The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 16, 1907, Page TWO, Image 2
WHY CAPT. GLAY
LEFT CLEMSON
"SHIRT-TAIL PARADE" THE
LAST STRAW.
Got 110 Backing Anywhere?President
Timorous, the Trustees Ollicious
?Now a Committee of Trustees
is in Washington to
Save Institution
From Coiulcmna/ion.
('<>111 itil>i;i Ifeeonl.
"Clcmson ml lent* is today the m? ,sl
|mi\\ i-|'n| I ;iel11r in South Carolina
I<??1 ij ii s, said ;i ne wspa|icr man, wJi??
is in closer 11>114*)i with tin* people of
the whole stale lliau is any other. t >
n It ceord n?|mi ler |'Im> ot.her day.
I Ins heiny ilie case, (here is very
general ami deep interest in I lie latest
Clcmson sensual inn the rc.-iirua<
i??i j or the commandant. Cap!. Charles
('lay. because the president of the
college and the chairman of the hoard
<>l trustees 11 a 11 \* told the veteran
Jinny ollicer. who will hear In his
grave the honorahle sears of wound,
received in sen ice. that not himr what evi
r would he done toward his support
in the matter of punishing a
I layraiil and unpardonable hreach of
discipline and of courtesy.
Clciiisini college is supposed to have
military discipline. The cadets wear
niiitorms ami are armed and accoiirli'cd
by the lederal U'overiiinenl. which
als.? detail- an aimy ollicer at the college.
as a military instructor and pro.
lessor of tactics and military science.
< Men is. .11 receive- from the federal
_'o\ < . 111111 111 exactly the same I real"'cut
a- that ?iven ||,e South Carolina
M i I it a r\ academy. It has hccti the
eust. ni at I he institution for the ollieer
so detailed |o he employed hv the
colIcje. in addition to his oilier duties,
as commandant of the corps of cadels.
in whicih capacity lie is in charge
of the sIndenls at all times ami responsible
for their discipline or lack of
discipline. I lie same arrangement was
made w ith < 'aptain ('lay.
At no time since he arrived has
Captain Clay been ^iven au\ moral
support by the upper classmen. Thus
handicapped by the lack of anv such
esprit ile corps a< exists at I lie Citadel.
tor instance, Captain Clay tried,
nevertheless, in perform his duly and
reduce the I i _!' bo,|\ of students to
some Mill ,,f discipline. I lad lie been
backed up h\ i lie facility and spired
I lie idrildi-li inli rfereiice of ihc 11 allocs.
he |||".:!|| have sjieceedcd. e\ < :i
iiiidi1!' these disadvantage-.. \ er\ na
I u 11 a 11 \ a nd pi' perl\ . ,'ie i e -1 . 111 I.
, u ''' f"II1 I t !I:I: ile -!?>,.d ,1 io!:c.
II ere is an i n-1 a nee <>f i lack ..f
di-ci i'liue : The ,-t m i- ,t;,\ |; v,,r,|
mae ; i ; a boy \\' ,:> wa> 1 .1 Iua I I
'I'll tile in - ! it lit V|| la ! 11: ?i 11 m w h\
tin* prtip. -ed encampment ,r liroen\
u a - s i t 11"11 . called It. <>-.
i:.M s didu ': w anl to -.in t .
( i !? <: \ i11? . he -aid. "'We had a
incr'iif.: and t dd ihc facultv that we
were p.-t cr and ilia! we wouldn't
h'i ! le I'J s .. I",ia 1 ells'e 1 it.'"
A !nl lie said i! ill t lie nio-t mat ter
ot cull! 1 . i; j || J I;,. \\ ,,i 'i | |
I he i i11"iiieu; w*!i i I i i en I tiiitia t ed ' n
tht andant s i esi: nation wa t
hi- :
I hi rim.; ? ? 11 u I' e' ? 11?. n! week. t iie
si nn is- went out !i a disorderly ami
indecent riot, which they verv pro|"'1
\ called a "sail I tail parade."
Tiie commandant Mood i[ as loir.: as
be could, and then, mi lull uniform
cm.I '?e: i!: 11 _ tin- u 11'ui-I a k a I > le ?n - iy"
ia o' hi- an: !n rit\. wen; out to (he
barracks ami orderi'd every senior he
.saw !o return to his room and there
remain, under close arrest, Far from
obeying, the cadets seniors, rem.tuber!
only shoved pa si their commandant.
actually hustling the ^reyIlaired,
veteran atraiust the wall, ami
went out a^ain. >oiiic of llicm eursiny
him as they went.
The matter was reported |o Preside
n! Mel I, who | old the con mam Ian)
I hat nothing' could or would lie done.
Tile president of the bo:?rd of iriis
'lee-, t o|. I>. \\ . Sim,jiso|i. went to the
leading spirits aiuou^ the senior- and
through idie easy medium of judiciously
framed loading ipicslions, secured
a s'l.itement that lite erring cadets
lnciint no harm ami had intended no
insult to the commandant. This statement
Colonel Simpson carried nefore
the board, taml that ollicious body
promptly accepted it, waving aside
with scant consideration Captain
Clay's protests against the issuance
of the diplomas, pending an investigation.
Captain Clay's report of the mailer
hardly impressed the war department
officials with the desirability of
detailing another army ollicer at Clemson.
Now a committee from the board
of trustees is in Washington, to undo
the damage.
Tt seems to be the general opinion
among taxpayers thai il would be Par
better to abolish the military system
at Clemson than hp,,rt one which is a
.
mere larcc. |( is impossible lo inia.'ine
a scene >iieli as lately disyraO
il ('h'liisnii occurriuy ;ii I lie Citadel.
