The New York herald., 1875-11-26
THE TROUBLE AT PRINCETON COL
LEGE.
PARTICULARS OF THE DISMISSAL OF TIE STU
DENTs-AN APPEAL BY THE PARENTS TO THE
TRUsTEEs-THE ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS SECRET
SOCIETIES.
PRINCETON. Nov. 25. 1875.

IhlhtElON, NOV. 20 1910
The events of the past few days this OF
learning have created considerable comment and dis
cusson, and the intense feeling among the students in
regard to the extreme taken by the Faculty
which at one time came resulting in a general
outbreak, although completely alayed is still in
wardy fostered by the dissatisfied students In all
twenty-five have been dismissed. ''not expelled ("
eighteen of whom belonged to the Senior class. The
Faculty has not the power to expel any one,
only TO suspend, the Board or Trustees only being
ntrusted with this responsibility. If student was
expelled he could not apply for admission to any
other college, whereas If he was only dismissed he
could exercise this privilege There 109 students
altogether in the Senior class before this difficulty
arose That the existence of several secret societies in
the college for some time past was known by DR..
McCosh and others of the Faculty Is not disputed.
Several Of the members Of these secret confraterni
ties even wore pins embematc of the orders in pub
lie. DR. McCosh as President of the institution,
puzzled how to act; he stood between two fires and
hcstitated as to which one he would run into On the
one side were the college laws, which he in duty
bound to uphold; on the other were the wealthy
and influential parents of the implicated students,
whose friendship the genial hearted Doctor would oso
he 70 enforce the laws few days ago the
Doctor went to Cincinnati, Ohio. While away the next
gentleman in authority Professor Lyman H. Atwater,
found golden opportunity in the absence OF the Doc
tor to bring about the climax between the Faculty and
the students of the secret orders. Dr. Atwater ad-
ministers the ''pedge' to all new comcrs, and this
pledge enjons them from joining becoming men,
bers of any secret society Having list Of the
of the ill-fated twenty-five he
summoned them to appear and asked them to
renounce the secret orders few protested their in
nocence, but the major portion acknowledged their
guilt at the same time stubbornly refusing TO comply
with the demands OF the Professor He then furnished
them all with ther walking papers" Nearly all Of
the dismissed students have gone home, only few
naming behind. The Faculty say they have done
their duty in the promises and 1t remains for the
Board Of Trustees to take final action Most of the
students reside in New York Some OF their parents
have already communicated with the trustees in refer
ence to the matter and meeting of this body will
be convened for tho purpose OF adjusting the diff
fculty.
The following the of the members of the
Board of Trustees:-
Governor Bede, ex-onlcio President; DR.. McCosh,
acting President; Rev. Charles Hodge, d. D.; ex-Gov-
ernors Daniel Haines and Charles s. 0lden; H. w.
Green, IL d. S. II. Pennington, NJ. d. Rev. Elijah
r. Craven, D. D.; Rev. G. W. Musgrave, D. D.. Rev
Cyrus Dickson, D. d. Rev. Charles K Imbre, d. d. |;
Henry N. Alexander A. NJ Rev. Jonathan +. Stearns
ID. d. Joseph Henry, LII. d. Judge John T. Nixon
Rev. W. 9. Roberts, d. D.. Rev. James NJ Crowel, d.
D. Rev. W. Paxton; John J. Blair; John A. Stewart;
General n. N Halstead Rev. John Hall, d. d. Rev.
W. H. Green. D. D. Caleb s Green Rev. W. Adams,
D. D.. Rev. John Langhorn and Rev. Thomas II. Rob-
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