The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-21
ASBURY DOINGS.

A MASS MEETING OF THE sTUDENTs-THE
COMPLAINTS MADE AND THE REVOLUTIONS
PASSED.
To the Editor of The Sentinel:
SIR: 1t is trueism that "truth needs no
color, beauty no pencil, !" and therefore with
out comment give you the result of mass
meeting of the students of /. A. u, which
was held at Browns Hall last evening. am
informed that by actual count there was one
hundred and twenty students present,
quite representation meeting especially in
view of the fact that not all the students
have as yet, returned from vacation. But
for the resolves:
WHEREAS, The faculty of 1. A. U. have re-
Gently publicly dismissed from the university a
number of our fellow Students without giving
them opportunity for any defense or hearing,
and without even a notice of what was pending
against them; and number of others having
been demerited in the same manner; and
WHEREAS, The same authorities subsequently
gave 1ve OF Inose BUSINESSES n0l ice snss rney
other students Of the university, notice
those who were dismissed; therefore it is
Resolved, By the students of Asbury, duly
condemn the bogus Asbury Review; and that
we avow and advocate the respect and obedi
ence due the faculty; but that while we recog-
niZe such our relations and duties to them,
we also claim that students have rights and
privileges which their authority in no wise per-
mits them to abridge in any manner at vail
auce with recognized principles of justice. 2
That in the treatment of our fellow students as
first afordsaid, we consider that they have vio-
lated recognized principles of Justice and that
our fellow students have suffered great injustice
and maltreatment al their hands. B. That as
the colleges, chaple and premises are considered
and used as places of public resort on proper oc-
casions. and consequently free and open to any
and all persons who property deport them
selves on such occasi ms; and since the faculty
have forbidden five of our fellow students TO
appear upon the university premises, not
withstanding their entire Innocence of
any improper department whatever on such
occasions therefore, we consider that the faculty
have assumed an unwarantable and unreason-
able authority 10 so doing, and that their action
Is wholly unjustifable. 4. That as our relations
to each other as faculty and students only per-
NIT them to forbid our associating with persons
of improper character, and since they have
wholly failed to show any evidence that our
said fellow students are men with whom 1t
would be improper to associate, we consider
their notice, forbidding such associations in the
same category as their action last before men
toned, and both of character wholly unbecom-
ing the dignity Of their position as faculty OF the
university: and therefore, be IL
Resolved, That we hereby heartily extend to
our said fellow students our warmest sympathy
anS the cordial right hand of fellowship.
/ give the resolutions just as adopted be-
cause of the fact that sour affairs" hereto
fore have been missrepresented by partial
statements. As / have said before, there
has been no rebellious spirit manifest, and
this was not an indignation meeting, but
rather one to express in form the prevailing
opinion, that our faculty have made mis-
take in convicting and Furnishing the boys
from ex -parte evidence. A mistake which,
in nv humble opinion, amounts to an in
Justice. IL persisted in. But time work swon.
ders and showing ofhands may yet be had.
Who knows? Y. 4. ID.
GREENcAsrLE, IND, April IA, 1874,