Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1893 — DISFIGURED FOR LIFE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DISFIGURED FOR LIFE.

Victims of the Cruel College Sport ol , Hewing. Last Wednesday night, at Delaware, 0.. the sophomore class fraternity of the college located at that place, by fora oranded the faces of lha junior fraternity itudente in tho maimer indicated in tht eat, with nitrate of silver. The guilty young .race were expellod from the college and are under arrest. They are In- [ telligcnt and the 1 sons ol wealthy aat hlgh'y respectable parents, and have heretofore stood well in the college. Th« cases have been continued and the boys ar« under 5300 bonus. Tho la.--isof thc victim? present a honible app arance with the letters “D. O. A.” burned on each cheek

and the picture of horns ou the foreheadThe 1 otters . e burned black and are festering, and to look at them reminds one ol a tatooed Indian chief with bis war paint on. The young men upon whom the outrage was committed w-re before exceptionally good looking but are now quite the reverse, and will be disfigured for life.. The perpetrators of the outrage affect to treat the matter as a huge joke. In all eight boys were dismissed from the college. Previous hazing outrages have occurred at Delaware in this college, as well as in the young ladl-s’ seminary located at the same place, anu tho college faculties seem powerless to check the evil. There is great excitement and indignation in the community.