The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-22
DESouSClSG VANDALISM.
The Act of Guilty Yale Students Severely
CensurSd by President Dwight,

The Act of Guilty Yale Students ssysrel
censursd by President Dwight,
New HAVEN, CoNE., March 2l,-It wa
reported yesterday afternoon that tn
students who were guilty Of the coward
ly deed Of vandalism on the coIleg
campus had been discharged by the Yal
faculty, but II could not be substantlated
The story Of the outrage Is as follows
Last Tuesday morning some students
one OF whom is suspected to be from
Texas, stole o large derrick rope iron
the new building in process OF erection
and formed II into a slipping moose, ant
then II was thrown over the neck oil the
handsome bronze statue OF Benjamin
Silliman.
The statue weighed several tons and
was on q granite pedestal about six feel
high, The neck Of the statue Is cracked
partly of, the base bent considerable and
q large piece Of the granite pedestal Il
broken of, The head OF tho statue came
down first and made o hole In the ground
nearly foot deep,
The statue was made from design by
Professor John +, Wier, OF the Art
School, in 1884, and 1t was considered q
very good likeness Of the well known
Yale professor. 1t was placed In a cor
ner oi the college rectangle formed by
Bartlett Chapel and Farnam buildings
and was a distinguished ornament to the
grounds,
This Is the most daring piece OF van
dalism that has ever been committed IN
or about Yale or the city since the pull
ing down OF the Democratic campaign
banner in the fall OF 1880. The students
since President Dwight has been in
charge OF the college have behaved very
well, and no iniractions oi the public
peace have been known, except such
trihing tricks as the stealing Of street
signs and the like, and changing BARRIERS
poles TO lawyers or doctors offices, but
so gross and unparalleled an insult
toward the memory Of q man who has
done so much for the cause OF science
has not been known for many years.
PRESIDENT DWIGHT DEEPLY GRIEvED.
The indignation felt by the faculty and
students Of Yale has not cooled down by
any means. The act was severely de-
nounced yesterday morning by Pres.
ident Dwight during the religious Cxer-
clses in the college chapel. He said;
~ think I voice the sentiments oil the
entire student community with the eX-
Ception Of those persons directly inter.
Gsted, and / hope their sentiments will
also agree, when they consider the facts
in the case, and / know / voice the SEN
timents Of the entire faculty whom ! say
that the act Of desecration which was
perpetTated on these grounds by students
last Monday night was contemplate and
beneath the consideration OF any COM
munity, much more OF a community
such as we believe this to be. Rever.
ance for old customs and relics has been
distinctive feature Of Yale life in the
past, and 1t Is the duty OF the community
TO protect and preserve all the memories
and monuments Of the great through
whom Yale has been raised to the posi-
ton she now occupies. Ihope that this
act was done in moment OF thoughtless-
ness, and yet the memory Of 1t ought to
be lasting disgrace throughout the lives
OF the perpetrators. regret that l was
obliged to interrupt our simple morning
worship by calling attention to this act
Of Dissertation, and 1t puts me in mind OF
the old saying that In manlness we ap-
proach very near To Godliness." At
present there arc no definite grounds for
suspicion but every effort Is being made
to discover the perpetrators. Ameeting
was called for last night at a quarter to
seven o'clock by the prominent students
Of the University for the purpose OF con.
demning the offence and to take action
on the following resolution:
"ReSOlred-That we, the students OF
Yale University, hereby publicly de-
nounce the afIront to the name and dig.
nifty OF Professor Silliman, and 10 it
further
"Resolvd-That we brand this deed as
alien in It's spirit to the true standard Of
Yale lie and arraign It's doers before the
bar OF public sentiment as guilty OF dc.
flaming the pood name of Yale,n