The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 16, 1920, Page THREE, Image 3
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CLEMSON BOYS TELL WHY
SOPHS AND FRESHMEN LEFT
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TCadsts State heir Side of the Case?
Say They Do Not Believe They
Were Fairly Treated.
Charleston American.
A number of Clemson Cadets,
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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.
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"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
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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.
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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.
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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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