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stop tho drain of tho gold needed for roaump-
t1on, ne must retro tho groonbacka.
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TIE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HAZ1Na.
Tho rocont Bllaponsion Of considerable MINI
bor OF students from tho Michigan University at
Ann Atbor has oreatod q very decided furry Of
exoitomcnt, not only In that pleasant littlo VII
lage 30 t1Bualiy dostituo Of sensationa, but also
throughout tho State ut largo. Wo conceive,
however, That thore ia no occasion for any oxcto-
mont at all, tho whole affair being olmply mt
tor OF discipline Affecting tho Faculty md stu-
donts aonc, upon tho isauo OF which depends
tho good nnmo and reputation Of the Univeratty.
Tho Faculty woro, intood, reduced to this ulti-
matum. Eithor they must oonsent to bo ruled
BY tho stulonss, or tho students must
consent to DO ruled by them; eEthor
they must quit or thostulonts must quit. Under |
these circumstances dina Malcr, like oyery |
othor mater Of common sonso decided 1t waa bet
ter for hor to punish the children than to DO |
punished by them - healthy dooision which con-
eerna no ono but tho correotor md tho corrected.
A brtof statement Of tho circumstances will con-
| vinco any unpreiudicoa porson tint tho Faculty
| not ouy havo aotod properly, but, under tho
| circumstances, very loniontly. Originally nix
students Of tho freshman and Sophomore olaeaes
| wero suspended for tho rowayish mud outrageous
practice Of hazing. OF tho character OF
this practice thero Is no; doubt. It
! Ia m ungentlemanly, low-hrod, coward
", aud sometimes brutal sport, indulgad
| 1F nuolouo
and those who are too timorous to resent tho in
Holont outrage. It is not too much to gay that
thoro mover yet WAS o student who did not in lis
later yeara regret his participation in it md
there noyor yot was student OF gent1omanly
instincts who did not immediately rogrot it. It
IL tho criminal ofrcnso Of assault and battery iu
nine cases out Of ten. It worry often results in
temporary injury. It has sometimes proved fa-
tai. III its very 1lghtest form 1t ia au outrage
which has not tho oxcuso Of misoluovous 1uu
which oharactorizcs other college PRACTICES.
Under such olrcumstancos, tho Faculty we're
in duty bound to take cognizanco OF the
ofonha Which they did, aud in fixing tho penalty
at suspension for tho rest Of the collegiate year,
which ends on the flrst Of noxt September, they
decided leniontly and as any one eau eoo without
my feeling Of resentment. They acted in tue
bost intoresta Of the college, mud did no moro
; than WAS necessary to preserve order and dis.
cip}ine. II they Ind not dono this much a
n leaat, they would hayo been fath1ess to tut
+ severe responsibility imposed upon tbon1.
n This decision OF tho Faculty ut once arouses
a spirit Of characterization which developed int
II rowdyiBm and almost open riot. Thu Faculty wer
:, groauod and hisaod In public. Then cam
Ia papor signod by ITO Of tho members of til,
= Freshman and Sophomore Glasses, requeatln
Is tho attention of tho Faculty to tho fact tlle
ID they also bud boen engaged in hazng. Upo
d tho receipt of this lnsolont paper, the Facult
= found it incumbent upon them to apply tho ht
j. roio remedy, but before doing 30, or taking IN
N official action, they informed the signers thu
they we're ut liberty to withdraw their namcl
at and waoks truce was declared. Previous
r the meeting OF the Faoulty, twenty-nfn
- students availea themselves OF this privilege
OF Tho oighty-ono whose namos still 1omaine
ID were suspended for tho rest OF II
20 20 academio year, which will give tho
E. three montha and q half to reflect upon tho
til folly. This doeA not howoyor, seem to bo II
u ond Of the matter. The Junior and Semi.
classos, who are far enough along in college Ii
d. to drop cheap chiyalry and frown upon auy into
Y. forouce with college government, hayo no
as issued document which il tantamount to 9
H. ndorsement OF tho lnso1out stasomont of Il
Du lower o!asaes. In this document they say
n. "Those who at first confessed themselves pa
Is ticpants with the eighty-ono, but in the moal
in time had withdrawn their names, wore nj
H. suspended. What other Inference cen we dra
in from this action than that the suspension
tn wore not 30 much for completely in hazing
to for presenting tho papors above quosed7" tn
on may be true, but 1t is not to the point. as tt
of withdrawing OF those names VAS an acknoN
est edgment Of obedience to college diAoipllno. D
do they aay further: "Can they be oon6iaor
aas diareapectful or as interfering improperly ~i
d. tue college government Gontomen Of Il
ba- Faculty woro assured TINT auch was not tho sp
ler IL Of the agners" This leads us to inquire VII
or waA the naturo Of those papers, They were as +
lows;
[sopHoMonE rArEn.J
To Ghe rucn1ty qf tho Unipsrsfv If Mlehi3an:
!, WHEREAS, Some Of classmates have recon
NJ pee suspended from tho University for tho oensc
pay llazing; pud
il WHEREAS, Tho underaigned desiro that 5uatico 81
. he done to al;
ou' THEREFORE,, We respectfully rea"eat tho attent
his OF the Faculty Of the University tho faot that
OF hayo boen engaged in hazsng.
ffNEsaNAS pArENj
A0' qs tas Faculty af Michigan UHietraiy:
res GENTLEMEN: Wo, the undersigned, members
ala wirr fy In t,fp