Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — Duck Sophomores in the Lake. [ARTICLE]

Duck Sophomores in the Lake.

Madisou, Wis., telegram: The freshmen came out victorious in the annual class rush with the sophomores at Wisconsin university, ducked most of the upper class men who were in the contest in Lake Mendota, and then hauled down the 1904 flag which the sophs had floated from the flag-staff on the gymnasium. Over 100 students on both sides of the affray were Immersed in the chilly waters of the lake during the melee, but the majority of them were sophs.