The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 16, 1920, Page TWO, Image 2
UPPER CLASSMEN
LEAVE FOR HOMES |
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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
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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 ^
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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;
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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.
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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
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Barnett and I. M. Mauldin of Columbia,
Henry C. Tillman, J. J. Evans1
was absent on account of sickness. !
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Soon after the board went into ,
session Major W. J. Stribling and J. >
M. Moss of Walhalla, C. H. Ellison !
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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 <
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"4. Open trial. j ]
"5. A counsel for the accused be i,
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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
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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
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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
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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. Riggs, President. j
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