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WL= ?= CLEMSON BOYS TELL WHY SOPHS AND FRESHMEN LEFT % TCadsts State heir Side of the Case? Say They Do Not Believe They Were Fairly Treated. Charleston American. A number of Clemson Cadets, j -fi-ojlirtvin il rwl sonho !Tlfc?IIl Ut.*i a vi inv ? i v. .t??? x more classes, who are home as a re_ suit of the trouble at the colleiye, t ailed at the* office of the Charleston f American yesterday and stated their side of the case. The young men believe they are in the rijsht and that I the people will uphold them in their k stand. Mr. J. M. Geraty, speaking for the delegation that called at the | American office, gave out the state {ment below for publication. ?ma statement is made with the sole intention, they claim of letting the people know exactly why the boys left college. The statement follows: Why They Left Ciemson. "The students at Ciemson have "been dissatisfied since Christmas, owing to conditions in general. The food has been worse than it has ever been in the history of the college. The sanitary conditions in the mess hall and in the barracks have been very bad. The punishment for small I breeches of the regulations have been increased. Without the limited nurn- ! t>er of the demerits being increased. : These conditions caused the students to be disatisfied, though they made no demonstration. Their corporative committees went up to see the p?-esiilent without any effect. Still they; kept quiet. The Mess Hall Order. "Then came Sunday, March 7,.! when six men were detailed to work in the mess hall, but a general order to this effect was not read out till ^ after dinner. These men worked all j day Sunday. Sunday night the sophomore class had a meeting and B decided that we would not let any r man do such work, as we pay to have such work done and are not supposed to do it. The general order read . ^ something to this effect: "Six privates shall be detailed each day to work in the mess hall until further notice.' The authorities said that this order was due to an emergency, because they could not secure labor to work in the mess hall. "The 'emergency' was due to the fact that the waiters were not paid a . reasonable amount to do the work which took up practically all of the student waiters' spare time. Arrests Made. ) "Monday morning a sophomore and a freshman, upon refusing to do this work, were placed under close arrest. The sophomore class had decided that if one of their class was punished in any way for refusing to do this work that they would stick by him and see that the punishment be removed. Monday after dinner the freshman class held a meeting and decided that they would take the same steps as the sophomores in protecting their fellow classmen. On Monday evening The Corps of Cadets held a demonstra tion in behalf of the boys under arrest, which the colonel ordered to be broken up, and at the same time one of the freshmen (who served over seas with the U. S. Marine Corps for one year), was placed under arrest for causing disorder on the campus, -as an example to the rest of the corns, who were equally to blame for the disorder. Just after the disorder the two cadets who had been placed under arrest for refusing to work in the mess hall were released, by order of the president of the college, who said that the order for them to work in the mess hall was not a leeal order, and therefore the men rould not be punished for disobeying * it. "Monday night both the freshman and sophomore classes had meetines * - > > ^ ? a. J i in wmcn tnev aerreea 10 siaria logemand back each other up in any action that either class migrht take in the matter. * "Tuesday ni<rht the cadet who had been placed under arrest for causing disorder was tried and sentenced to serve room arrest till May first, to serve twenty hours walking on the extra square, and to take twenty de > merits, when he had done no more rhan any other member of the Corps *- of Cadets. Joint M"eiir?? HeM. j J ? u^?v, ,1 wenneMuiv aic ^upiiwiuuic ami freshman classes held a joint meeting: on the athletic field after dinner. Th'S meeting was not illegal as it was not In the barracks. Three men were appointed as a committee to do the talking, one freshman and two sopho- i mores. The two classes were marched j to the front of the main building in j a very orderly and quiet manner. The j president of the college was called j out to give the two classes an audi-; enc?. j "The spokesman then told the pres- j ident that we demanded that the freshman be relieved of his punish-' ment, that the mess hall conditions! be improved and that no man he punished for the happenings of the ] last few days of unrest, and that he would have to irive us a definite an-, swer, because we had been put on too i many times. President's View. "The president said that the faculty would have to consider the matter, and that the freshman might be g'vpn a re-trial by the discipline committee, but would not give a definite answer. So the boys marched to their roon s and packed up and left as ihey had threatened to do. As we were - ' * 1 i. . A' 1 leaving tne pvesiaeni o:iere<i u> a ten-day pass to ccme home with the privilege of getting an honorable discharge at the end of this time if any of us so desired. P>ut we are glaa to say that very few of the men accepted the pass. We left in an orderly manner and caused no disorder and destroyed no college property. "We all hated to leave and left for our principles and not for a vacation, and will be glad to return to our studies when our very reasonable demands are granted. "On Wednesday night the junior and senior classes had a meeting and sent a virtual ultimatum to the fac ulty that they reinstate all under classmen, have open trials of cadets charged with infraction of college rules, instead of trial behind closed doors, as have heretofore been the custom, and an improvement in the fare and mess hall conditions generally. "We, the members of the freshman and sophomore classes, intend to act as a body and not as individuals. We also ask that the public of South Carolina give oar demands fair consideration." CREATION OF STATE WAREHOUSE BOARD Cotton Men Think Legislation Will Prove of Mu^h Benefit to Farmers. . I News and Courier. Columbia", March 11.?Governor Cooper today signed the act passed at the recent session of the Qeneral Assembly amending the state warehouse act by providing for the creation of a state warehouse^ board and giving that body authority to use the name and powers of the state in establishing channels for the sale of cotton to foreign and domestic manufacturers. The pen with which he signed the act was presented by the Governor to J. S. Wannamakfer, president of the American Cotton association. The act provides that the state warehouse board shall be composed of eleven members. The Commissioner of Agriculture is ex officio a member. There shall be one member from each congressional district and three from the state at large and they shall be appointed by the Governor on recommendation