Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-28

that all of them had been doing the SAINT
thing the whole term, and that the act hac
been repeatedly seen by members OF the lac
ulty without notice being taken OF ii. Con
sequently the sudden noticed of LeavenTorth':
case and especially the heavy demcii', was
considered excessively severe. TIE ne1l
cause of ill-feeling arose from ''cane rush
ing" All the members of the Sophomore
class were charged with twenty four dement's
each and the Freshmen with sixteen Gemerits
each for taking part in the cane rush. This
action excited a good deal of wrath in both
classes, whose members considered III action
of the faculty arbitrary and the an. unit OF
the dement's excessive in the extreI e. On
the side of the students in this matte; ii may
be said that ''cane-runshe5' have i''en al
most the regular thing" between Sopho.
more and Freshmen, both in the cha.De ana
ont, and until recently no notice h.S been
taken of them by the faculty, mas" ach as
they rarely result in harm either 10 Students
of property, and at the most make NOISE
and disturbances which sometimes celays
classes a short time The faculty had re-
Gently forbidden the disturbances III the
chapel, but had not announced any penalty,
and the students claim that in fairness they
ought to have been told what 10 expect that
they might act accordingly. Especially
I
Freshmen for merely defending their cane.
On the other hand, the faculty claim that
the violations of the regulations regarding
| the foot ball which the students say were ha-
bitual, had not been seen by members of the
faculty except in the case of Leavenworth,
and that he had been reprimanded for doing
the same thing only few days before. As
to demeritng the Freshmen for their share
in the PUSHES, they claim, that the car
rying of the cane into the chapel by the
| Freshmen was an express challenge TO the
| Sophomorcs to engage in the rush = the de-
merits charged the Freshmen were only in
tended for those who voluntarily engaged in
it, and if any member of the class was able
to affirm that he did not go into it voluntari-
! ly. and that he merely resisted an unexpect-
ed attack, that it was expressly stated that
his dement's would be RENTED
Editorially the Register says:
1t is true. as the faculty claim, that stu
dents have no more legal right TO kick ..afoot-
ball into the chapel or indulge i'll 4 cane-ruSh
there than they would have in private
house; but all the traditions of the college
are the other way The chapel has been the
scenes of conflicts innumerable, and the
writer has seen professors looking on and en-
joying the fun and the students certainly
respected and liked them none the less for it.
\ Middlebury Professor (whosc name is
not given in a note to the y. Y. World says:
The offending member of the Sophomore
Class was no; suspended merely for the act
of kicking football in and about the col
lege buildings after it had been forbidden by
the Faculty That incident occurred some
weeks ago, and was only one of series of
misdemeanors for which dement's had been
charged, until these dement's reached a limit
which, under a standing rule of the college,
resulted in his suspension. II Was Ito arbi
trary act of the Faculty visited upon him,
but resulted from the operation Of rule 10
which all the students are subject.
The statement of your correspondent that
Il committee of the students who approached
the Faculty ''were insulted, browbeatcn and
ignored" is too absurdly false to need TO be
contradicted. A committee of the students
did wait upon the Faculty, were politely re-
ceived and patiently heard after which they |
were informed kindly, but firmly, that no |
action could be taken in reference 10 any re /
quests they might make while they were in |
an attitude of rebellion against the authority |
of the college; that they must first return to |
their allegiancc-then if they had grievances |
TO be redressed they could present them in
lawful way.
Ii will be seen that the question forced .
upon the Faculty is, whether they shall con-
tinuc TO govern the college or betray their
trust and surrender this function to the STU
dents. When such an issue is presented the
way of duty is too plain to be mistaken. 1t
is better that the college should be without
ifnced be- than that insubordina-
ton should triumph.
At latest advices about one-half of the
students had signed tine faculty's paper,
score that of the students, and the remainder
neither. The faculty announce that all stu
dents refusing to sign its paper will be ex-
PEELED. College duties will be resumed to-
day. At the beginning of the trouble the
college had iifty-one students. divided as
follows: Twelve Seniors, eight Juniors,
eighteen Sophomore and thirteen Fresh
men The faculty are as follows: The Rev.
Calvin 3. Hubert, D. D., President and
Professor of Moral Science; William ii.
Parker, A. NJ, Baldwin Professor of Malhe-
MATES and Natural Philosophy; Scion
Albee, A, NJ, Professor of Latin; Henry NJ
Seeley, A NJ, VI. D., Burr Professor of
Chemistry and Natural History; Ezra
Brainard, A. NJ, Professor Of Rhetoric,
English Literature and Elocution; Edwin
Il. Higley A. NJ, Professor Of Greek and
German; d. NJ. Means, A. B., Professor of
Political and Mental Science Brainard kcl-
ogg, A. NJ, Instructor in Elocution.
TIE COLLEGE DIFFICULTY SETTLED.
MIDDLEBURY Vt, Nov. 24-The college
are settled. Al the students re-
urned this morning. \ few applied for dis
nssal, but the most will stay Till the end of {
he year and await the reorganization Of the
aculty.
\ Middlebury College letter says that
he revolt being ended, petitions willprohably
gain be sent in asking for reconsideration {
f the matters in regard to which the students
eel themselves aggrievcd. The Freshman
lass sent in petition asking that the de- ,
merits given them for participating in tie 5
eccnt cane rush" be removed. Some Of
he students applied for papers of dismis- 5
ion and quite i number will probably
cave at the end Of the year The feeling Of ;
dissatisfaction in great measure still re ,
mains, but the studenlswait 10 see The action 4
he corporation will take when they mrut |