The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-22
FRESHMEN ARE
EXPELLED FROM
THEIR COLLEGE
Aftermath of a Fracas
on the Campus.
SEVERE MEASURES ADOPTED
THE FACULTY ATTEMPTS TO
ENFORCE ITS RULES.
Students at Berkeley Excited Over
the Punishment Melted Out to
Four freshmen for
Rushing.
SEVERE MEASURES ADOPTED
THE FACULTY ATTEMPTS TO
ENFORCE ITS RULES.

BERKELEY, Sept. 1.-THE faculty Of
the University of California has at last
decided to put its foot down upon the old
custom of college rushes. BY the action
Of its committee on students affairs 1t
has already assumed an attituue of ex-
treme severity toward those who took
part in the tussle of last Friday night.
Four freshmen and several sophomores
have been called up" and one has been
given notice either to withdraw his name
from the academic roll or to suffer the
penalty of expulsion.
This determined action on the part of
the professors came as a great surprise
to all the students this morning, and as
consequence the whole university is in a
state of excitement.
The general sentiment seems to prevail
that the faculty is right in the stand 1t
has taken, and the more conservative
among the college men indorse it's action
as far as the principle of the thing goes.
But many complaints are heard that the
punishment melted out was exercised with
unjust discrimination and it Is expected
that the Associated Students will take the
matter up and request the committee on
students affairs to reconsider it's deci
sion.
The four freshmen who have felt the
weight of faculty law so Unexpectedly are
and A McKeown. Springer, McKeown
and Hamlin entered the university last
August from the Berkeley High School.
DiXson is the crack sprinter from Oregon
and the man who was expected to carry
off the 100-yard dash in the next inter
collegiate field day.
worded briefly as follows: THE COM
mittee on students affairs desires to see
you in room 5, North Hall. at Ills O'Clock
Wednesday, This notice takes precedence
nniVarS1tV
Within the committee-room the men
Were told that they had violated the rules
Of the soege and SO must
of the university, with the option, OF
withdrawing their names themselves
from the academic roll.
he took no part in the rush, and was &C.
cordingly excused. A Mckeown's case
has been taken under. consideration, but
over the other two the sentence OF the
committee still remains.
When seen by Call representative this
afternoon Hamlin gave his version Of the
baseball same he said, when the rush
aF asd 9a yes S Sh side the Of sa
looking, after some of the things and talk
Ing Ing with the PLAYERS, and did not get near
the tight tn 1t was Just over. l happened
freshman, and could not resist going to
the help of one of my own classmates.
"A minute OF 30 dII6r the rush was de-
clared over, and / never at any time was
in the midst of 1t. Why l should have
been singled out from the rest / do not
know, but | could not deny before the
committee this morning that ! had moth
ing to do with the affair whatever, al
though l only acted on the spur Of the
was going on. However, the committee
refuses to be lenient on that account, and
there is the option either of withdrawal
or expulsion. / have decided to UNDERGO
the latter, because it seems to me tI.at
justice was hardly done in my case"
All those who took part in the rush
agree that Hamlin has received q much
greater punishment than he deserves and
that he really was the last who ought to
have come under faculty censure. The
majority Of the students think 1t very I'M
fair that two or three men should have
been selected to suffer for the actions of
whole class.
Rumors of indignation meetings have
been floating about the campus all day,
and rash suggestions about the whole
freshman class withdrawing from college.
but as the Associated Students Is the
proper body to deal with grievances of
this kind meeting will doubtless be
called for Friday morning to discuss the
matter It is probable that some agree
ment will then be reached which will
settle the whole question of rushing for
some time to come.
Meanwhile, those who engaged in the
rush last Friday night are expecting any
moment to be called up" with the same
fate In view as those whose cases have
already been dealt with.