UNRULY STUDENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 December 1927, Page 5

UNRULY STUDENTS.

RAGGING IN WEST END. DISGRACEFUL SCENES. ?ress Association- Electrio Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, Tuesday. Oxford and Cambridge Rugbyites over-reached themselves in ragging in the West End of London. Amazing scenes of disorder occurred in two theatres, and the managers were obliged to lower the curtain an hour earlier than usual. The rag continued in the streets, and several arrests were made. Undergraduates practically took possession of one theatre, and invaded the stage so that it- was impossible for the artists to carry on. The orchestra and others in the theatre walked out after being attacked. Hundreds of glasses were broken, fire hydrants were torn from the walls, and corridors were Hooded. Missiles were hurled at the stage. The management returned hundreds of pounds to patrons who demanded their money back. .Several women complained of damaged dresses, and the police were summoned and threw out several young men in evening dress. After that, wild scenes were witnessed in Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, men clambering on the roofs of taxi cabs and attempting to force an entrance to restaurants and night clubs, which hastily closed their doors.