Yardling Riot Fizzles As Firetrucks Arrive

About 300 Freshmen assembled in the Yard last night in a lackadaisical attempt at a spring riot. Several Cambridge fire engines were called to the scene, but students were relatively peaceful and soon dispersed for lack of action.

Anonymous phone callers reportedly alerted Freshmen late yesterday for "trouble in the Yard at 9:30." At 9:35 p.m. small groups milled around the Halls and started yelling back and forth.

Soon, students--some in shorts and bathing suits--flowed out of dorms, shouted from windows, and threw firecrackers or water bombs, one of which hit a proctor. Proctors and about six University policemen failed to disperse the gangs, but succeeded in keeping the disturbance unspirited.