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UPPER CLASSMEN LEAVE FOR HOMES | ! Cadets, Passing Through Columbia, Asks Public to Await Result of Investigation. tlie State. Clemson College, March 12.? j There are no new developments at Clemson. The class work with jun-! iors, seniors and federal board men went on todav as usual. The trus* i tees will meet tomorrow afternoon. | All but about 75 students went home j on furlough this afternoon. The following statement was made early this morning by representatives of the senior and junior classes of Clemson college, who arrived in Co-' lumbia en route home. "There is an impression abroad in South Carolina that the students left Clemson Wednesday without due consideration; that the action was taken on the spur of the moment. "This impression is incorrect. Be-. fore any action was taken, the mat-; ter wa3 given careful consideration and every request we made was thor oughly threshed out betore it was adopted. The grievances of which we complained have been discussed < at all class meetings during the year. Average Are High. "The average age of the students i in the junior and senior classes is 1; about 22 years. At least three- j * fourths of these students served m !< the army, and at least 30 of the j members of the two classes were of- ] ficers during the recent war. In- i eluded in the committees which call- 1 ed personally upon President Riggs there were two officers. The presi- < ??* *Vio class. H. R. I < ucaw va va*v t -?. . i _ Turner, served two years in France i and one year on the Mexican border. Another member of the committee was 38 years old. Gary G. Foster, 2one of Pershing's 100 heroes, was a j \ member of the one year agricultural j class and left with the freshmeoi. J} We mention these facts to show that' the men who have taken action to ; ( protest against grievances are not ] callow youths; that they are men who j are capable of deciding for them- } -selves what course of action to pur-: ] sue in certain cases. : < "Trouble at Clemson has been! , i brewing: for several years, ana espe-. < cially for the past six months, and | the 'mess hair affair was merely the '. occasion and not the real cause for ] the outbreak. To show the real at- 1 titude of the student body towards work in the mess hall we have but ; to cite the fact that when the sophomdre and freshmen classes left the institution, a call was made for volunteers to do mess hall work, and a sufficient number responded to do the work. This occurred but two', days after the order came out which detailed one man from each company to. do mess hall duty. The student "body did not object to work in the j mess hall; it was the attitude taken - - I by officers which was resented. j Help Wash Dishes. j "Friday upper classmen were busily engaged in making preparations to take trains away from Clemson, but despite the hurry a sufficient number volunteered to remain so ; that dishes might be washed and the j mess hall put into good condition, i [ We feel that this proves that we had i the proper attitude towards the work, j ^ "Much has been said about the is-1 suance of ten day passes to members 1 of freshmen and sophomore classes, j ^ ' - :i'"" fl-vot ! Wc nave positi\t: piwi wav passes were issued though they were ( in many cases immediately destroyed. '1 "Improvement in mess hall condi- 1 tions is imperative. Recently when ;c one of the professors was in the bar- j1 racks one of the students went into j * the me?s hall and procured a dish 1 which had been placed on a table to; * contain food for the next meal. The ic condition of the plate was such that'A the professor positively refused to * touch it, and refused to believe that j this dish was to be used at the next j < meaKuntil proof was produced. j1 "We urge the people of the state, ; whose good will we value highly, not ( to reach any conclusion in the merits 1 of the controversy or form any opin- j ^ ions of steps taken by the students 11 until a thorough investigation is ?' had." | (Signed) G. E. R. Davis, Charles- 1 ton; J. M. Gandy, Hartsville, mem-|! bers of senior class; M. B. Randle, ' Sumter; M. T. Dunlap, Hartsville, members of junior class. INVESTIGATION OF CLEMSON WALKOUT; j Reinstatement of Men Without Pun- j ishment and Open Trials Are ! Asked. News and Courier. j Clemson College, March 13.?The boavd of trustees of Clemson College went into session about 3 o'clock this aitevnoon ior i iie purpose ol investigating and acting on the recent walkout of about -150 students of .p?oc.jv-nf>n nnn sonho: ore ch ses. LI1C _ The following members c i* ih? board vrere present: Senate* Alan Johnstone, chairman; M. J. T>ona!d son of Greenville, J. S. Wa7;*iamaxi er of St. Matthews, ex-Governor [ Richard I. Manning of Sumter, A. F.! Lever, W. W. Bradley, life members;! B' H. Rawl of Washington, D. C.; R. H. Timmerman of Batesbunr, W. D. i c' i Barnett and I. M. Mauldin of Columbia, Henry C. Tillman, J. J. Evans1 was absent on account of sickness. ! 