The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-25
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s-s.sI O. Ths Washiagton Post.
richmond. Va. Dec 22.-It was reported
ttls evening that as a result OF the haz-
trr st Richmond College early Thursday
-orrlrg N. r. owen has been expelled
er8 lanes Drake has been suspended.
Do ~ absence Of President Boatwright,
srsnasr of the faculty denied that such
lrsH steps rad been taken. He said the
r-ssidou, had made a partial investiga-
,en. bat had not yet laid the matter be-
fore the faculty.
Young Owen is a son Of Rev. DR.. A. T..
oUeu. of Portsmouth. who is a trustee OF
tfe college owen and Drake are both
r.smbsrs OF the advanced class. Presi-
dent BodtWright mas gone 10 the country
20 spend the holidays, but one of the
professors said he thought some Of the
rGor boys wanted TO have a lively time
b.fare going home for Christmas, and
ifay had Il out OF the new students,
e.Hcd Rats" Most of the students have
zone home, but IL is said a rigid investi-
cation will be made when the college re-
o,eus and there may be other expulsions,
AS the faculty had issued imperative
orders against hazing and cutting the
rope Of the college bell.
One of s'Rats; Tells Story.
The hazing seems to have taken the
usual form Of college pranks. One of the
sfu6euts. when seen this afternoon. said:
Il am one OF the rats ] was aroused
Thursday night about o'clock by having
q Iot Of masked students enter my room,
who commanded me 10 recite a piece on
TIberty.' / got OFF two or three lines.
Then they made me go down stairs. where
oil f.nH d
Another student, from Norfolk County,
said that he was taken out OF his bed by
q lot Of students and made to stand on his
head and count hundred backward. He
vas also one Of the so-called rats" A
rsolute-looking youth, who was seen GO
Ing across the snow-covered campus this
afternoon. said that he slept with a pistol
under his head, but that they pulled him
out Of his bed while he was asleep and
made him give them a speech. He was
treated very roughly, according to his
statement. One of the students is said tC
have gone about the dOrmitory waking
the boys and firing empty cartridges IN
their faces.
Death of Prominent Educator.
Mr. Edgar Malcolm Garnett. formerly
superintendent Of public schools of Rich
n0nd, and for fourteen years principal OF
Moore School, died this morning at the
Home for Incurables, of which he had
been an inmate for some months MIR.
Garnett was a typical Virginia gentleman
Of the old school, was universally popular
and had reached the advanced age OF
eighty years. He was born in Essex
County, Va, and was probably the last of
the famous family of Garnetts in Essex.
After growing 10 manhood he became d
planter In Florida, and later in life was
for many years a clerk in the offices of
the Court of Claims in Washington. At
the breaking out of the war Mr.. Garnett
came TO Richmond and was stationed here
during the conflict. After the war he de-
voted a number OF years to the collection
OF pensions.
In lSs2 he was made superintendent OF
the public schools of Richmond. He quail.
fed March 3. 1882, and retired from this Of
ice in July. 1856 Mr.. Garnett then was
made principal of the Moore School, which
position he held until the close Of the ses-
sion last Juno. The deceased leaves a
widow and one daughter, who reside in
Baltimore, the latter having married a
prominent gentleman of that city.
tim0re, the latter having married a prom
iEent gentleman of that city.
The department of public instruction has
learned with deep regret Of the resignation
OF Dr. BarTinger as chairman OF the fac
ulty Of the university, as the institution
reached the high-water mark of its sue
cess under his splendid management
While a native of North Carolina, Dr.
Barringer was educated at Kenmore High
School, In Amherst. the University of Vir-
ginia, and subsequently at German uni
Nersites. and is one of the most distin-
guished educators in the State DR.. Bar
ringer viii speak before the Southern Edu-
cauonal Association next week on the ne
grO question.