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1 t6e trouble at olemson reviewed by mr. hoyt Mr. James A. lloyt, the Co'lumbii correspondent of the Charleston New and Courier, spent several days a Olemson college last week and sen * his paper a very interesting and in * Utructive article on the recen't trou ble at the coillege. The article is ra tlier lengthy but is well worth read in g: Clemson College, April 8.? '4 Wlia is the matter at Olemson?" This is the question which sine the lirst day of this month the peo pie of South Carolina, whose institu tion Clemson college is, have beei asking. It is a question that the; have asked before, more than onci And it is asked not with any forget 'j fulness of the great work for oducn \ tion that Clemson is doing and ha done, not with any disposition to dis ^ count the influence for progress ii [ agriculture and the mechanic art that the institution is exerting in th commonwealth ^nd the south, but th question is asked because there is re gret that any trouble at Clemsoi should impede this work. Instructed to find out what is th matter at Clemson, this correspond ent came here and gave the president commandant and others, in and out o authority, to understand that what h wanted to teU the people of the Stat was the truth, the whole truth an I nothing but the truth. It may not b possible to tell the whole truth, it i difficult still to get at 'the causes o the recent trouble, but what is tol , is related with the desire to tell notl ing but the truth. Tho Man of the Hour. The principal trouble at Clemso at present is the new commaiulai and the boys have found that on "When it comes to break inn' rules an disregarding discipline they ha\ found that ('apt. >T. C. Minus is very serious trouble. Tie is new f the .job, but he is not new at this gam r at all. In the first place Minus : I a soldier. He is .just a soldier. 11 ought h> be a soldier, lie was c'duca ed at the South Carolina Militai ^ Academy, then at "West Point, the saw service in the Philippines and i posts in the west. He applied for tl position of commandant at Clemso last, spring because, like every lovi South Carolinian, he wanted to con back to South Carolina. lie did n< know what conditions here were, an if he had perhaps he would not ha\ come, but having come he has done h duty and he has bad really the chant to serve his State. Because conditioi at Clemson were serious. That avj realized last June, if not before, ax the retirement of Capt. ('lay brougl it before the public. The farnoi * 'shirt-tail" parade of last commenc ment is not yet forgotten. On the walls of the barra'cks as oi strolls through lie can see this inscri tion scribbled: "."Who ran 01 ay? Class of 1907.' And on April 1. 190S, the questit [ may have been asked in the barrack "Who will help run Minus?''' But tl boys have discovered, if they did n jU suspect it bofore, that Minus is n r the running sort. He is still gtandii bis ground and if he has to retreat will be by the orders of his superioi not of his own vi.lli'.oti. The boys ai Clemson, loose iuvolvi in (he April fool trouble as well ^ others, seem stunned and they do n f talk much, even among ihemselv about thai trouble. But since the lir announcement from Uie disciplii committee there has been a firm co viction for the youthful soldier if the was violation <*f rules he would' ; home. F.ven before their cases we passed on many of the boys pack* their trunks and some went so far i to openly apply for money to go horn The effort to conquer Minns, if sin an effort it was, has Turned into victory for the youthful soldier of IT cle Sam. While the origin and purpose, if had a purpose, of the outbreak is n vet fathomed, there can be lititle don that it was primarily intended lo te Capt. Minus; t<> s,-e whether ho won insist on punishment for violation p rules and to see whether, if he. d insist, tho president and authoriti of the college would stand by hit Other presidents and comman.lan | have been sacrificed to the sluden at Clemson in its brief history, and now remains to be seen whether Pre idenl Mell and Capt. Minus will 1 .offered up. The discipline committi has stood firm, as have the preside! and the commandant, but, of conrs 1 the board of trustees may yet have, r opportunity to undo what is beii H done. If tlrey do reverse the disr WL piino committee conditions at Clci mgS~ son will be worse than they have ovi m been. Any one can sec thai an K.' hence il is to be presumed that tl Y trustees will not interfere. Older members of the faculty thir j that the present outbreak, if it ci ^ 1)0 so called, is just a revival of the ] . spirit which prompted the famous < sophomore rebellion about eight years I i ago, when the entire sophomore class ; s declared it would leave it' one of its I I members was disciplined for an alleg- < c ed offense. By a close vote of the - faculty the discipline was inflicted 1 - and the trustees on appeal reversed - the faculty's action, reinstating the - class. The merits of the original case j were not clear and there were two sides, but the ctTect of the trustees' ' action was to impair disciplin and th* ( influence of that action has been I e henceforth feKt in the college. ] Last year, when the commencement - .parade was held and Capt. Clay as- ! I serted his authority, it was again felt ' y that discipline was not strictly en- I !. 