1 Soon after the board went into , session Major W. J. Stribling and J. > M. Moss of Walhalla, C. H. Ellison ! | and J. M. Barren of Seneca, and Mr.: Patton of Clemson who had asked that they be heard were invited in. \ At 6 o'clock the student committee composed of J. H. Odell, president of the senior class; G. C. Gilmer, president of the junior class and U. K. Cullum of the senior class were i invited to present their case. The board was still in session late j tonight. | In order that the former cadet corps at Clemson and the public at large might not misunderstand the. action which has been taken by the ; student body in the past week the' following official statement is given out by three representatives left' here by the senior and junior classes j in regard to the petition before the board of trustees: j Request of Cadets. "Requests: "1. Reinstatement of freshmen,; sophomore, two year textile and one! year agriculture classes along with; Cadet Crossland of the freshman | :lass, all( without punishment. | "2. That the disciplinary cases be , reconsidered and if the cadets involved, so desire, to be tried under the new ruling. "3. That three students be allow- j id as representatives upon the dis- , npline committee with full rights of I members. I < i * "4. Open trial. j ] "5. A counsel for the accused be i, - - - - * * . f selected by the accused irom among ;he faculty. "6. Proper readjustment of grievmces. "7. That none of the cadets offi- ' :ially connected with investigation ; 1 De incriminated for any official ac- j ( :ion that they have taken. We, the ' j undersigned, hereby petition the: ] ^oard of trustees that the above nanid request be granted immediately. ! "Signed)' J. H. Odell, Jr., U. K. J Cullum, C.'G. Gilmer. j, "In the original petition there was , a clause to the effect that we would: not return to college unless every-!-' thing was granted. But owing to I. fhp fact that we honestly and sincere- '. ly believe that the petition would not i be considered by the board of trustees with that clause in it, and that the aforesaid clause was not to the best interest of all concerned, we took it out. The above is the way in which the petition went to the board of trustees. We hope that an amicable solution of everything is possible. "(Signed) J. H. Odell, Jr., U. K. Cullum, C. G. Gilmer." PRESIDENT RIGGS ANSWERS QUERIES Clemson College, March 12.?Referring to the article in today's issue, in which it is stated that the upper classes presented an ultimatum to President Riggs, which he answered j by letter, your correspondent has ob-1 rained a copy of this letter which might be of interest to the public. I [t is enclosed herewith. President Riggs states that the 1 . ooperative committee of the junior md senior classes requested the : neeting with him on Wednesday : jvening, that fhe committees were ] nost courtous and temperate in v-*- r>r?f nr?lv made i < neir SlitlCIIJCKlS, ami iiw , . 10 demands but stated clearly that < heir purpose was to gain \hat co-' < >peration whiph was necessary to a I c vise solution of the present difficul-1 ies. j The grievance's which they present-11 >d are referred to in President Rigg's I eply. | ] President Riggs explained to the j ] committees how they might get their j < riews before the board, and stated J :hat he would ask the board to give I . ontr ^rimmittee that they i X xicaiin^ bv Mi?j ? lppointed. j President Riggs requested that this letter be fead to the two classes ; so that they might not have any misunderstanding of his position. The letter is as follows: March 10, 1920, 10:20 P. M. To Members of the Junior and Senior! Cooperative Commitees: Gentlemen: I am glad to give you the following answer to the questions propounded at our conference tonight. 1. In re your request that I or f the discipline committee reinstate! the members of the sophomore and ; freshman classes, who left the col-! lege without authority, I would say that if these cadets should return, they would individually be required j to stand trial before the discipline. committee on the charge of desertion. I have under the rales cf the : ack iiv.> ' i "vP",U '.**> '! -Jl>st as soon as possible, not later than Saturday; and at that time I shall be glad to present your request and to favor the reinstatement of all of the cadets who deserted, on lenient terms. Just what the board's terms mijrht be I can not say with certainty, but in the April 1st affair of 10IS, the cadets were reinstated on a promise to thereafter obey the rules and regulations of the college, and were required to make up the work that they had missed. I would be in favor of the amnesty extending to all cadets who have deserted, regardless of whether they were under arrest or other punishment, or not. 2. In re the removal of the punishment of Cadet Crossland: Under the regulations, Cadet Crossland has a right to appeal to the board of trustees for a reconsideration of his case. Under the laws of the college, neither the discipline committee nor the board can take any action predicated upon a petition from the cadet concerned or his parent or legal guardian. 