Ihit ;il the latter ilistiIiition llit* military
system lias (lie hacking of tlie*
>tintents, whereas at Clomson it is
licit 11it understood nor - liked. Kvcn
it tin- reyular literary college system,
<>r tlie honor system, is installed at
('leiiison, | here will have t?> he less of
interference hy the trustees w it'll the
faculty's manaycuicnt ol' questions
I >u?*liini? upon discipline.
Trouble at Clejnsou.
The l'ii|lowing from the Anderson 1
I'aily .Mail, a |?:i|ier published very
clusc in tlie colleyc i> further eonrimalinn
nl' the necessity that some- I
hi Hi!' should he ilniie :
I' rnin t lie tarts before us we are inI'lineil
in believe (hat the members of
I in' yraduatiiiy class ami the maiiayciiiciiI
ol ('leiusim Colleyc were more
responsible for the commandant trouble
than was Commandant Clay. In
short, we sympathize with Captain
< lay. and the war department, in our (
opinion, would be doiny the proper
tliiny in making ilie college suffer for (
the action ol' those cadets.
The w-.'iole truth ol' the mailer is
lliis. Ihc cadets ul ('lemsoii ('oileye
have, since (hi- institution was foun.led,
considered I heiusel ves as beiny so! niiyhty
that tliey were not subject to
llie orders ol' their belters?the olli- =
cers in charye. Trouble has existed at !
("leiiison between the cadets and meiil- I
hers o| the I acuity lor h>! these manv
years and il the colleyc is yoiny to'
make any thiiiy more than a pretense !
;ii beiny a military school, all of this
bullishness on tin1 part of the cadets
:niM be put an end to, i
I ossiblx this writer is in possession i
I ii111rc facts ci'iineclcil with the escapade
ami the conditions now exist-J
my than any other newspaper man. 1
lie has spent some time at the college f
and lias talked with the trustees,!
orofessnrs ami some of the cadets, i
And while he reyrcts to sav it. there l
certainly must be some chanyes effected
at t he colleyc. That is, provided
ilie colic-,, is |,, ,,) j|1(1 |,i
lulled insiituiions of learniny of this
slate. (
Ilie escapade al the colleyc oil the
ui**ht prior to the linal commence- j
ment exercise was really disyraeel'nl.
Ilie idea o| a iiuiiiber ol youuy men ^
of Die slate of South Carolina, who
a re coinpletiny I heir courses at colleyc.
bavin- a "shirt tail" parade and
'.real in- their superior ollicer in such }
a way a- they treated Captain ('lav. I
I lii> ollicer heard all o| ||n> disturb- ] |
"" es mi tiii< ni..:|ii ;U1,| went lo reI
Mnii-t rale with the youuy men ol tlie'
. .i 111.11111c!.i w. | 111 \ miiiu men
i:I!! J111 .I ii; !:i-. lace w hell lie mill-J
I i i.hi.I, ,| I hem ! keep order and lo '
| 1 e.i>e I i 11 id their < mi I raycous co wd v- I
j I' :n l hcmiorc. il is an admitted |c
J ' i '* I I :ia! "he iie-'iiibor of this yraduat1
1 "" >r knocked ! :. ci -III
j ' audaiii ..in .f |,is |1;,||,. Was I!iis j
I ''" urn.: in the ymnej men of South j
j Carolina .' I > < ~ lliis y.,uny man feel j
1 ""d O! > | ),?.s ||(. | | ],., ( j
is rccc:vi:ij ;he approval nf alii
* d ci| i:'en- ui' this ureal state of
No. 'ie i . ? mic! hin.'- wri'iiy al '
! ' -? ?i-..11 ri- h . | jici'c a reincily }
' 1 "* ? I "11 d y and the w ar de,
" ' i- >'in l" find it. I: all :
nil rt l\ means thai no army ollicer
| a ill cherish tlie detail lo Clciuson Colwar
deparlnient. Kurlhcri
more, i: i- .|onl>! I'ui if i he war de'
pa 11 men t will auain take ii on itself
: I" subject any of ii- ollicers to such
: ; ; ? ;i! the ha III I < o!" the cadets
as was t'iven Captain ('lav.
' " s"?n the entire affair in a lew
W l-ils. w e believe that the war dc1
pa t melt! would lie doiny t he proper
j I "My. as a punishment to the colleyc
1' I" ret use to send another
1 army ollicer to the college; to call in
-he liovcrnineul appropriations and
I1" ''all in the accoutrements, etc. In
I olbcr words, the war department
".i.Mild desert ( lemsou Colleyc until
j :' ""cue can maintain honor and
i ''especl atiioiiy i|s sludeut.s.
| Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Schedules of passenyer trains in
and nul of the Union Station, New- berry,
S. C.
Southern Trains.
N<>. I.') for (ireenville .... S.ofi a. in.
X.o. 12 for Columbia ....It) 32 ;l. ni>
No. 1!) for (ireenville .... 1.35 p. ln.
No. 18 for Columbia .... 1 p. m, ]
No. II for (Ireenville .... 4.42 p. m.
No. I(> for Columbia .... J),47 p. !n< I
0., N. & L. Traint.
No. 8f> for Laurens 5.1<) a. m. ,
No. 22 for Columbia 8.47 n. m.
No. 52 for Cireenville ..12 -Hi p. m. ,
No. 53 for Columbia .... :t,10 p. m. '
No. 21 for Laurens .... 7.25 pt m
No. 81 for Columbia .... 8.30 p. m.
1 he Poreyoiny scJiedules are jyiven
only for informal ion, are not yuaranccd
and are subject to chanye without
notice.
duly lo, 1 !)(>7. (
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. ?S tat ion Master.
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