The New York herald., 1879-02-26
REBELLIOUS STUDENTS.
Trinity College Boys Who Still
Defy the Faculty.
PRINTING THEIR GRIEVANCES.
Parents Summoned by Telegraph to
Demand Obedience
REVOLT AT ST. STEPHENS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

HARrFoRp. Conn.,, Feb. 25. 1879
The excitement at Trinity College has been intens
fed rather than diminished by the occurrences of
to-day. Early in the forenoon the students held q
meeting to consider the situation. As test vote
motion made that the students resume attend
at chapel and reciations but this was rejected
almost unanimously. Only ave Joined the profess
at chapel, and these men who held scholar
ships in the gift of President Pynchon, and which
they could not afford to hazard by any act
of insubordination. Tho day being stormy few
students left tho college building but gathered in
the rooms dicussing tho various features of the
affair and the probabilities of weakening either
side. Another meeting held later in the day.
but it was rather of On informal nature and no ac-
ton of any kind TAKEN Some disappointment
is expressed at the non-appearance of Bishop Will
Jams. chancellor of the college. whose counsel was
much desired ny the students and will have great
weight with them.
THE CASE FROM THE STUDENTS VIEW.
Pursuant to vote passed a statement Of the ex-
listing troubles has been prepared by the students
and will be printed and copies forwarded tomorrow
1t is addressed to the alumni and friends of Trinity
College, and gives detailed account of the disturb
ance and the causes direct and indirect which have
led to it. These classified under three heads.
First tho rules issued at the beginning of the term
which, it is alleged. contain numerous obnoxious re-
strictions Second mismanagement of the dining
hail. resulting in increase of the price of board.
Third. marked tendency on the part OF the faculty
to reprcss freedom of speech. The circumstances
in connection with these several complaints are re-
cited length and it is urged that the trustees
forward and right the matter the students hav
ing forwarded several petitions to the faculty and
ceived satisfactory response. The faculty was in
consultation for an hour this morning. but did
nothing than discuss the affair in general way
without taking any action OF decisive character.
The tenor of the remarks, however, pointed to ad-
herence to the stand that has been adopted.
WILL YIELD
The belief is that the students will weaken. and
q matter of fact the students themselves express
fears of desertion from their ranks They view this
with little apprehension. according to the remark
of senior this morning. because the dropping away
by twos and threes would soon reduce the list Of
those standing out to SO small a number that the
faculty would take more vigorous action against them
than they feel inclined to do against the almost perfect
combination existing. III conversation with the
HERALD representative this afternoon one of the pro-
ossors asserted that the faculty had united in sup
port of the resident trustees and confident
that those residing elsewhere would also give their
support. There is even no suggestion he said. that
the faculty recede from the position taken and much
reliance placed upon the result Of the presence of
the parents Of the students, who have been
immcdiateiy to Hartford. The Professor further
said that the students had petitoned the faculty for
concession not in their power to grant that is to
chapel. This was established by the trustees and
they alone can modify IT, The trustees also in
creased the price of board in the dining hail. mat
ter for which the students hold the faculty respon
sble.
DIscrpLINE MUST BE ENFORCED.
The Professor predicted that before Thursday the
revolt will weaken to a mere shadow, and the
students will return to their collegiate duties He
Expressed no opinion os TO the punishment that will
be adopted. but it is probable that rs on other
occasions extra tasks will be the penalty. Touching
the question Of the enforcement of discipline.
he said that, the faculty intrusted
by parents with the guardianship Of their
as a parent would exact from q child, and with
large body Of students to control some rules must
necessarily be strict The students to-day have been
greatly excited by the action Of the faculty
sage reading Your son requires your pres,
this gives no suggestion to why the parents
presence is desired, and this omission. which is
understood to have been oversight most
fortunate. Many parents Mt once suspected that
their seriously ill or had met with acci
dent and during the day dozen or more dispatches
received from parents, whether their boys were
expected to live. Others did not wait to telegraph.
but took the earliest trains to Hartford. Des-
patches received stating that some had started
from far distant Michigan aud Florida. and in
several instances kilograms of inquiry received
indicating that great distress and anxiety had been
caused in families ut other distant points Several
gentlemen who hurried to Hartford arrived this af-
ternoon after being relieved by finding their boys all
right expressed themselves very decidedly on the
objectionable carelessness with which their sum-
monscs were worded and the nonsense Of sending
after them at all.
A meeting of thirty or more fathers of students
held this evening at the Allyn House. and after
brief consultation and the reading of the statement
prepared by the students, before referred to. the
party proceeded to the college to interview President
Pynchon and ascertain his object in summoning
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT PYNcHoN.
In an interview. lasting nearly two hours, the
that efforts would be made tomorrow to arrive ut
settlement OF the difficulty. which he attributed
s,nhy mainly to IN, msappreneasson rel as . the
by the faculty. Although not expressly stated 1t is
believed that the six students suspended yesterday
will be once recalled and if this action is taken
4
fully their duties and leave the future the
matter of the modification of the restrictions of
A COMPULSORY VACATION OF TWO WEEKS Or
DERED AT ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL COLI
LEaE-EEsuLr OF DRINKING AND cAnousINa
DY THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS.
PouGnKEEpsrE. Feb. 25. 1879.
At Annandale. on the Hudson, two miles north of
Barrytown. in Dutchcss county. is an Episcopahan
institution known ns st. stephens College. wherein
young mon from all parts Of the country
admitted TO study for the ministry. and over
which institution Rev. DR.. Farbairn, IL. D.,
presdes as warden. For the past week
the ncighborhood in which tho college is
located has been in state Of excitement violent
scenes that have occurred within its walls, and
which have resulted in abrupt vacation at season
Of tho year when hard study needed and the
eighty students have gone to their homes-some TO
remain for good. From information received IL
seems that several days ago fifteen twenty of the
students. who were not studying for holy orders
went TO Rhinebcck on lark. unknown TO tho
warden or faculty. They had ''hgh old
time drinking and carousing, and soon after the
faculty heard Of the affair and investigation fol-
lowed IL was claimed that one of the students,
named Walter wickes. who came TO the college from
Fort Edward, N. r., had "tatled" about the matter
when tife fact was that wckes in friendly letter to
graduate in New York other subjects referred to
the Rhincbeck carousal. and In that way the tale
came back to the college. But the friends
OF the lthinebeck excursionists woud have IL
that Wickcs had personally told the warden
the particulars. and as some Of the excursonists
members of the aorieties of college