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touching the situation, is the follow- > ing facts: "(1) On Sunday. March 7. Cadet; Boffmeyer, head waiter and one of the dining room scholarship cadets, reported to the commandant of the corps, Colonel Cummins, that princu pally on account of the prevalence of influenza and mumps in the student. body, the close approach of examina-. tions and the utter inability to procure outside labor, it was found that a number of tables were without waiters. The commandant, recogniz-l ing the emergency, issued an order,; with the full knowledge of the presi-! dent of the college (Section 1, cadet; regulations) detailing six cadets each i day to supplement the cadet waiter, force in the mess hall, the order ex- j plicitly stating that it was issued to meet an emergency. "The scholarship waiter cadets; were paid $20 per month for aboutfour hours' work per day. But the cadets affected by the emergency or- j der were to do only dining room ser- j vice?that is, carrying food from the . kitchen to the tables^ and requiring; not over 15 minutes of extra time be- j fore each meal, and a small amount! < of service during the meal, and for ; which similar service the regular din- < ing room waiters were receiving $6 < per month. 1 "The board is convinced that this j 1 order carried no purpose to adopt a, < Dolicy requiring of the cadets the j i performance of menial labor, but was I < issued to meet an emergency likely to arise in any institute of this {i size. 11 Two Do Not Report. i "(2) No complaint as to this or- ^ der was brought to the attention of 1 the authorities until Monday morning * after breakfast, at which meal two i of the cadets detailed were reported * as failing to appear for duty in vio- * lation of the order, whereupon the * commandant placed them in arrest, ( v pending an investigation and possi-; ? ble charges. "Early Monday morning the presi-, * dent of the college was waited upon J1 by the senior class cooperative com-;f mittee and by The sophomore class j1 cooperative committee and acquaint- s * 1 1 ** 1 /"O/'lot'C VP? * ?d witn inc ictct txiut tiiv vuvis. ^ I sented the order (Section 323, regu-!' lations). The president, in keeping:j* with the college policy towards de-;1 tailing students any labor other than j I college work where paid labor could j1 be obtained, held a conference with : * !' the commandant for the purpose of 1 ' adjusting the matter to the satisfac-j^ tion of the students and the neces-, * sity of the emergency. N "To that end, all former cadet!1 waiter and dining room scholarship j< cadets in the college were summon-:' prf. About 40 responded. Upon the j raising of the pay of scholarship j1 waiters to $30 per month and dining j' room waiters to $9 per month, j: enough waiters were obtained for the j1 work to relieve the emergency and j1 at the dinner hour on Monday the j1 emergency order was revoked, thus;( leaving it in force only 24 hours. "The two violators of the emergency order under arrest were released on Monday at 4:43 p. m., ; without punishment, the ends of dis-. online having, in the opinion of the J j authorities, been met. Red Badges Worn. 1 * -1 "'(3) Prior to the release 01 men two cadets above mentioned the! i I commandant early in the afternoon 1 had detected a great number of ca-! < dets wearing red badges and yelling ] 'Bolsheviki.' The only cadet he was t able to identify was Cadet Crossland,; u who was promptly put under arrest 1 for violation of the regulations gov-j. . erning the cadet corps. Copies of s , "tnese* regulations are available to j every cadet, each of whom is requir- { ed to know their contents. ! c "Some time before the issuance of, the emergency order, Cadets Green < and Dawes were being held in arrest ( for offenses entirely apart from the i < i emergency order or the occurrences < growing out of its issuance. These \ cadets, Green and Dawes, were found i to have broken arrest in violation 1 of paragraph 291, cadet regulations, ; and were preparing to leave college.' i During this time there was great dis- ; order about the guard room and the 1 commandant ordered all cadets to j < their rooms. This order was obeyed.I Later Cadets Green and Dawes re? ported to the commandant that they had been persuaded by their classmates to remain at college. They were placed in close arrest for violation of one of the most important of the college regulations, for a cadet i in arrest is bound by his honor and | the regulations-to observe it, and it / can not be breached, as was done by these two cadets, except by a I breach of the regulation and the . i honor obligation to observe it. "These three cadets, Green, Dawes and Crossland, were tried in the usual way by the discipline committee of the college on Tuesday ni^ht, the former two pleading guilty to the charge against them and being dis? "I - xl. _ .j /" mifseu theret or. wni" me j;;--. v . Jand, v.