San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-14
o.ityassAR GIRLS REBEL.
Make 2aIdPronomced Display Of
% h;lw Their Patriotism. o1gf.
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Fncultys Scores Dismal Failure In
10 Trying, TO Prevent the gCeIebra-
ton Of rWashington's 52sEs1E
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The most emphatic demonstration of
dissatisfaction with college rules ever
made1hy the students of Nassau took
place iiitr the college8on Washingtor's
birthday at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Two
yearSsagoi 1.-THE faeulty4of Sassar college
voted that1for various reasoDsWash
toAssIt bifShaay should not be given to
the students'as a holiday. nav s.s>'''-
LIN 1876 che holiday fell upon the last
day of thefweek, and so seemed like a
holiday Id many respects. ! But this
yeara<breagkt it on Monday, and the
Eassar students felt it an, insult TO
their PATRIOTISM to be+obliged to attend
classes, They resolved to protest
against this as a body. About a quar-
Ter ofa1 hour before breakfast Monday
9. body of students assembled at the Sc
NOR paElor and marched through the
corridoEssrinereasing in numbers as
they pEqessdsd. =,.:;.. sss1: .s,sE ST. .
3ytssAmerieaYaud yankee Doodle" were
sung with a5wilL By the time the pro-
cession passed out of the frontentrance
and overato the presidents house there
were about 800 students in line. They
saluted President Taylor's residences
with Esthree cheers for the red, white
and blue" and hearty cheers for George
Washington. Then, returning, they
entered the dining room to the tune of
/ "America." Quick and silent hands
had Transformed the dining-roori into
a beau tiful. scene of national colors.
4 chalk line, was drawn around the
faculty table and 4 screen of flags shut
item away from the patriotic ones who
We're intent upon, eelebrat ting the day.
The professors We're greeted as they
entered the classrooms with patriotic
songs and their classes all arrayed in
their best dresses, with hats and gloves
on. as if just ready to leave college.
More than this, a poster for every class
was, conspicuous behind the desk. The
French poster announced: ;"Qui entire
:ici lie patriotisme dehors." The al
faebru one was a clever computation of
the esultsaof taking away patriotism
from thes faculty and adding it to the
students, The Greek one informed the
college that the Greeks loved freedom
and taught, honor to those who freed
their country. Would that our teach
ers would do the same" The psychol-
ogy poster traced the agonies of the
mind caused by depriying the student
body of che. holiday. In the morning
mail each member Of the faculty re-
:ceived,.a notice, "A revised edition of
Shakespeare's tragedy George Wash
ington,' - with extracts to illustrate
the ATTRACTIONS. ........ .. .
The bulletin board in the main cor
ridor was covered with notices from
every club in the college, such as
There will be no meeting of the Stu
dents association to-day" "The Dick
ems club will not meet to-day" Fed
eral councils. will hold no meeting to-
day. THE Wake Robin club will not
meet to-day" In striking contrastwa
an unsigned notice: I"The faculty will
meet as2usual to-day"
There was colonial ball given in the
evening IN the gymnasium. The whole
senior class. went as George Washing
ton ce1ebrators, with labels to insure
identification. --------,...-.~-....
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