Christian Cynosure . xistence, in-stead of the usual puerile declaration,High school fraternities cheapen thecollege fraternities, and it is a questionif they will not be the means of elim-inating the later from colleges and uni-versities, as though that would be acalamity to be dreaded. ROUGH STUFF. Horrors of the Elks initiation of thirtyyears ago will be exemplified in the cere-mony at the lodge room Friday night,Feb. 18, 1918, commemorating the thirty-second anniversary of Omaha (Neb.)Lodge No. 39, which was instituted , 1886. In early days the Elks initiation triedthe nerves of the c
Christian Cynosure . xistence, in-stead of the usual puerile declaration,High school fraternities cheapen thecollege fraternities, and it is a questionif they will not be the means of elim-inating the later from colleges and uni-versities, as though that would be acalamity to be dreaded. ROUGH STUFF. Horrors of the Elks initiation of thirtyyears ago will be exemplified in the cere-mony at the lodge room Friday night,Feb. 18, 1918, commemorating the thirty-second anniversary of Omaha (Neb.)Lodge No. 39, which was instituted , 1886. In early days the Elks initiation triedthe nerves of the candidates. On theoccasion of the institution of OmahaLodge, one of the visiting Elks was at-tacked by an epileptic fit. During theattending excitement the colored porterof the building ran down the street cry-ing that the Elks had killed a man.—Evening World-Herald, Feb. 7, 1918. Let Deserved be written on the doorof hell, but on the door of heaven andlife, The free gift.—Baxter. July, 1918. CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE 77. With this machine the candidate cannot kick his own pants while wearingthem, but can have them spanked wherehis mother used to apply the sole of herslipper, by simply testing his position in which he places himselfcauses a little strain in the seat of hispants, which is not objectionable, as itpulls up all the slack when he pulls upon the handles. Just about the time hegets well started lifting, a trigger is auto-matically released, which causes thespanking paddle to spring into place andstrike him on the kazabo, at the sametime exploding a 32-calibre blank car-tridge with a loudreport. That is notall; there is also an electric motor con-cealed under the platform of the ma-chine, which is operated by clock workthat turns on a good current of elec-tricity at the same time the paddle hitshis pants. The sensation can better beimagined than explained. (Candidate is hoodwinked and pre-sented at officers station.) Officer (to candidate) : My friend,before a
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