The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-30
Trustees Make "Bluff" at Seniors and
Every Pedsgogue Packs His Grip.
Rebellion in the School Over the Discharge Of
Prof. Tompkins Ends in the Board Can-
ceiling the Diplomas Of Class SO.
Alleged Big Steal in the Construction of
LaPorte's 100000 Courthouse.
Reception to DR.. James r. Hibberd, OF Rich.
mond-Anderson Sports al Prize Fight
The State Militia Encampment
WINDS UP IN A ROW.

WINDS UP IN A ROW.
Diseraceful Ending of the School Year 10
the Terre Haute Normal
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. June 29.-At meet
ing of the board of trustees of the Indiana
Normal School. tonight, 1t was decided "a
abandon the public commencement exer
cises. which were to be held tomorrow
morning, and to refuse certificates of grad.
uation to all of the sixty-nine members Of
the graduating class This action grows
out of the recent trouble IN the school
in which class of ninety three students
revolted against the action of the board in
removing Prof. Arnold Tompkins from the
faculty. Every student in the school stood
by the rebels. The action taken by the
board to night resulted directly from tho
refusal of the members of the senior class
to sign q statement read TO them to-day by
the president of the board and addressed
TO the board and to President Par
SONS. setting forth that they regretted
the action recently taken by them.
The statement was read to the
class at 4 o'clock. and was in the form of an
ultimatum. The GLASS was given until 9
O'clock TO sign it, but mono of them COM
piled. Tue members of the class. without
exception. at once gathered mp their books
and left the building. Many of them pur-
chased railroad tickets TO leave on the
night train for their homes. In refusing
to sign the statement the GLASS Is upheld
by the entire school of nearly q thousand
students.
The members of the senior class decline
to talk about this afternoon's q meeting with
the board The board will not give TO the
public the statement submitted TO the
class. There Is dupiicity somewhere. A
week Ago both President Parsons and Vice
President Psndison said the certificates
would not tie withheld. Tonight the board
gave out the following statement:
The trustees of the Normal School have de-
cided to have public cOmmencem ent exer-
cises tomorrow. The law authorizes the hoard
cafes of proficiency certificates OF grad.
uation) to such teachers (students) shall
have completed any Of the prescribed
character and disciplinary relation 10 the school
shall be satisfactory. 1t Is the duty of the
trustees. under the Jaw. TO ascertain whether the
disciplinary relatlons of the members OF the
present senior class are such TO entitle them
10 be graduated. The Normal schools the States
training school for puhlc school teachers, and no
young man nor woman should be permitted
10 leave 1t with the highest Endorsement OF the
institution who does not recognize fully by his
which it is controlled. The board will spend
whatever additional time tomorrow may be
necessary IN investigating this subject Any Ger,
fificates or diplomas granted will be conferred
without public exercises.
The board has not yet chosen the faculty
for the next year. bnt wall do so to-mor-
row.
When the annual meeting of the alumni
association was called to orcer. this after
noon, there were between seyenty-fv and
one hundred members present. The
students had written to their friends
in the association 10 be present.
the avowed purpose being to adopt resolu-
tions criticlsing the school management.
But there was strong rallyiDg of those
who believed that any such action would
be unwise. The members of the senior
classes were admitted into quasi-member.
OF the right TO vote later on.
Resolutions were offered criticising she
Governor who had appointed the state
board of trustees, on the ground that none
Iutions demanded that the appointments OF
members hereafter should be made from
tho alumni of the school. When the
question was put objections were
raised to the members of the senior
GLASSES voting. on the score that they would
not be graduates until they had received
their certificates. The question as 60
whether they should be permitted TO vote
was submitted to a vote of the alumni
proper and was decided In the negative by
a vote of 55 to 20. The resolutions were
then, of course voted down.
The prevailing sentiments was, In effect.
that whatever might be the merits of the
issue involved in the dispute between the
students and the school management. the
alumni would be lowering it's dignity to
engage In the controversy in the present
crisis. DR.. K. /. Keirling. of Chicago.
was elected head of the association
fss the saS1 ssnsGng yeRs to succeed sa
had been one of the most active opponents
of the administration of the school. The
alumni did adopt a resolution calling for q
committee of five 20 prepare law TO be
submitted TO the next annual meeting Of
the association for the appointment of
members OF the alumni TO the board. This
was offered by Professor Carpenter. OF
Bloomington, who had led the majority.
Alpheus Reynolds was the defeated candl.
date for president of the anti-Parsons peo-
pie. Professor Tompkins was present, bus
took no part in the proceedings.
Following is the list of the senior class
that would have graduated tomorrow:
gansport; W. ]. Bowden, Nashville; O.
Brown; VG nyon,s ssaiiO%; boiiio hsiins: : Rome
Terre Haute; Mary Coltrin, Terre Hautei
ClOverdale; W; E. CarroOn. Fowler; Wal
Quaker Hill; Daniel Dees. Eureka; Eta
II. Delay, Lima; Anna Froeb, Terre
Haute; Louise Freudenreich, Terre Haute;
Mary E. Ferguson, Terre Haute; Gusta Eel
baum, Dayton; Tillle FelDaum, Dayton; A. o.
Fulkerson, kaglesville; Cora d. Gillette. Terre
Haute; Flora Gourley. Bloomington; III. 5. Gill
hams, Lagrange; G.. w. Gayler, Hills
boro; NJ. B. Griffith, South Bend;
j. W. Heath. Clay City; George II. Hansell. Gull.
ford; n. c. Heironimus, Mason; Ginevra HUFF.
man. Seymour; Branard Hooker, 0akdam; Sam
uel E. HarwO0d, Terre Haute; Eva johnson,
Atherton; Matilda Kalmbach, Jeffersonville;
Anna Lang, Lawrenceburg. Elizabeth B. Law
renee Jeffers0nville; Eunice Little, Dana q. III.
Mauntel. Holland; Kate Mayity. Paoli; J. L. Nc
Manis, Peru; ID. w. Nelson. Whites
town; Grace Norwood. indianapolis;
Anna Odle. Williamsport; w. A Oliphant. Cal
vertyille; samuel B. PIasket. Georgetown; Efiio
NJ. Preston, Lagrange; Milton W. RotherI
DeGonia Springs; Jennie Randolph.
| kibbie, III; Emma solomon, Terre
Haute; Harry G.. strawn, Madison. PAT
Joseph w. Strain. Summit Grove: Lena VI.
Steward, Danville, Ill.,; G. NJ. Shafor. Rossville;
j. ii. scholl. Lyons Station; Getty Van
Buskirk. Gosport; j. t. Worsham. Glenwood;
Wilmina Wallace. Peru; Elizabeth Wilson, Peru;
0stin L. WooIley. Kokomo: A. G. Wool
ley. New London; :, susie p Wilson.
Laura wharry. Terre Haute; Mary V. Walsh.
Terrc Haute: A. @. Yoder. shipshewana; II. A.
Yoder, shipshewana; j. V. hartman, Worthing-