'forced by the higher authorities of the ' - college. While Capt. Clay is kindly - referred to here by those who knew s him, it is recognized that lie was not ? - a consistent disciplinarian, that at II times he was strict and at other times ! s lax, and the boys did not as a conse- ' e quence entertain for him the proper 1 e respect as commandant. When Capt. 1 Minus came here last L'all lie found i ii himself the heir of the conditions 1 I which had grown up during a period e oL years, but he also found a disposi| tion ict give him a freer hand in tho , t, matter of discipline than his predecesf sor liad had. The board of trustees e passed a resolution declaring that thH c commandant and discipline commitd tee were to be the sole judges of mai*? e ters of discipline , and that there s would be no intereferenee J'rom thv? f n't us tees. Of course, the adoption of d this resolution is itself prima facie i- "evidence thaft there had previously been interference, and that the comman'dant and faculty had not preu viously had sufficient authority. At lt the opening of school in the fall of j 1007 Col. Alan Johnstone, president of the board of trustees, came before the new student body and in a speech a characteristic of that forceful and (t clear man told the students that this resolution had been adopted and that is they must expect to obey the orders L'e of ilie faculty and commandant. Col. (_ Johnstone in his expressive manner y warned the boys tliat there was a ii speed limit which must not be exit ('ceded. And in this present trouble ,e Col, Johnstone has lived up to his den oalaration of last fall; lie has not by nj even a word endeavored to interfere ie with the faculty or commandant, or to it otter a suggestion; he has not been id here at all. % :e The discipline committee is eomposis ed of the heads of the* different de?e paiimcnts, the elder statesmen, as it. is ~*vore, of the college empire. In thisis matter they have been unanimous and1 id without any division have sustained > i-t the commandant. Under live regal a-' is tions matters of discipline art lePt ene tirely with the commandant, mid it is only when he decides to call in the ve discipline committee that the commit p tec passes on such matters. f When the three hundred or more boys left the campus on last Wedncs>n day tlieir names were easily ascers taineVl. In the first place, tjiey were ,e reported absent at morning drill, then they were marked absent at fheir classes "that day and were not 'to be found at tliir rooms. It has been asked why (he commandant did not "s> refuse to let them enter the barracks when the crowd returned from Pendiet on last Wednesday afternoon. TTe lls could have done so, hu'l did not for at /east two reasons, In the first OS "t 1'^' 1,(1 dill not wish to deal with i(i I he mob, but with individuals. Sec* 1 ond, he'wished to make a case against each individual, so as to keep (he rec,.() (l|'ds straight and have the evidence *e in event of an appeal. Then he wcwita ?d to give every boy a fair show. So, the matter was referred to (he disci-' ' pline co in mil tee and (lie commandant.' i WMS IVildy to give the evidence against I every boy whose name was called. n_ livery "boy lias had an individual trial, has had the chance (o say what Ire .j. wished (o say in extenuation of his . offense, and il lie desired, (o deny the 1^ whole filing, hut most of them have sl owned up like men: in fact, all of . . f iiem have done so, so far as is known, nfj ' !,(> Juniors were examined and id I ''''i'd first, and IS were dismissed last. ps i Saturday. On Saturday the cases of / ? I'rc>hmcu were heard; on Mondav jS their were 00 Sophomores and Kreshts | men examined, ?no by one, and then 1*1 the rest of (lie oflending cadets were s I before flic commit lev-, ffiargcs were )0 | made against 1M0 Freshmen out of a class of 2:t.S; -l.s out of 02 Juniors |lt have been dismissed. None of the SO Seniors look pari in fhe April Fool in I1")' expedition. Tne tolal attendlsi. ance at Hie college'at Ihis lime is 050, half of which number arc implicated n_ in I he f rouble. er j Deliberate Judgment, d To pass on all I hose cases has )0 taken lime, but (Ik* delay does not indicate nny disposition to waver or >k any indecision whatever. Any boy m who is dismiss^ has the right to ap K'al t?.? tlie trustees and the ?Iisci|>1 i 11 o ly i :*omini11has considered il advisable for to make out each case fully, giving dun it the same time a full opportunity tho lo each accused hoy to answer in his, her ^>\\ n hehalt. There lias been no snap and judgment; at the same time no weak- tori less has been