Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-26
NOvEM BIER 90, 1875

The RECENT DISTURBANCES AT DA ETMoUTn
CoLLEcE.-Thc Boston Journal, in publish
ing the action taken by the Faculty of Dart
mouth College, in regard to the recent dis
orderly eodings on the part of portion
Of the students, says:
That portion of the resolutions passed by
the Faculty which refers to the relation OF
students to the civil law is specially worthy
of attention. There is quite prevalent
impression that college students lie beyond
the jurisdiction of the courts, and a. Il mat
ter of fact acts are often tolerated and apollo
gized for when committed by students which
would be considered as lawlessness and pun
ished as such if committed by any one else.
1t will be good thing if college students at
Dartmouth and elsewhere learn by the re-
cent occurrences at Hanover that they are
not exempt from the obligations Of good
citizenship which rest upon other men. The
case of the students indicted fer riOt0us
conduct ought not to be prejudged there is
no reason why We should conclude in ad-
vance that they are guilty OF the offences
charged against them but the point is,
i4bt tA.il llltN W Eulitl. bhs eiiht
they are amenable to the laws, like other
men. and will be tried and Judged in ac-
cordance with precisely the same principles.
This point all college students will do well
to remember.
The resolutions referred to, were read in
the chapel, at Hanover, on the llth, and
are As follows
Whereas some OF cur students have recently
been engaged in certain riotCus proceedings, q! a
censurable and disgraceful character. on &C
count Of which as the Faculty were about to deal
with them in what was deemed an appropriate and
effective wsy-ten OF the alleged offenders were IN
dicted Ivy the Grand Jury and are Low awaiting
their trial therefore,
loted-I. That the cases Of the persons 50 indie,-
cd be held in allegiance TIL the conclusion OF tae
case in the civil court.
. That we take this occasion e. reaiiirm, what we
deem il important that our students should ever re
member, that they are as truly and fully subject
10 the laws Of the land any other dWeiier there
ia that il they violate those laws they liable
to the penalties prescribed, especially 10 punish
ment by the civil arm for any outrage upon the
persons or property OF others anu that 10 l. he
right o.. any one injured by them-as t would ue
their ri ght in like c.rcumstanccs-t0 seek pr0tec-
ton and vindicaton by the civil power. The i'm
preston must never be allowed that the laws OF tie
State are null and void within cur College PIE
cincts. Nor will Dartmouth College ever take-as
II never has taken-the attitude Of opposition %
the course Of public justice. such IN attitude
would i'll beht an institution whose object Il is to
train men for the great duties Of citizenship.
3. That while We deplOre the outrazes which
have been committed by some Of our students, and
which are wholly without excuse, we are sratied
by the assurauoe-contrary TO reports Industrious
ly circulated-that the majority OF them condemn
all such outrs yes and ART decidedly in favor OF law
and order
{. That several members OF ia, College not in
dicted in the Civil Court bU, known g. Us 20 have
participated more or less in tn se-irs OF riotoss
acts, e punished. as their cases may REQUIRE, BY
separation or suspension.
In accordance with this last clause, sentence
has. in some cases, been already passed, and
the President intimated that others might
follow.