pole was raised on the campus just below the Vice Presi
dent's horse, and the scrap occured about five o'clock in the
morning. All the flags before that of '96 had been either
torn to pieces, or no attempt had been made to keep them, so
it is that the flag of '96 is Me oldest among those in the
trophy room.
This started the idea of cutting a pole for the purpose
of flying the class flag. All the succeeding classes have fol
lowed this example, and as a result, the flag-scraps since
that time have been very similar to each other. There have
been many instances connected with these later scraps, how
ever, that are very interesting, and serve to distinguish each
from the others. '97's flag was put up near where the Beta
house now stands, on the side toward the Main Building,
and the scrap was stopped, after it had been going on for
some time, by "Billy Buck," who came out with the college
catalogue and as he called the name of each man command
ed him to fall out. '9B put their flag on one of the foOt ball
goal posts, the one near the Athletic house. No scrap oc
cured on this occasion, however, as the "Prex" arrived on
the scene before affairs were started and put an end to the
fun.
On one occasion the scrap happened in the middle of
the night and the Sophomores attempted to pull down
the pole by the use of a rope. At another time one of the
fellows tried to shoot the flag down with a shot-gun. At
this latter scrap the Sophomores also brought out the hose
from the Main Building, but were unable to make much use
of it. These instances serve to distinguish the later scraps,
which otherwise are very much alike.