The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-15
HAzTNG In A STATE SCHOOL
TWENTY.THREEs STUDENTS UNDER sUs-
PENSION IN CORTLAND.

TWENTY.THREEs STUDENTS UNDER sUs-
PENSION IN CORTLhNn
ney st.As.ss whe Were C..sat Esesrss.s
visiting 0ir4 Students Tossed Over
Fences s.a Dveked IN PesAs Ustn Thoy
,Cessestea - SoiA the Crowd 81 Hasers.
OoHr1ANp. Dec 1<.-The State Normal and
Training School in this village has had since
its existence the reputation OF being the best
in the State. At present there are twenty-three
students under suspension They are sons Of
the leading residents Of this village. The
question ss to the business Of their suspension
II one that has placed tho local Board and the
people OF the village at points. Il came about
in this way: Last Wednesday evening Prof.
Bardeen delivered q lecture to the normal
studenta Prof Bardeen is not favorite with
the students inasmuch a. II has been
suggested to them that they might derive
some benefit By registering with his agency
as applicants a. school teachers. At the leo
ture on Wednesday evening the students
gathered ON the campus and determined that
those who had been favored TO escort lady
from the lecture should not enjoy . privilege
Of which they had been deprived. They form
ed themselves In body and two By two
marched down Church street. On the way
down they encountered . student who
was with . lady attendant Of the nor.
NAL school They surrounded them.
and. calling the male student to ono
side. asked whose company he preferred. hers
or theirA Before he had chance to answer
he was picked up bodily and hurled over
fenca On the other side Of the fence he was
received by other students. who repeated the
question whsther he would join their ranks or
continue his wsy homo with the lady. In the
mean time the lady had hurried homeward.
49, ~ ~A,,An hN~k vn@ 900
inclined to rebel. but on second thought
Joined with them in their haxing expedition.
Laughing and shouting the students con-
tinued ON their way to the boarding houses
where they knew lady students boarded. and
who had been eScorted home ey the gentle ..e
ssa n zach sdy STUDENT
1ss sae fence and
was visitins.. A one house. on Lincoln W..
n:s mss M hsd ss
companied them home. In front Of the house the
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want Wanted p q. tSsr aasrters ss once The ladies
sited them Is. They declined the invitstion
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found dozen strong arms waiting 70 receive
the ohoiee was given them between falling IN
t ans leds sas ana drenssed
they wisely concluded TO join the hazera Thus
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had escorted female students home had been
A' This rebellious action on the part Of the
students is nothing new: When Dr. Hoose
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sompelled to diseonsinus his address. Dying
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prevent This. Z possible. the member Of A.
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pss the. ipaEsnss to drye R6littss from tSa The
~ There are some Of our citizens who think
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. connection between boys pranks. one upon
another. and any feeling that may exist be-
unruly spirit or q tendency to insubordina:.
ton among the Students: Of part Of them y
vent in Just such tricks as those which oc-
ourred . few evenings ago We hope that this
may not be 60, and that f9r the good
school. and IL would pc pity II there were the
school as ali know. is going through a crucial
period. Recent events have not been forgotten;
only to Keep them fresh in the public memory.
II they wore simply o species Of hazing and
bore no other relation to the school. the
sooner they are treated as such and quietly
dropped the better It will be for all concerned.
but II there is any deeper meaning In them
corrective influences applied. No other course
would be wise"