The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-11-20

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A serious distsrbAnee FessltinK 10
he ssspensioa u ~; sbe sssdsuss has
occurred iu Mid1.ebary Collegs. Ga
Taeedsy u lSss seek oBe u tbs FRESH
Dsa brosghi cAas iato The college
chapel. aud sceofsiag 10 . foolish ess
tom IA college The Sophomore class
reseated shat they term az inault and
BY force attempted 70 take away the
obnoIiogs eane, The Freshman olsss
rssis1ias, causing quite a ro~. This
vas repeated o. = Subsequent morning.
The faculty taking 20 souee Of The
proceeding 81 The time further lhAa 10
qaell the disturbance. bot on Thursday
moraiug she president announced that
each member Of tbe Sophomore class
vas charged with twenty dement's
aud each member u the freshman
class With sixteen One Of the former
class bad previously received twenty
dement's ior disobeyiug college rule,
aud this number added TO the twenty
four exceeded the number allowed by
the college rsles and resulted In bis
suspension. The Sophomore class pro-
tested against The suspension u their
comrads aud withdrew from college
exercises until the matter could be
ughted.
Next the Freshman class sent u pro.
lsst TO The faculty claiming that they
had right 10 carry canes aud To de
iend themselves il necessary, aud that
the faculty had no right TO charge them
with dement's for such action Still
later the Junior aud Senior classes held
meetings and decided 10 protest against
the action Of the faculty 10 suspending
the Sophomore and TO absent them
selves from college until the matter
could be righted.
The faculty decided not 10 treat with
any OF The classes which had thus
openly rebelled against their authority.
but declared them all suspended. and
they may end their suspension by vol
unfairly returning to their duties next
Monday morning. each individual
member to make q satisfactory apology
TO the faculty With promise to obey
the college laws, those thus restored 10
be put on probation aud to receive de-
merits for their absences and that il
they DO not accept this alternative
they are ordered to return TO theii
homes, and II within week from that
time they do not signify their intention
to submit to the rules Of the college
they are to be dishonorSbly dismissed
The above version OF the affair is
from one of the students. and while the
statements in the main are no doubt
correct, yet the statement of the faculty
would possibly give different coloriDg
to the matter. From the statements Of
the students we should judge that they
acted too hastily in the matter. Col
lege faculties are never wholly unrea-
sonsbe and invariably do what they
think best for the institution under
their control. and if any college laws
or regulations are really obnoxious,
students can always get them modified
without recourse TO open rebellion,
which puts the faculty in position
where they cannot yield il they would.
We remember that the students OF
that college introduced two or three
radical reforms" while we were
student there, and it was all done
peacesbly. without "bull-dozing" the
faculty. 1t is true that, with two ex-
ceptions, the members OF the faculty
have all been changed since then, but
we would rather run our chances, as
far as discipline is concerned. with the
present faculty. Now the situation is
grave. to cay the least. both aides
having gohe too far to retreat
without mutual concessions The
students can hardly back down from
their lofty position o! injured Juno
cence, aud the college authorities can.
not afford TO be driven TO submission by
a parcel Of rebellious students, who
should be put out to chopping cord
wood during the coming winter by
their parents and guardians.