FRESHMEN EVADE RIOTS AND BEGGING IN CLASS PICTURE

A Freshman class picture was taken on the steps of Widener Library yesterday afternoon for the first time in many years without the traditional ceremonies which had existed until the 1929 vs. 1926 fracas took place last Spring.

In days gone by, it was a custom for the Senior and Freshman pictures to be taken on the same afternoon. The Seniors, after their picture had been taken, would hold up the next picture until the first year men had thrown out enough money to them to pay for the Senior class Picnic.

When the Picnic was abolished, the Senior beggings became occasions for interclass riots. These reached a climax last year, when the damage to Widener and to caps and gowns made it advisable to do away with the ceremony.