$2,000 Damage Bill for Freshman Dinner

Seems that "He- Who Would Dance Must Pay the Fiddler" - Lawyers on the Case

All that remained of the Union College freshman dinner held at Amsterdam last Monday are a few pleasant memories and unpleasant bills yet to be paid - just whom remains to be seen. The amount for damages alone total more than $2,000, according to the chairman of the dinner committee.

The damages to the Moose hall total $300. John Vassll, proprietor of the raided Splendid lunch adjoining the hall, values his missing stock at $1,500, and the trolley company is yet to be heard from in the matter of compensation desired. And there are lawyers in the case, too. James Ferguson of Amsterdam desiring to collect the coin for the injured persons in the case.

Failing to find anything more exciting that throwing rocks at the cops, all of '.m. and running the risk of slipping off a four-story roof, the sophomores decided to visit the Splendid lunch room, a few doors away, from whence were issuing the rations for the forbidden dinner. A record in quick salesmanship was set $1,500 in stock going in four minutes. When the visitors left there was nothing left - that is if the stove, which was too hot to carry, and the goldfish are overlooked. The stock ranged from grapefruit and cigarettes to roast turkey and penny slot machine, all auctioned in the small space of four minutes.

It is also strange that a large part of things dear to the heart of the Moose are among those missing. Whether or not some one intends to start an I. O. O. M. at Union or their home town is problematical, but the fact remains that little of the paraphernalia has returned to its original home.

From the Schenectady Gazette, January 19, 1920.