Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Ind him in the dim dew 0 ma way,0nly 1mm: n sputter ot' the arc lrcw up beside the huh domg here? mitts. at: said the other. our hero bravely ';:3 .h displayed the had;: gt, 'Pllop. He immediaz': thin, but a necasih: E: Tollegc. His manicure anti lived in such-a';.-. I hat bctausc he if; 't Reed Collegerlihvi l rc hats ncccsaxzh 2711:? line w fume. 3 K sctne of a re tied. pimwiariy a .. .: ' 1nd in his hum . e. r'h ,l Where was he going? What was he doing? How old was he? Where did he get that money? and so on ad nameam. Held better speak up. Did he relize that he would probably spend the night in the cooler? All the better, he said, for that would save him the price of a bed. Anyway, he had often thought it would be fun to spend a night in jail. What did he do with his hat? After a long while of questioning, he was left guarded and his inquisitors left the room to decide his fate. Our hero meditated in mixed expectancy. Then his freedom was announced, with a lecture by an imposing gentleman as to the propriety of night walking, particularly when hatless. The gentleman offered to put his money in the station safe for him. He offered him a hat. Our hero accepted the first and declined the latter. llA nutfl someone murmured. And before another day our hero had hoboed his way to Hillsboro and back. Without a hat. Page Ninety-tlzree

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Page Ninety-two Better Wear a Hat Our hero was disgruntled and sick of the place. It is not per- tinent to our story to inquire the cause. SuH'ice it that on a cloudy Saturday evening he set forth at nearly midnight to air his soul in new scenes and to churn around with himself for a day or so. He bothered not for Sunday raiment, but in cords and old coat, hatless, he sauntered off. An hour later found him in the dim deserted streets of Irvington. He strolled down Broadway, only an occasional whizzing machine relieving the solemn sputter of the arc lights. But somewhere along there a car drew up beside the Curb. Two men jumped out and accosted him. llWhat are you doing herePll asked one. Wheres you hat? said the other. llWho are you?,, our hero bravely responded. Whereupon both displayed the badge of the law. The heart of our hero did a Hip-Hop. He immediately decided that honesty was not. only a policy, but a necessity. He was out walking. He was from Reed College. His name was so-and-so, and he was so many years old, and lived in suCh-and-such a place. And he wasn,t wearing a hat because he didnlt like hats. As for des- tination, it wasn,t Reed Collegeeyet. Well, canit a man walk if he wants to? Are hats necessarily indicative of morality? Evidently his line was futile, for he was ordered into the car and taken to the scene of a recent robbery. He did look susa p1c1ous, he admitted, particularly as his allowance Check had been cashed that day and in his hurry to leave he had forgotten to cache it away. So he perforce acquiesced to the will of the law. But the recently robbed failed to identify him. Then ensued another quizz. Our hero was beginning to enjoy the situation. Thls humor did not entertain the cops. So he was trundled along to the station. Here he was beset by a battalion of station people, some in gold brald, some in blue, and some in civvies. Where was his hat? l , was 0mg? What .9 an sti15 he get that mOIlCl that 1 Meg idher61126 t r i , , C a M069 All the be: he c0 ' rwa' he Ofabcd' .Ahy.1 'Xthi .:prlCC an' ht mjal: in along i to decldfi liarslelt the r00nlhen his fret '. 1n iy an imposmg gentlllentilgss ivivparticularly when 21f f01 ., in the station sa 6 ,ihoney nacccpted the hrst and e murmured. h before another day our handback. Without a ha

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