Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . et rippled into asmile to hear some high-collared sophomore tell of thetortures preparing for his victims ; or some vaingloriousfreshman narrate his heroic defence and escape from thetorturers. All paths led to the old well; here met the con-tending classes after fiery contest and fought again to seewhich should drink first, dragging out the long rope at-tached to the bucket in a tug of war with many incidentalfights. The teamster abandoned his team in the dustystreet and the gamin ceased from the tune he was whis-tli
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . et rippled into asmile to hear some high-collared sophomore tell of thetortures preparing for his victims ; or some vaingloriousfreshman narrate his heroic defence and escape from thetorturers. All paths led to the old well; here met the con-tending classes after fiery contest and fought again to seewhich should drink first, dragging out the long rope at-tached to the bucket in a tug of war with many incidentalfights. The teamster abandoned his team in the dustystreet and the gamin ceased from the tune he was whis-tling outside the fence to drink with rapture of the oldwells sparkling mead. Heroic deeds made the spot famous, as when an in- Memories of Brown 257 trepid freshman scrambled down the shppery stones intothe dark and dangerous depths and brought up the foot-ball which the sophs had taken from his class and throwntherein. But the most thankful to the old well were theroysterers who in the still, small hours rose up out of thedepths of the town and begged libations poured over. South Well, 1873, Old John in the Foreground A bar sinister was on the escutcheon of one their heated brains to remove the memories of theschooners they had floated and the Tom and Jerries theyhad downed. Sometimes the old well got absent-mindedand lost its bucket; nobody knew whether it went upor down, and a new one without any moss on it had to besupplied. On one occasion the authorities failed to pro-duce a new one and the students protest at such treat-ment of their old friend was the famous water procession, 258 Memories of Brown which invaded the town with utensils of grotesque andnameless variety in search of water, which they found andbrought back in formal triumph. It is strongly suspectedthat the old well-curb carried matches in its pocket, forsemi-occasionally it would drowse off and wake up aboutmidnight all in flames. Then the cry of Fire! startledthe calmness of night, the fire engines were drag
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