Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1914 — Pleasures of "Soph” Class Party Is Marred by Hoodlums. [ARTICLE]

Pleasures of "Soph” Class Party Is Marred by Hoodlums.

The pleasures of a “soph” class party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Babcock Friday night by their daughter, Miss Margaret Babcock, was considerably marred by a gang of hoodlums, said to be high school boys, who pried open windows and tried to steal the refreshments, and made life a burden generally to everyone until dispersed by the officers. a pining the practices of higher places of education has long been a feature of the Rensselaer high school in this respect, and while the public in general looks upon them as acts of rowdyism, pure and simple, they are generally supposed to be a part of the necessary evils of our higher education and like numerous other undesirable things are borne with in as much patience as possible. Otherwise the party was a great success.