Pennypacker Tide Sweeps 'Cliffe In Water War Against Whitman

Thirty-five men from Pennypacker Hall attacked a covey of defiant Whitman, Hall girls yesterday in a half-hour long water-balloon battle.

The raid, described by Pennypacker military leaders as "a protest against inter-house dining," left no dry survivors on the Radcliffe Quad.

The attack began as well-armed freshmen closed upon, Radcliffe defenders gingerly fanning out from their supply dump. On the grass they had tastefully laid out 200 waterballoons in pinks, greens, and blues.

Balloons and squeals filled the air as the combatants attacked and counter-attacked for five minutes. Everyone then switched to water-pistols, and the Harvard attack momentarily hesitated as Cliffies opened up a perfume barrage.

The raid had been anticipated for a week, but some of the Pennypacker men were bitter about the lack of resistance. "Only thirteen masochist Cliffies showed up to suffer our assault," one said, while others railed against the seven Crimeds who aided the outnumbered Cliffies.

Most were smiling, however, as playful in-fighting with wastebaskets and hoses gradually degenerated into sporadic attempts at negotiations.

Some of the girls towelled their hair and then stood and eyed their weary attackers while they waited for a volunteer to light their cigarettes. The afternoon was late, and the freshmen found little else to do but git and marvel at how distracting a Cliffie could be when soaking wet.