*as acquitted for thr* chart of disrespect upon his statement that ' cd'd rot coe the command: .it, h\i* v.found guilty of being: a i^vly U* V..o disorder on the campus. Demands Made. "(4) On Wednesday, March 10, immediately after dinner, the fresh-; man and sopohomore classes met on Riggs athletic field in violation of paragraph 246, cadet regulations, and from there proceeded to ine entrance of the main building. The president of the college. Dr. Riggs, was called upon to appear before: these classes, and through their j spokesman, Cadet Turner of the' freshman class, it was demanded of him that he immediately reinstate j Cadets Green and Dawes, and relieve ! Cadet Crossland from further punish- j ment. President Riggs explained to 1 these classes that neither he, the dis- i 7 ; cipline committee, the faculty nor j any other authority at the college i was empowered either to entertain a! request coming in such a manner, i nor to act upon it. (Section 234,: cadet ree-ulations) paragraph 324 j above referred to reads as follows: j " 'The president, , the discipline! committee and the board of trustees, shall not consider any petition or I < protest, verbal or written, from any ! class or other student organization, relating to the punishment of any cadet by the proper authorities, and ' any such petition or protest is strict-1 ] ly prohibited. Only petitions or pro- j < tests from a parent, legal guardian, < jr a cadet of age shall be given con- 1 sideration by the president, discipline 3 committee or board of trustees.' ] "The president referred to this J egulation, stating clearly to them < ;hat the regulation positively prohib- 1 Ited any of the college authorities * from considering any petition or pro- j i test from a class or student organiza- j 1 ;ion relating to the punishment of ap jadet, but pointed out to them that < :he regulation provides that such pro- J J ;est must be presented to the proper j 1 lnf^nvrifioc nf thp onlv bv the ! t V mr 4 . &det himself, his parent or legal j i naardian. The reading' of the above i t section of the regulations shows that; i here are no restrictions upon the I )ursuance of this course by any cadet; 1 iffected and the law of the board p *equires the president to submit all' < ;uch protests or requests to the "f >oard, or proper committees thereof, t Jpon the conclusion of this statement; t he two classes without disorder and ipparently following a preconcerted )lan and in clear violation of the 1 regulations against desertion (Sec;ion 325 regulations) disbanded and ater quit college and left for their i lomes, except about 90, who were rranted leaves of absence under a; Dolicy agreed upon by the authorities! :o grant such leave to any cadet who I claimed he was having to leave under! impulsion. "These are the facts leading up to and including the departure of the freshman and sophomore classes! from the college, and it must be em-j phasized that they show clearly that! the events of Wednesday were not; !oi.?n?na nf +V10 amonrcn^v I UUC IV 111C usuauv.c Ul kltb vuiv^gvuvj I order of Sunday, which had been re-1' voked on Monday, noon. j] Upperclasses Meet. "Following the departure of the . freshman and sophomore classes, the j junior and senior classes held meetings, and through their committees also conferred with the president of 1 the college. Later these classes sub- ^ mitted in the regular way to the pres- . ident of the college for his transmit-1 :al to the board of trustees, as re-! quired by Section of the college j ( jy-laws, what purported to be a pe-! ] ;ion covering their 'grievances.' \' ' 1 1- 1- 4.1. ? I <\mong otner aemanus maue uijuh mc j joard is the following: 1 " '(1) Reinstatement of freshman, I ;ophomore, two year textile and one j rear agricultural classes, along with ' j ?adet Crossland of the freshman j. :lass, all without punishment.' j ^ "This as a petition and not as a j iemand would have been a proper ixercise of their rights, but the real character of the documents is dis- 1 closed by the distinct ultimatum to.( :he board as follows: ,? " 'We, the undersigned, hereby pe-,( :ion the board of trustees that the (1 above named requests be granted im-; ^ mediately, also that if the requests | < are not granted we will not return;1 to Clemson college at the expirations of the present leave of absence.' j! "A leave of absence until March i 21 having been granted the junior .1 and senior classmen by the autnori- ; ties, the board found upon reaching | Clemson that three cadets, repre- j senting the junior and senior classes, j had been duly requested by their j classmates to remain at the college, to present their demands to the board of trustees. These representatives of the classes appeared before the board of trustees Saturday afternoon. 4 "When their attention was called, to the fact that .the language just; quoted has been stricken from the original document signed by the members of the two classes before leaving for home, they stated that they had eliminated it since the depanure of the classes, and when '' f for so doi::"% J' r:ut -.'ciivmced tain as to what their individual posi- j tion would be with reference to the | findings of the board, and could give j no assurance whatever as to the posi-j tion of their classmates. So that the ! board must feel that the only docu- i if nolKr -frnm tlio ? 