der hung, and nothing to catch hold of except a few small holes
in the brickwork. These holes however saved the day. A
long thin pole stood in a corner of the tower, One of the
fellows named Charlie Aull, seizing this pole shouted to the
other fellows to hold it firmly upright close to the wall.
Taking hold of the pole with one hand and making use of
the holes for his other hand and feet he began to climb, by
successive lifts, up the side of the wall, raising himself by
sheer strength of arms and legs. Up, up lie went, his com
rads .encouraging him at every lift until by a final desper
ate lunge, he seized the lower rung of the ladder, which was
close to the wall. A loud cheer broke from those standing
below. Once on the ladder the ascent was easy enough, and
soon Aull was returlin_g_with . Alle.sAptuyestAlag, At the
appearance of the flag on the gallery, a wild rush was made
for it by both classes, and in less than two minutes '93's
flag was torn to bits.
This flag-scrap between the classes of '92 and '93 is no
doubt one of the most famous ever known at State, and
4ul.l's feat . at
among flag-scrap incidents.
One more class, the class of '94, put its flag on the Arm
ory pole. There' was no scrap over this flag, however, as
the whole Sophomore class at that time was on special pro
bation and.dared not run the risk of being caught in a scrap.
The next year there was another change. The flag was
fastened to one of the telephone wires between the Main
Building and Ladle's Cottage. The scrap over this flag was
one of the most desperate that ever occured at State. Oue
of the Sophomores cut the wire that held the flag, and the
latter fell down directly into the crowd of fellows gathered
beneath. Sophomores and Freshmen each made wild at
tempts to secure the flag and naturally tore it to shreds in a
very short time.
The next class, '96, was the first class to erect a pole of
its own, and also the first class to preserve its flag. This
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