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time it was discovered that it was falling from holes in the ceiling. 

 As soon as that became evident the members of the faculty v/ho were 

 present organized themselves into "special police" , a thing which hap - 

 pily we have nothing to do with ordinarily ,with the intention of bagg 

 ging the fellow who was pouring it through. He had put his head into 

 the noose when he got up there ,f or there was only one normal mode of 

 entrance or exit, and a search party was soon going thro the attic. 

 In the mean time some of his confederates on the outside were captured 

 and identified. When the fellow in the attic was finally about to be 

 nabbed he took the desperate chance of kicking out a window and crawlg 

 ing along the edge of the roof till he could drop to the ground at a 

 comparatively low place. He was nabbed however by the students below 

 after a short chase and identified. We had lots of fun at the "in- 

 quest" ,tho it consumed the best part of three days. This was one of 

 those rare cases in which (fi^e Faculty comes out on top. Having caught 

 the principal actor and four of his pals,we £elt pretty well satisfied 

 as far as discipline can yield satisfaction. The chap who was caught 

 in the attic was a senior engineer whose reputation had been of the 

 best,and v/ho had worked his own way thro. He was suspended indefin- 

 itely with the intimation that at some future time if his character 

 and conduct were satisfactory he might receive his degree. The others 

 got a year's suspension. The whole affair created quite a sensation 

 in college and I guess got into the papers in a more or less exagger- 

 ated form. 



Commencement passed off very pleasantly. The president gave a 

 very fine baccalaureate address on Sunday. On Mon%day the honor the- 



