affair had been talked about and when the time
came quite a crowd was present to witness the
event. Twenty-nine Sophs and fourty Freshmen
were on the field when Mr. Holter, chairman of the
board of referees, stepped forward and announced
the conditions of the contest. These were as fol
lows : The Rush was to be of six and one half min
utes duration; was to be begun at the firing of a
revolver and closed at the firing of a revolver;
the cane was to be held by three Freshmen at a
point midway between two lines back of which
were-the two classes; all persons caught biting,
striking, choking and the like, were to be ruled
out at once; at the close of the Rush the class
having' the most men on the cane was to be de
clared the winner. When the announcement
was finished the classes prepared themselves and
at the crack of the revolver went to work like de
mons. The scene which followed beggars des
cription. Shouts, yells, curses and threats filled
the air. The mass of men swayed, to and fro,
and moved, back and forth, across the field. Fel
lows were tramped on, hacked, bitten and choked.
For five minutes the fight went on in this way and
then the cane and the men clinging to it went
down. When time was called a space was cleared
around the cane and the referees counted the men.
At the close of the count ’93 was said to have had
eight hands and ’94 seven hands on the cane.
The Sophs were wild with joy, as the Freshmen
had a great advantage in numbers. The Fresh
men raised a cry against the decision of the ref
erees, however, and claimed that a mistake had
been made in the count, and-that instead of ’93
having eight hands on the cane ’94 had eight and
’93 but seven. The referees after much deliber
ation, covering a period of three days, revoked
their first decision and gave the Rush and cane
to ’94. The referees were Mr. Holter, Mr. Camp
and Mr. Kessler.
The rush was strong, and exciting in every re
spect, though the means resorted to by some of
the men were, to say the least, brutal and should
not have been allowed by the referees.
THE FREE LANCE.
’9O. W. B. Jackson has been spending a few
days at his home here in State College.
’9O. Miss Antoinette D. Ball occupies the posi
tion, of special teacher of sciences in the public
schools of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
’9O. J. A. Hunter did not go to Fisk Univer
sity, as previously stated, but occupies a similar
position at Macon, Ga.
’9O. HerbertN. Brencmen is located at Milwau
kee where he holds the position of assistant en
gineer to the general manager of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and Northwestern Railroad.
’9O. R. L. Watts is assistant instructor of Bot
any and Horticulture in the University of Tenn
essee, at Knoxville.
’9O. F. A. Bryan is ingaged as a. civil engineer
at Wellsville, Ohio, by the Cleveland and Pitts
burg R. R. Co., instead of the the P. R. R. Co.,
as stated in a previous issue.
’9O. Messrs G. A. Beaver, I. C. M. Elenberger
and D. W. Gross formerly with ’93, spent a few
days at the college recently.
’9l. C. H. Zink is employed as an assistant at
the Experimental Station here.
’9l. H. D. Long, who has been occupied in
establishing circulating libraries in Virginia,
West Virginia and Maryland during the vacation,
has returned and taken up his “Lechtechnics”
with his old time spirit.
’9l. J. F. Shields, who left here last March and
entered the University of Penna., has returned
and joined his class. “Let us kill the fatted calf.”
’92. S. G. Crawford, whom we announced in
the Sept, issue as having entered Lafayette Col
lege, has returned, we are glad to note.
’92, T. L. Pillow is engaged as a draughtsman
in the office of the Allegheny City Engineers at
Allegheny, Pa.
PERSONALS.