displayed. f,?x? far as heard from the parents of wit the dismissed hoys have taken the tie* lotion af the authorities in fine spirit, a .p just as the boys themselves have done, ed There is no doubt in any mind on this dee am pus that the display of firmness will that has been given lias done the co'l- <xf lege good'. On the other hand*, per- 1st sons familiar with conditions at Clem- the >011 do not /lesitate to say if linnness its liad not been displayed at this crisis moi the future of the college would h'ave thii l)eon imperilled. tio: An April fool lark is no serious tioi ma titer ordinarily, brtt it is in this saf ?ase. There is no lasting disgrace at- the I ached to it. nothing that carries a nil sliirma of immorality through after- re a lite. Hoys at oilier crtllcgcs have gon(l Ap i)ll uii the first day uf April <md been tFon none the worse for it. H?it conditions Ilia :?l this college woiy -ucn on the llrsi: \v;i; day of April. HlOS, (hal a violation of tim I lie rules by a mob of the boys could not be condoned. L:ist year practicalSTATEIV OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK Under call of State Bank Exai iness March 9 RESOURC Loans and discounts Overdrafts Furniture and Fixtures Cash LI AB1L1T1I Capital Stock Undivided profits (less expenses p Dividends (unpaid) Cashier's Checks Deposits, Banks """"""Ill Deposits, Individual JNO, M. KINARD', Pres. J. Y, McFALL 4 per cent. Interest Paid in C THE EXCHM Newberr In looking for a Bank tc vou want to find a Safe Bank, an Accommodatin to consider this Bank ant come in and open an acc We Pay Interest or J. D. Davenport. President. Edw. R. Hipp, V. President. G. B. Crom We Lend TC Buy H We provide easy terrny$ We enable borrowers?? in Monthly Installments, allowed to meet obligatio i It is cheaper than payin to save money to buy a h Contract. If you want to save moi take a Security Contract. Call on A. J. Gibson, As Treasurer, at office, corn streets, next door to Oop SECURITY LOAN AND I lie vntire cadet corps cut classes 1 (he entire clay and nothing was e. On previous April Tool days usual pranks have been played e with impunity. College banners i" olass emblems have been mysously allixcd to high places; a pro<or?s staid cow has been saddled h anoither professor's saddle and I Id graze on the campus green; rofessor's pony cart has been waftinto his class room and used to orate his classic desk. But boys I be boys and the annual evidence boyishness which is given on April is no grave offence. But after disorganization of lasft Juno and "shirt-tail" parade any mob delist rat ion at Clemson was a serious ug. There was no definite indicaII that an outbreak or demonstra1 would be made, buit to be on the e side, and to prevent if possible boys getting into trouble, the i's forbidding such an cvodus were d Io the corps the day before |1 ril Fool Day. This having been fj ic, with I lie -express declaration H it I he rule would be enforced, it L squarely up lo the college anrities when the exodus did take (Continued on Page Six.) A ? I 1ENT OF NEWBERRY, S. C. niner at the close of bus- & th, 1908. 5 ES H $335,541 29 P 9,713 06 f 3,1 16 93 52,708 19 401,079 47 * ss. $ 50,000 00 aid) 48,958 32 1,2.47 00 1 1,236 24 s ...$ 1,202 71 I . 298,435 20?299,637 91 1 $401,079 47 j O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. c , Cashier. >ur Savings Department. <6E BANK" i y, S. C. ) receive your money, Bank, a Convenient g Bank* we want you d satisfy yourself and ;ount with us. i TTme Deposits. M. L. Spearman, Cashier. W. B. Wallace, Ass't Cashier. er, Atty. > omesl kgf payment, J 6 accumulate a fund j< ! 1 on which interest isj j >ns at maturity. A g rent. If you want j r ome take a Security j * ney for any purpose c It pays, >stant Secretary and er Boyce and Adams eland Brothers. INVESTMENT 89, L omrtiix, a.o. 11 9 | ABO With a Bank A And that account drawing in bigger all the time, feels inor< the boy who spends every nie jfts it comes to him. The I money when other boys are (Strengthening that will powe I'liini as a man to be a sober, st 'l 'while others become drunkan i On Savings Depositsw !' Semi-Annin Tile Bank of \ Pi osperit} DR. GKO. V. IIUNTKR, V President. J. K. RROWNlv, J Cashier. NATIONAL BANK OF 11 I 1 g "AIN'T NO USE, HILL, IT': A repository in which yoi >osited, and maybe your vah trong enough to resist the Entrust them to us. They 1 With an account opened wi :heck, thereby insuring accui nethods of keeping account! :onvenience and safeguard fo DIRECT! . A. Carlisle. H. C. Moi F. A. Blackwelder. Robt. No 3. C. Matthews. S. B, Aull YOUR BA THE NEWOEIIRY 5 Capital $50,000 No Matter How Small, The Newberry S will give it caroful aUor applies to the men and th JAS. MciNTOSH. President, w.r??>^cv^.>T?TTMrTTI |||W||,|n ||H| |||||MB fm m rtTo. eo Tlie People's i Prosperitv 3aid Up Capita? Surplus and individual P* Stockhol rJersp Li abilit.ies -or protection of depof-i'< -I. C. Moseley. President. V. V. W. 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