quiz and cram are all the rule re r iw IR j 1 W 7 I 41 v 00 y In f football guards and pads are worn I In rushes pants and scalps are torn And here and there upon the ground An ear or nose is sometimes sometimes found The has a fist of hair Of dust like Jike all ll he has his share The compromise th their r shirts shirts shirts' I And see Prex Bron Brownie e bite the dirt 4 f t R-r R At last ours is a big live and up up- to-date to institution t on to to be placed on on the same level as Yale Harvard Columbia or or any other of equal fame Al And d to wh what t. t do we owe this sudden traps transformation Have we made any radical changes Have we received great endowments endowments endow endow- ments built additions or established numerous scholarships scholarships' No But we have ave had a genuine mod modern rn col col- lege rush the first in the history of the he University Not one of the old fashioned kind we hear our fathers tell of There was no club swinging swinging swinging swing swing- ing or missile throwing No shin- shin cracking or bone No bad blood or ill But clear open rivalry True honest manly sport in which a pure test of calmness human human human hu hu- man strength and endurance pre pre- Man fought man and they fought it out fair and hard A sort of a catch-as-catch-can catch affair with jeering no backbiting or animosity 1 o of any kind The losers bowed their he heads ds to their stronger upper upperclassmen upperclassmen upperclassmen classmen and then gave them nine long hurrahs with heart and soul They offered no excuses excuses for their defeat None were needed Each man did his best and failed like a hero Whether luck or fortune was against the Freshmen no one can tell They wouldn't admit it The whole school praised the victors and they did so well but in their mo mo- f i x r r no holds barred Restraining laws or Cr regulations were not necessary The Th boys even w when hen under the greatest pressure and trying circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances never for a moment forgot that the man they were against was wasa a school friend and a desirable one oneat oneat oneat at that Think not that it was a meeting of a womans woman's club or a sewing society No no Every muscle was tensioned at all times When it was over the same manly manly manly man man- ly spirit prevailed There was no 1 J la l m ments of laudation they did not forget forget forget for for- get that there were two sid sides s to the contest Nor did the tIie victors One Sophomore of huge proportions proportions was heard to say between his gasps for breath breath we we whipped them them but but the little rascals certainly certain certain- ly know how to fight The story of the rush is known to all Everybody with one eye open saw long before that eventful Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- that the breezes were exchanging exchanging exchanging ex ex- changing secrets It is not a natural J J Jj j and h healthy t sign from a standpoint t of universal peace to see see the gymnasium gymnasium gym f crowded with Sophomores F doing special work Nor is it customary customary customary custo custo- mary to see Freshmen in the open fields practicing wrist strengthen ing exercises Signs of this nature Wanted Wanted A A new Freshman class Apply next Wednesday after chapel chap chap- el or such kind and benevolent in information information in- in i. i formation as Freshmen desiring to avoid the rush and get better satis- satis F. F Bennion Varley and Gardner holding the flag for the and O. O Bennion Russell and Jones doing doing doing do do- ing likewise for the All heard Jimmie Wade shout Ready Ready Go Go and then pandemonium ium broke loose All the two and three headed dogs of the ancient hades barking in unison would have ha ve been tame to that noise and sight Such a rushing pulling tearing ripping was never seen be- be TOO T R M tR E a 0 7 t YV be 14 A faction can procure their coffins now t at sale prices N Nor or is the police quarters used to being asked for officers officers of of- t. t or the governor for or state f guards to keep bloodthirsty Freshmen Freshmen Fresh Fresh- r men inside th the school limits It was all merely the shadow of of- some awful aw awful v aw- ful event like the darkness that precedes precedes precedes pre pre- cedes the storm To repeat the details of the rush r is is a digging up tip of old news Everyone Every Every- one saw the two sides line up with r t r r r I fore on our campus Around the flag pole the contestants danced and fought like veritable demons Forward Forward Forward For For- ward and backward the multitude swayed and rolled and to one a short distance away it was all a livid rampant rampant rampant ram ram- pant mass To tell one one from another another another an an- other was at first impossible but the dust raised of a sudden and all was plain Eardley Moore l and Pitt had already won a place at the flag for the and the crowd ap- ap r pl ded when they saw h how w these three held on while the tripped pushed pulled in fact used ev every ry device to break their bull do dog bull holds A pretty ed co screamed med medas as sh she saw saw Hatch roll rolled d in th the dust and another thought it just awful to crush Sherman that way Whether Hills tried tried to to to kill Clayton or or r Clayton tried to annihilate Hills Hills' was not evident but both had that sprained neck feeling the next day But these are little things In Inthe Inthe Inthe the meantime Neal Scranton Hans Hansen Hansen Han- Han s sen sen n and Thompson had increased the the ranks of the Sophomore flag- flag holders and Cannon had swelled the number for the Freshmen But where here was Brown The mighty JC JC J C C. C He was now nowhere re to be seen Yes Yes There he was Fighting like a a maddened tiger tige black in face from ro 11 wrath and dust but all in vain One lone sturdy Freshman f f 1 had him cornered and despite all he could do th that t held on j jBrown Brown maintains that a dozen were 1 J Jn on n him all the time and that if it 1 had not been for his wonderful ability ability ability abil abil- ity in taking care of that whole J dozen the other would a have experienced more difficulty j The time wore on and each second now seemed hours to the mu exhausted contestants But still they fought When their hands became numb from strain they used their heads and shoulders on the surging crowd But the referees referee's referees referee's referees referee's ref ref- whistle stopped the agony Fourteen students held on to the precious flag Ten and four Of course it was an overwhelming victory for the upper upper upper up up- per classmen but the Freshmen can take heart It will be their turn j next ye year r i i if jk h ih Wy W IL y t jf f. f 1 r t t ny t f |