The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-03-21
NOT ALL DEAD YET.


insulting card, suppress his name, and
yet not be a sneak and coward.
Hear what the Examiner & Chronicle,
the ablest Paper in the United States, of
the Baptist denomination, had to say, in
its ssue of March IA. 1878:
THE ANONYMOUS NUISANCE.
One Of the meanest things person can
do is to write or circulate anonymous at
tacks on the character and aims Of indi-
viduals or institutions. A writer OF a
newspaper article pamphlet or book, may
give his views on any topic under non
de plume provided he does not assail per-
sonal character. If he does this, he is
bound by so much honor as be may have
to write under his own name or the ini
tials of il, that everybody may know who
is responsible for the attack thus made.
This should be done as a matter of JUS
tice to the person assailed, and to him by
whom the assault is made. He who seeks
to defame another through anonymous
letters, clandestinely written or circulat.
ed, is coward and a sneak, and every
man owes it to himself and his friends to
have it known that he is not conscious
even of being the one or the other.
The pain inflicted by these under no
name attacks is fearful to think Of They
are not infrequently written in the sheer
est wantonness of wickedness but more
frequently in deliberate malice. or as the
means Of accomplishing an end. That
end is made to sanctify all the means ca
pable Of being used to attain it. and the
shocking sight is put before the world OF
mems belittling their manhood, and tri.
fling with their self-respect. by doing des
picable acts to further purposes which in
themselves may be admissible or even
good.
But what is to be done with these
anonymous inuendoes and malicious
fingsH One thing. and only one. so far
as we can see That is never to read
them. Treat them with utter contempt.
Be assured that no manly man or woman
ly woman ever writes an anonymous let
ter. or circulates it when printed. IL is
done by race of sneaks-a sly, tricky,
mean set of folks. who have cousinship
with people that come at last to have on
ly very close quarters at the expense of
the State.
We do not believe the fellow who
wrote this letter is a student. 1t covers
three pages of legal cap, and bears evi
No young man wrote it. We think it is
the writing Of an old lawyer. 1t was not
mailed at Athens, but it bears the post
mark OF Hebardsville. A young student
who could on his Postal card, sling a
Latin word at US, would be supposed to
be able to spell words in common use in
the English language correctly; yet this
fellow spells prepared prepared" and
in the next line he writes recently re
sently." No. lie is not student
He has no word OF condemnation for
haziDg. He is a coward. who would JUS
tify sneaking up behind a man in the
dark, and striking him with brass knuck-
les, or stabbing him in the back or he
would justify burglary and larceny, under
the name of "piling," or "hazing"
lie thinks we do not understand the
true inwardness" of colleges We do.
For two or three weeks we have been
giving the opinions Of other papers. Now
take n few more.
The Ohio Statesman says
"The arrest of two Dartmouth college
students on the serious charge of assault
with intent to kill will have salutary
effect 1t will be still better if the prose.
cutions are followed by the trial of the
offenders and their punishment, should
they be found guilty. A single convic
ton in cases OF this kind would have
more influence in putting a quietus on
the cowardly practice of hazing than any
| l.. -. -
IL the laws are to be enforced at all we
see no reason to make an exception in
favor Of college students"
The n. Y. Tribune says
THE other night at Dartmouth Col
lege there was an outbreak Of the old and
absurd trouble between sophomores and
freshmen. At o'clock in the morning
party OF the latter broke into q room
occupied by a sophomore, and beat him
and his brother, a senior, with bottles,
until they were shockingly wounded and
dreadfully disfgured. We are happy to
say that in this case the action of the
law was prompt. The faculty did not
undertake to settle the matter There
was no talk about loco PARENTS Two of
the offending scholars were not merely
sent home nor will they probably 90
home for some time to come. They are
in Jail on a charge Of assault with intent
to kill" /" and strict search is making for
their confederates. who, if found, will
also go to Jail upon a similar charge
The faculty OF Dartmouth are not likely
10 interfere, nor would they effect much
if they should"
DR.. McCosh, President of Princeton
College, has written letter, in which he
says:
"All hazing is, in its very nature, an
interference with the God-granted rights
OF a I. and is mean and cowardly. The
hazing here, so far as my knowledge
goes. was the same as in other places,
neither better nor worse. l have done
everything in my power to prevent the
base practice in this college. Shortly af.
ter became President took, in concert
with the late Chancellor Green, very de.
cided steps to suppress it, being about to
call in the civil authority. when the clas.
ses pledged themselves to discountenance
it. For years we had very few cases, and
these did not take violent or offensive
form.
We feel quite competent to meet the
evil, and we mean to take ad, antage Of
this sad occurrence to put down hazing.
Other colleges are equally interested in
this result, and we may, by a united ef.
! fort, wipe out this standing disgrace of
the higher educational institutions in
our country"
| See also articles on the outside of the
Standard this week, from the ~ Y.
Times and Marysyile Tribune
The election in New Hampshire last
week resulted in the success OF the Re
publican ticket by greatly reduced ma
jority. The few weakly Hayes organs
claim this as a wonderful triumph for the