3. In re King, Davis, Sehenck, Pranks: The statement under No. 2 applies in these cases also. 4. In re student representative on the discipline committtee, open trials, and faculty counsel for the cadet on trial: I have for some time felt the need of changing the methods of the discipline committee, so that its findings might have greater appreciation in the minds of the students. The by-laws of the board fix the personnel of the discipline committee - ? i . and 1 have no rignt to aaa to xne board's ordnances. I would be willing to present this matter to the board for its consideration. I have not matured an opinion on this subject. I would recommend to the board that a student on trial be allowed to select a member of the faculty to represent him. Also, I see no objection to open trials. If these would inspire confidence in the findings of the committee, it would be wise to inaugurate the change. This I would be cvilling to recommend to the board. 5. In re mess hall: I think that the fare in the mess - - ? v l _ hall, taking: the session as a wnoie, has not been satisfactory. Lack of skilled labor, in fact at some times lack of any kind of labor, lack of prompt transportation and the scarcity of some supplies, such as. crockery, have all conduced to bring about this unsatisfactory condition. Two things are necessary to make the fare what it should be. First, the charge should be increased to $20.00. Second, more overhead supervision is imperative to get the proper results. Both of these matters I intend to recom mend to the board when it meets this week. 6. In re demerits and term and sessional limit for demrits: After I have examined into the records of this term, I will have a more definite opinion than 1 have now of the necessity for anv change along these lines. The record of the first term does not indicate the necessity of a change. This matter should be included in your petition to the board, but I do not now indicate what my attitude will be except to say that I would favor a chansre if that seemed necessary. 7. In re excessive punishments by 'he commandant: Assuming that this refers to arrest, I am not aware that the commandant has given excessive punishments along this line. I authorized him to act on cases late return after the Lee's birthday holidays, and so far as I have observed, his punishment in such :ases was in line with what I would lave given. I think probably that the right :o arrest as a punishment should be safeguarded by presidential discipline committee sanction, so as to relieve the commandant of the burden of giving punishments beyond demerits and extras. This point might also be observed in your petition to the board. I am putting down these opinions in writing so that you may not suffer any misunderstandings as to my position on any of these questions. T wmiM vprv creatlv regret to see A " VW**V* O O either the junior or senior class follow the unwise and unnecessary action of the freshman and sophomore classes, and I trust that no such action will be taken. At the same time I can not go beyond the authority vested in me under the board's laws, and will not do so. Neither will I make a surrender of any principle of discipline which would be injurious to the college. Since it is my purpose to call a meeting of the board this week, authority to that extent having been conferred upon me over the phone by the president of the board this morn in sr. an unwillinerness on your part to have the board pass upon your suggestion would indicate a lack r.f f>o~?!derce in the fairness and good faith of the board, which I as.i you rfiat body docs r.ot in any sense deserve. Such an attitude ! would certainly not be to the inter! est of the under-classmen whom you [are anxious to serve, or to the inter; est of the college, which interests I am sure are as near to your heart as they are to mine. i Nothing has been accomplished by . the leaving of the other two classes which could not have been accomi plished by an orderly and proper pro! cedure, and for your classes to folj low the example of boys who are j younger and naturally have less judgi ment than yourselves, would be very | disappointing to me. Yours sincerely, | (Signed) W. M. Riggs, Pres. | Referring to ;;he leave of absence, i the reasons for this are stated in a ! letter from President Riggs to the | president of the senior class, copy of | which follows: j Mr. J. H. Odel!, President the Senior Class. Dear Mr. Odeil: Orders will be issued in due time announcing: that the second term examinations will be Emitted, and that during the examination period beginning after classes on Friday and extending until 11:30 p. m. Sunday, March 21, a vacation will be granted instead of the vacation which was published in the commandant's orders. Both I and the faculty feel that | because of the disturbed condition of j affairs as well as losses of time due to mumps and influenza, the students are in no condition to stand examinations, and the grades for the term will be based upon the daily averages. The reason that I give the longer vacation in lieu of thq one already | published is to enable the students jto get a chance?. to relieve their j minds of the present tension and l from individual opinions on the mat- I ters which have recently disturbed | them. Their contact with their par- I ! ?.*11. xu- ?ui: :ii i i ents ana wnn me puunt win um uicm j in their adjustment. Yours sincerely,' W. M. 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