The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-19
STUDENTS IN A RIOT.
A CANDIDATE FOR THE MINISTRY
ORA us A REVOL YER.
The Trouble Grew Out of tho Recent Co..
Icgs Imbroslio-"Fra's" and mon
Frats" Worked Up tos I. ghting Heat.

All the indications point to very
serious sequel 10 the recent Richmond
college imbrogllo. and, In the language
of one OF the members OF the faculty
who was seen yesterday afternoon, 1.-THE
two factions among the students are right
on the verge Of bloodshed.' BY a timely
Interference on the part Of some Of the
cooler-headed students. what might have
terminated in a tragedy was narrowly
avoided.
Ever since Professor +. w. Boatwright
OF the chair of Modern Languages. was
elected to the presidency of the institu-
tion there has been very strong feeling
against him among many of the students
and the result was that they were d.
vided into two factions-one heartily fav-
orlng Mr.. Boatwright for the office. and
the other equally opposed TO MIN. The
general imbroglio which existed amonf
the trustees. professors and students OF
the institution, as a result Of the action
of the board, has already been recorded
In the daily papers
OPPOSED TO FRATEESITIEs.
II Is understood among the fraternity
men of the college that the new presi
dent is opposed to these societies, and IL
was thought by some that he would make
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The anti-fraternity men. who have never
had any great love- for the fraternity
men, were heartily in favor Of Mr.. Boat
wright, It Is believed partly for the rea-
son that they believed his election TO
the presidency would be a strong blow
TO the secret societies. which have a
membership of some forty or fifty stu
dents.
About o'clock yesterday morning the
following lines, believed to have been pre-
pared under the supervision Of Messrs.
Provence and BinfoBd, appeared on the
bulletin board in the public hallway:
THE LAST DAYS OF NIHMITT.'
Come, boys, let's pay our last respects,
Though they're dying without regrets.
To the fraternities:
And though they're gaining fast that
shore,
Which should have seen them long ago,
Still we have sympathies.
Just as ! should to captured rats,
/ say to you. defeated Frats..
Whose hopes are all in Hill:
Since you are found beneath the tide,
Which you can never override,
Let thy weak voice be still.
| hereby promise. as you die.
That when l pass the graveyard by
Where you viii soon be borne:
Though none will sing a farewell lay,
AS you lie Wondering In the clay,
I'll say, sleep on! sleep on.
TROUBLE BREWING.
The lines stirred up a small-siZed hor-
nets nest one or two of the fraternity
men came down cut of lccture-room
and tore the paper down. An hour later
similar poetic cffuson appeared. This
too, met with the same fate. lid
paper appeared. and by that time the
feeling between the. fraternity men and
the ant-fratornity men became intense. \
young man named W. +. Gordon protest
ed against the proceedings, and he be-
came involved in a difficulty with .ir. II
{. TWitchell, Il ministerial student from
Buffalo. n. Y. Gordon was regarded as
too light a man To tackle" mis- opponent
and then Mr.. Bruce BoWe son of Mr.
y. w. BOwe. the well-knoWn real estate
man Of this city, took Gordon's part In
: the course of the trouble, Mr.. TWftcneH
according to information given me by a
number Of the students. called MIR. Bowe
Il - scoundrel y little Scrap was
started. but the men were soon parted.
and then Mr. Twitchell excused himself.
went up 10 his room, and soon returned
with a Smith q Wesson. douDle-action
3S-calibre revolver. He threatened 10 use
the weapon upon Mr.. Bowe. and then a
dozen or more students rushed in; the
revolver was captured and turned over
to Chairman Puryear. and a history Of
the proceedings was furnished that gem
tloman.
A FACULTY MEETING.
The trouble caused great excitement out
at the College, and Chairman Puryear
called a meeting OF the faculty A
quorum could not be secured, however,
and the matter will be investigated later.
Chairman Puryear had nothing to say
for publication last night, except that he
very much regretted the affair. and that
the faculty would deal with IL as best
they saw lit.
Several of the professors when seen ap-
peared TO feel deeply mortified about the
trouble, and a request was made that the
item be suppressed, upon the ground that
the publication Of the details might lead
10 further trouble.
4 large number of the students were
worked up to fever heat last night, ana
they stated that the end had not yet
come 1t Is feared that the trouble will
grow still more serious If some rigid
measures are not soon adopted. The
feeling seems TO be increasing instead of
dying out
Rev. NJ. ]. Hoover, formerly a minis
terial student of Richmond College, but
now principal of the Barton Heights
school, came near getting into personal
alteration with some of the students Tor
pouring coal oil on the cctiin used III the
recent burial ceremonies and setting ire
TO II. 4 number of the students resented
the matter, upon the ground thal ihe
coffin was private property