Students were obsessed with it because the whole thing was very cloak-and-dagger. Not just any upperclassman could brainstorm a prank and put it into motion…only “the Jester” could do that. Their identity was always anonymous; only the previous Jester knew who the next Jester was, passing the “hat” off to them. And if the prank master required a crew to pull off their plan, several others were let in on the secret. But they never told a soul.
