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\Vasl~ington's 1)irtllrla~- apl>roaclietl tliere was to 1)e noticed a certain restlessness aniong hot11Freslime~~ and Sopl~n~ores, i\-l1ic11 gare proof that soniething out of the ordinary was about to 4w- R1,q11appe11. On the 11ig11t of tlie 21st of Fehruary four or five Fresllnien nlarle their \yay to the&cupola anil planted a flag-on tlie top of tlie college 1)uilcling. This is generally considerecF as rlb ,:open defiaise to the Sophs ant1 equivalent to a c1i;lllenge. Rut as the walking 011 the roofcaused a great deal of noise, the eneniy fout~d out ~rhatwas taking place, ant1 after we had retired to our roonisto await the consecluences tlie 111or11ing \voultl hring forth,they, fearing a "scrap," ant1 aided hy tlieir allies the Seniors. \vith keys, latlrlers, andall the inodern con~enieiices for scaling walls, took tlo~vn tlie flag and thus ren~o\.etlall cliance of a hostile meeting I~etween tlie two classes.The 22tl passecl quietly, niuch to the clia~rin of everyhotly except tlie Soplio-mores. Althouyl~ TVasl~ington's l)irthda>- is tlie day usual1~- ~nade memora1)le in theFresl~tnan year, this tinie it was an ercel)tio~i, 1)nt notliing will 1)e kept more clearlyin n~intl than the Sophon~ore 1)anclut.t. IVe sonietin~es think that tlie Sophs ?\-ill notforget it in a Iiurry, either. JV11at they diil. wliere they did it, or 11olv they got there,are I~ut seconrlary t~~atters 7vitl1 us.Rut anyho~r-, before tliey had left the town allalfhour every Dreshn~a~i ill the p1:ice was aware of the fact, and at work racking hisbrains to find the best possi1)le style in \vliicli to tencler the ahsentees a surprise ontl~cireturn 11on1e. Consequently, in a very sliort titlie, the 1)uilding was tlie scene oftlie utmost activit~-, and it TX-onld not have taken an eye-witness long to conie to tlie