Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. Princeton Stories By Jesse Lynch Williams _FOURTH EDITION_ Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1895 _Copyright, 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons_ TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK To '92 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE THE WINNING OF THE CANE, 1 THE MADNESS OF POLER STACY, 37 THE HAZING OF VALLIANT, 67 HERO WORSHIP, 89 THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LAWRENCE, 105 FIXING THAT FRESHMAN, 139 THE SCRUB QUARTER-BACK, 177 WHEN GIRLS COME TO PRINCETON, 193 THE LITTLE TUTOR, 209 COLLEGE MEN, 241 THE MAN THAT LED THE CLASS, 277 _Acknowledgements are due Messrs. Harper & Brothers for permission to republish "The Scrub Quarter-Back" and "When Girls Come to Princeton."_ THE WINNING OF THE CANE The modern Cane Spree is held in broad daylight on University Field. It is a vastly different affair from the Spree we used to watch with chattering teeth at midnight, kneeling on the wet grass in front of Witherspoon, with a full moon watching over West College and Mat. Goldie and two assistants waiting by the lamp-post to join in the fierce rush which followed each bout. Nowadays it is one of the regular events of the Annual Fall Handicap Games, and is advertised in large special feature letters on the posters hanging in the shop windows and on the bulletin elm. It is a perfectly proper and legitimate proceeding, and is watched like any other field event from the bleachers and Grand Stand, with girls there to catch their breath and say "Oh!" The class that wins is glad. They cheer awhile and then watch the final heat of the 2.20. In our day you could seldom see much of anything, and there was nothing proper about it. But it was one of the things a fellow lived for, like Thanksgiving games and Spring Term. To win a cane for one's class was an honor of a lifetime, like playing on the 'Varsity, or winning the Lynde debate. Men are still pointed out when back at Commencement as the light or middle weight spreers of their class, and a member of the faculty is famous for having "described a parabola with his opponent." This trick and a book called "Basal Concepts in Philosophy" bear his name, though it is maintained by some that he is more proud of the book.