. Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall. havewon! No rest for the Freshmen that night!They must scour the town and country for amile around in search of fuel. They determinethat their fire shall be the biggest ever seen. Con-tracts are made for gallons of oil, and tar barrelssell at a premium. Prudent housekeepers havetheir front gates taken in and send their hus-bands out to watch the coops and dog-houses inthe back yard. Gangs of suspicious-lookingindividuals in old clothes scout the streets andalleys, returning with a vast miscellany ofboards, gates, panels of fence—anything thatwil
. Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall. havewon! No rest for the Freshmen that night!They must scour the town and country for amile around in search of fuel. They determinethat their fire shall be the biggest ever seen. Con-tracts are made for gallons of oil, and tar barrelssell at a premium. Prudent housekeepers havetheir front gates taken in and send their hus-bands out to watch the coops and dog-houses inthe back yard. Gangs of suspicious-lookingindividuals in old clothes scout the streets andalleys, returning with a vast miscellany ofboards, gates, panels of fence—anything thatwill burn. A few Juniois with the critical eyeof professional builders direct the arrangementof the pile about the big cannon. Straw andtar barrels first, then boxes and rails; theneverything that comes in. When the task iscompleted, the last can of oil poured on, andthe dark pyramid, thirty or forty feet high,towers up in the centre of the quadrangle, thecolumn is formed, and, with torches, horns,drums, banneis, and fire-crackers, moves off in. I— Q£ ^1 U i! i_„^ ^a ? JKk
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