The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-09
WAS NJ HAZING
Al BLACkSBURG
Corps of Cadets Resent Mr.. New
berne's Sttement.
HOLD A GENERAL MEETING.
Resolutions Passed and Evidence
Brough; to Show TIA, the state
meat From Portsmouth
Had no Foundation.
HOLD A GENERAL MEETING.

The Cadets of the Polytechnic Institute
az Blacksburg are much stirred over am
Interview with representative Newberne
of Norfolk county and Portsmouth. h
o. Richmond Paper jan which Sir. NcwDerhe
b. quoted as saying.
Il think the practice has been carried
20 am outrageous extent ln my Guy OF
Portsmouth there is now young man
Who Will probably never be we'll again
a. the result of the pranks OK the hazefs
az tine Polytechnic institute, al Blach7-
burg. "a few weeks ago..
The cadets held meeting at the Poly
tcchnie Institute to take action on the
matter and make denial that the alleged
haZ.ue occurred there.
An account Of this meeting forwarded
by the Times B.acksburg correspondent
includes a copy of letter from the
senior class 0f lhc Institute 10 the pre-
s.deut and faculty under date of October
End l>.4. and endorsed by the several other
classes of t.e school, boz which the de-
clare their determination TO put down
once for au Che practice OF halinS' dH'
10 proceed against amy member iOuhu
guilty of the offence
The CORDS at the meeting last Wednes-
day passed resolutions c0ndemning me
charge of haZng coming from Portsmouth
as both untrue and unjust Ihey lh-
tr0ducc in the resolutions passed a state
ment of the fros hnau class affirming NOT
only that the resolutions against hdzlns'
adopted by the student body, have been
faithfully enforced but also that even
before the adoption Of The resolutions, IN
the opening days of the session. no Nio-
Icuce of the kind charged in the para
.r-t.h rg4e tlrrffiraT against them.
The resolutions cite these facts:
-Four young men from Portsmouth
matrlCulated here this session Alr. ASH
ton AN old student. and Messrs west
Wh.snaut and Pace, new boys. OF 1he
four. the three first named young men
are stil in attendance Mr.. Pace ma
circulated ON the Ord Of September and
lea college ON the 9th II is evident
therefore ihat Doe must be the student re-
fcrrcd to in the paragraph.
The facts of his Withdrawal are as tol-
lows. lie arrived here on September 2'th
and compl4ined of rheumatism. from
which he had been chronic sufferer
Immediately upon his arrival. ON the
9ftb he applied TO tine president for per
mission to go 90 Roanoke 10 see his
father. who was there in attendance
upon the Firemeu's Convention. 4 copy
of his application is ON lle in the pre-
sidenrs office.
When asked by the president 10 state
his business he answered that DEE was
sufferer from chronic rheuma. -m ana
that Doe wished 90 consult his father about
il. that be- was lame at the time from the
effects OF the disease.
lie told Mr. AshtOu ON the evening he
left JZGth that Doc was only withdrawing
on account of rheumatism, that he h9d
met with poo uukind treatment aud that ne
hoped 10 bee able 10 return 20 college
should Dis health improve.
when in Roanoke. bee made exactly the
same statement 20 Mr. Be.ote OF Nor
folk. one OF our students. The two stu
dents from bis own town with whom he
ro0med during The six days be was here,
are positive iu declaring that bee was not
W-treatcd. that tlev We're In position
to see II he had been. that so far from
TO- tha students when informed OF has
af ption were kind and forbearins to-
So rds him.
Hut We contend that whatever view
may De taken as regards his case the
fact that the students Of the college. or
their own free will and accord. ana Tor
the reasons set forth in their resolutions.
nuall. abolished haZing here Bon The early
davs VI October a time subsequent 10
Mr. PAGES withdrawal ANA nave IdlIH-
frllv carried into effect the action deter
mined upon al that time. is sufficient re-
piv 10 the charges brought forward
AGAINST hazing as far as our own insu-
tution is concerned. For It IS universal
~ held that 30 law can be enforced unless
IA is backed by public opinion. and Do
must De- equally clear 20 every intelligent
n.rson that the free and voluntary ace
ton of the student body OF a college is
the best. indeed the only possible way Of
putting stop 10 the practice Of hazing
Within ifs walls.
THE statement which is only given I'm
part above was signed as follows;
class Of 1000: J.. j.. Jewel chairman
+ r. Hardesty. H. ~ Jacobs.
Glass Of 1901: g. w. Gunst. A. Y.
Waddy. J. VI. Hicks.
Glass Of 1902: IT. @. Mccormack, +. H.
Jackson Ill., r. Artman.
class Of 1879: T.. r. Wilcox. II. b. Bates.
f.. Morrow. w. A. Browning, c. w.
Whisman
Cadets Gunst. A. W Waddy and Bur
reu are all Richmond men.