of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association. A meeting of the executive committee of the outh Carolina division of the American Cotton association was held today for the purpose of considering the recommendation to be made to the Governor. The committee will submit its recommendation to the governor within the next few days. nroi?i>l\AI>eo not r?c omonHckH A hc wai^avuov uvw uw m*i?v*?v*vv? paves the wa? for the direct sale of cotton. by the producers to foreign countries, and its passage as asked by the American Cotton association and J. S. Wannamaker, president of that organization. Similar legislation will be sought in every other state of the cotton belt. The meeting of the executive cotton committee called for the purpose of considering recommendations for the warehouse board was well attended, the following members being pre sent: R. 0. Mixson, J. S. Wannamaker, B. Harris, B. F. McLeod, T. L. Manning, J. H. Claffey, W. W. Lone:, L. I. Guion and J. P. Stribling. "The objects and purposes of the board," says the act, "shall be the protection of the interests of the producers of cotton and economic regulation of the supply to the demand so that the producers shall at no time be forced to sell their product except at a fair profit, as well as the general supervision of the state warehouse and of their agencies created by law touching the production, warehousing. grading and marketing of cotton." Theact provides that "any person, firm, corporation or individual who desires to engage in the export of cotton trade may, upon application, receive a license from the state warehouse board." BOARD TO REVIEW WALKOUT OF CADETS Juniors and Seniors to Get Furloughs ?Demands Made by Students? Rigg? Writes Parents. The State. Clemson Collegre, March 11.?The regular work of Clemson college went along as usual today with the juniors and seniors and the federal cf n/^/jy\+c UUUI U CtUUt UVO. President Riggs has called a meeting of the board of trustees for Saturday, March 13, for the purpose of reviewing and considering the whole situation. There a^e no further de- j velopments of consequence. The j rumors published in the afternoon | papers that the seniors and juniors! were leaving- is incorrect. They attended classes as usual today, and! will do so tomorrow .They will then be itiven permission to jro to their homes fnv ;i vu'M1ion. covering the time usually .u'iven to second term exami-, rations, March 13 to 22. The au-! thorities feel that the students could j not (? > themselves*justice on examina-1 tions because so many had lost time j on account of influenza, mumps and j because of the disturbed conditions, i There seems to be a feeling: of hope-! fulness on the part of all concerned | i flusf o mm'cjq cofflnmoif ? oil iccnnc ? ; i;iat <* n ioc iti> vi. un j ; will be made. S Following is a copy of a letter sent j ! by President Kiggs to parents of boys I ! who left college without authority:! j "I inclose herewith article which; was officially prepared by the college j i and published this morning in the j | leading newspapers. This sets out' ! fully the essential circumstances of | the recent disorder at the college. I! i regret to say that your son is one of! those who left college without au- > ' tViftvitv "The matter will be laid before the ' 1 board of trustees at a meeting prob- j 'ably this week and you will then bej notified upon what conditions, if any, j ; your son will be permitted to return j | in case he applies to do so. Both the ! ! board and I must, of course, realize |that young boys can not be expected, to exercise the mature judgment of! j their elders, and we also realize that j | a good many boys, had they acted on ! ! their own judgment and not follow- J ! ed the leadership of others, would not; | have left. I have little doubt that the j j trustees will make a wise and con- j | siderate decision in the whole matter.! "There is no legal way in which I i the authorities of the college can re- i ! ceive a boy back who has "left without j | authority exccpt through a trial by j ithe discipline committee. For that; j reason the matter is being referred to ! i the trustees, who have, of course, full authority to take any action that they see fit. I regret exceedingly the oc- j currence, as I know you do, but this j is a day of unrest and that, too, has j to be taken into due consideration." j I | Anderson, March 11.?The junior j and senior classmen of Clemson colj lege have formulated the following demands, which will be made upon the trustees at the meeting Saturday: 1. Reinstatement of freshmen and sophomores, along with Cadet Crossland, of the freshman class, without ! punishment. \ , I 2. Investigation of certain discip' linary actions. 3. That a student representative be allowed to sit with the discipline j committee of the faculty' and have j j all rights of faculty members of the j ! committee. i 4. That open trial of Cadets be ordered. 5. That the accused student have j a counsellor, who is to be a member } of the faculty and who is to be selecti ed by the accused. I G. That the following petty ? - ! grievances 01 students De investi- j gated and remedied: (a) mess hall; j (b) excessive punishment for cadets | who return but a few minutes late on their permits; (c) excessive demerits | for trivial offenses. j Should the above demands not be i granted, representatives of the i juniors and seniors stated today, the upper-classmen will remain away from the institution until conditions at the eollege have been remedied. Greenville, March 11?"A thorough j investigation of affairs at Clemson | college is what we want and this was ! the purpose of our leaving the college in a body yesterday," was the statement made^here today by Harold Turner, president of the freshman class at Clemson college, commenting upon the -act of the freshmen and ; sophomores in leaving the college | Wednesday afternoon. [ Mr. Turner said it had been dejcided by himself and members of his j j class that they would make no detail-1 ; ed statements at this time but inti-1 i mated that they would have matters i :'of importance to talk about later. j : He today received a telegram from! Jan Abbeville woman, mother of a member of the freshman class, in which she offered to "contribute to ! a fund to employ the best legal aid ! if necessary." No further direct news from Clemson college was received here today, other than Associated Press dispatches from Anderson, announcing that the entire cadet corps with the exception of a small student committee will leave the institution Saturday and remain away pending the action of the board of trustees upon certain 'demands made by junior and senior classmen and during a general investigation to be made. General leave of absence is to be granted the upper classmen until March 21. Governor Cooper yesterday received three telegrams urging an in -/estimation of the troubles at Clem-| son college which have arisen between! 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