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Show HAZING THE HAZERS. A Termonter and Aaothar.Nnw a Senator, Who War Ktjaal to Kciergenolee. "Talking of hazing." said the university uni-versity club man tbe other evening in the heariug of a Kansas City Star reporter. re-porter. "I'm here with some emphasis aud accent to say it is not always a success. I was with a party of students once who, baftiug set their academic hearts ou hazing a rough aud uncouth specimen from Vermont, repaired to his room about 11 o'clock oue night to perform these rites. There were seven of the invaders, including myself, and we silently collected in the corridor outside the Freshman's door. In order to be impressive in our entrance, at a given signal we hurled ourselves ngainst the portal and, burst it iu. I recall a feeling of pride as the door went in at the success of this first step, but notliiug distinctly afterwards. "Iu the dim, religious light that sifted through the curtains from the swinging moon, we beheld a long, sparse aud meagre being who flew out of bed and fell upon us. He was silent as a bull-dog. but quick aud ferocious as a cat. I never saw such a creature. The whole affair did not last ten minutes, min-utes, aud its close found myself aud the other hazers battered aud bruised and out in the hall. '"I thought only one man inhabited that room,' said a sorrowful Sophomore as he fnlt of his various features in an effort to measure the disaster so far as he. personally, was affected. "There are at least ten, for I couuted them, to say nothing of the large African gorilla which threw me out, and which I take it they nuiiutain as a pet.1 "There was no one iu there, however, except that one Vermopter, aud he did not even attempt to close the door after us, such was his contempt for our prowess. "We did not go back into his room. We could have gone, of course, but we saw that it would cousume a great deal of time and the hour was late. " Say, you Vermont man!' I said as we were about to leave, -I trust you are not mean enough to report this to the Faculty?" 'Not at all,' he said. 'I like it. Come again any time you please.' "Another time," continued the raconteur, racon-teur, "a party of us hail been out on that sacred night, Halloween, tearing off gates aud signs aud otherwise disporting dis-porting ourselves after tho fashion of college youth the world around. We had brought about a coril of broken store signs up to Jim Martin's room and were merrily burning them in his big fireplace. The ceremouies wore at their height when two or three professors, profes-sors, excited to the movement by indignant in-dignant townspeople.whose signs being ravished had followed us to the college gates.rapped loudly at the door for admission. ad-mission. Something had to be doue.as it would never do to let in the professors profes-sors and those broken evidences of our guilt arond. "A mau by the name of Jack Nesbit, now a State Senator iu Nebraska, was eiial to the pinch, however. "It was a rule of t.'iu milUacu tt ao 'WtJfBsor should be denied entrance to a room, no matter the hour, unless the occupant was engaged iu prayer. In event of the present progress of this religious re-ligious exercise, the professor was made to wait until the 'ameu,' aud could in nowise complain. "At the lirst rap Nesbit broke into prayer. In a loud, sonorous tone he sought mercy for himself and his companions. com-panions. Continuing, he beleaguered the throne of grace in behalf of the college.as well as the professors, singly and in a body. Next the students all came in for notice, by name and in bulk, as well as every attache of the place to the small person who cleaned knives and forks in the kitchen. No one was slighted or overlooked. Then Nesbit went for the Government and prayed for the nation at large; then lite President and his pressing nrmls were named, aud Divinity was pleaded with for their fulfilment;" then all the departments and various officers of state and when they were exhausted, the States, beginning with Maine and ending with California, were interceded in-terceded for. After this Jack went to Europe, and beginning with England, related the necessities of each government govern-ment and sought their satisfaction. From there he went to Asia, to Africa,' then to South America and so on, until he was drifting among the islands which dot the Southern seas. Meanwhile Mean-while the rest of us turned stokers aud crowded the signs into tlie fireplace, where they roared and leaped almost to the limits of a general conflagration. Just as Jack was landing at Auckland the last splinter went up in smoke and tho disgusted professors were let in. Tlie prayer must have been almost an hour long aud as the teachers tiled in Nesbit closed with some (notation from St. Mark which refers to those who, seekiug a sign, shall liud it not.' |