The story
“Two new ‘freshies’ arrived at a college town. Some of the boys were at the station and saw the ‘jays’ come in. They were of the very green species, and their arrival was the signal for a score of plans to make the college a very hot place indeed for them. They were welcomed by the students in the presence of their professors with the utmost consideration, but as soon as the dean was out of earshot, the unhappy freshman were thrust into the room and kept prisoners there until night. At midnight, when the professors were all soundly asleep, the ‘freshies’ were roused from their slumbers and given the third degree in great shape. The were chased, beaten and abused generally, and were finally locked again in their bedroom, when their tormentors indulged in a drink and a smoke. Now these particular freshmen resented being hazed, so they determined to be revenged. They managed to escape from the window of their room and, reaching the college campus, turned in an alarm of fire. The boys in their frat room were suddenly disturbed by the firemen climbing through the windows and drenching them with the fire hose. The ‘freshies’ stayed long enough to see the fun, then they beat it for the train, and went way back home.”
Summary from The Moving Picture World · 6 July 1912