11 i i'; 11 UViUl v il uv wuun4y im/ui vs* v members of these two classes is in the form of an absolute ultimatum, which the hoard refuses to consider, j Military Institution. "While it is true that the military j feature of Clemson college requires j only three hours of military drill perj week, made necessary to meet the! requirements of the federal statutes j and the curriculum of the college, j yet in all disciplinary essentials it is a military institution, governed and regulated under military discipline, in which obedience to constituted authority is always the most important uroc I'nnurrj rvftf ! t 111^-11 A~lii Vi ViilU TV WO fW*W W HVb only to the entire cadet corps upon entrance into the college, but as well to their parents and guardians, just j as it was known that Clemson college j was founded and has been nurtured as an institution where the dignity of labor is duly appreciated. Not Justified. "The board desires in this connec- j bion to emphasize that it neither ap- J preciates nor approves the feeling apparent in the corps of cadets that j ? : j?- J: aepreciaitje ur uuiisxucis uia^iatcxui i what is called 'menial labor.' We realize that a boy does not come here primarily to do such labor, but it nust be remembered that the prime object of this institution is to train ihe youth of the state for service, md in the accomplishment of the end , are would in no way be understood! ;o disregard or minimize the importince of a recognition and approval ' )f, and a participation in, whenever necessary, or in an emergency, any find of honest labor in firming that Taining. The proper attitude of nen towards work and toward those vho perform it is an essential factor n the success or failure; and the >olicy of this institution has always >een and will continue to be one i vhere the highest regard for labor! - - << i 11 i . i \ i (menial as wen as mieiieciuai; arm; 'or those who perform one as well as he other, is considered essential in he makeup of a man. "The board of trustees, with the uaturest deliberation, and the fullest mderstanding of, and sympathy for he weaknesses of young men acting t, inder the stress of excitement, and mpulse, have reach the "unanimous conclusion that the action of the "rpshman and soohomore classes, fol owed by the ultimatum of the jun- j or and senior classes, is not justified i jy any condition existing at Clemson! college. "The situation with respect to the | mess hall is not all that the board j j :ould desire, but we find that this condition is not due to mismanagement, lack of interest or lack of intelligent supervision, but is the result f prevailing conditions throughout the country, involving inadequate transportation, a shortage of skilled labor?in "fact, a dearth of any kind 1ok/v>? in fViic: insfanpp. and JX 1111 CU lOUVl ill V?IM J an inadequacy of funds due to the| constantly increasing rise in the cost j of foodstuffs and labor. Such a con- j iition as this, however, does not jus- ' tify, in the judgment of the board, the spirit of extreme disobedience md impatience displayed by the ca-1 iet corps. "The board recognizes the neces-} sity for a satisfactory mess, and has j luthorized the president, and .hasj provided him with funds, to bring I ;his about without the necessity of j rising the monthly rate of board to ;he cadets, because to do this at a :ime near the end of a session might iav? the appearance of disregard- j ng an agreement with the parents vhen their sons entered the college. Fair Trials Given. "The board's investigation into the i nethod of trial of cadets by the dis JjUIlIlC; CU1I1IIUVWWV V4VVV/ A?vv , I i miscarriage of justice, but, on the contrary, shows that the cadet trials lave been conducted in a spirit of ; fairness and sympathy, and that the conclusions, together with the punshments, have been reached and adjudged upon the same basis. That such has been the case is evidenced by the fact that since the beginning nf this session in September, out of i a cadet corps numbering more than j 800 men there have been only seven I dismissals and six suspensions. The 1 board believes the trial system to be j fair and to have been administered fairly. But in view of the unanimous recommendation of the discinlinp committee itself, and the presi-i dent of the college and to allay the natural suspicion attaching to closed trials, "and to give greater confidence in the findings of the discipline committee, the board has deemed it in the interest of the college to take appropriate action that hereafter trials shall be open to the public, and that j the accused shall be given the privi-1 lege of selecting counsel from the j faculty. "While strict discipline is neces- i oovt- ^nritrnl nrtamiatolv so larS'C a botfy of young men, the persistent i umois that are af:oat in the state to Three \ ' Tlrnn i/iup Corn Killer "Gets-It" Stops Pain Immediately and Corns Go Quick. The way to handle corns Is the tried and proved "Gets-It" way? the way that millions have found quickest, easiest, safest and moat reliable. 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