The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-03
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Regulate ING DoHe4s' IVY
| Small Pill. Small Dose.
Small Price.
bad; that the corps of cadets IS a hlsh-
toned and honorable body OF young i ieii'
that the faculty is high-toned ana t1o.oia
hle. that the Board OF Visitors are Nigh
toned and honorabie-'so are thes an
all honorable men," The State o. II
sinia is full of high-toned men. ana II
would be a matter OF deep ieS,et ;. IL
authorities of the Virginia Military IN
stitute were not of this type. and SO Tar
as I am aware, there has been 90 intl-
nation to the contrary. though IL Is
rather surprising that such a superao at-
dance of higfl-tone cannot modify IN" COLI
duct of a few unruly boys
But does il not occur to DR. Upshar tiiat
something besides "high-tone' may De
necessary to successfully manage Dig
| military school? Such characteristics ,.a
executive ability, broad views and the Judi
cous tenlperament to rightly administer
authority?
Mr.. Brooke starts out with tie asset-
ton that Citizen Another Citizen
and all the others, who protest against
hazing know nothing about what they
write about, and that The alleged hasins
! is a very trivial matter; that The cade's
who leave the Institute rather than I'M
dergo the treatment they receive are
spoiled Children who need a nursery.
| This is very easy way to dispose of the
subject, but it is not convincing. MI,
| Brooke talks so exactly like the sub
| professors that enc almost concludes that
| is his position Any boy accustomed to
affection and consideration at home; ac-
| customed to being treated like a gentle
| man is disnlayed, disheartened and humlii-
| ated by the rough treatment the fourth
! class men have to undergo. II he cannot,
| or will not, endure it and leave, he is
| called spoiled child; if he does manfully
| give and bear it," the idea is fixed in
| his mind that he can only vindicate his
| self-respect and get ever BY 'hazing the
| rats" next year. Dr. | shur also pro
| tests against the eXagSeration OF the
| newspaper articles on this subject To
| Messrs. Upshur and Brook and to all
| others, Citizen here and now asserts and
| reitera ties that there was no eAaggeration
| whatever in the hazng described; If neces-
| sary the names could be given OF six or
! eight of the fourth-claSs men who We're
| subjected to this brutal treatment, though
| not of course, those OF their masked tor
| mentors. So far as known none of these
| boys complained or protested. Whether
! they are right in submitting in this way
| is u matter of individual opinion. Com
| mander Richard Wainwright, of Annapolis,
i that gallant sailor and brave gentleman,
| in his recent stern order against hazng.
! says most forcibly: 1.-The spirit that In
| duces fourth-class man TO smile or
| laugh while submitting to indignitieS is
| not the spirit that should be encoura ged
! in the American navy" 1t is not the
| spirit that should be encouraged in any
American school or in any Virginia boy.
| Mr.. Brooke seems to think differently, but
! We believe q majority of Virginia parents
| will agree with Commander Wainwright.
| Nor was there any exaggeration in Citi
zen's card as to the injury to the Insti-
| tute in the loss of pupils. Instead of eight
T! or ten boys leaving on account Of hazing
| as stated, eighteen or twenty have left
| and five, or possibly six, have been ex-
| PEELED for engaging in it. Three Of these.
we believe. have been expelled since the
| corps adopted resolutions against the al
| legged fazing.
The only point in Mr. 3rooke's letter,
| visible to the outside ignoranus, is when
| he asks why people keep on sending Their
| sons to the Virginia Military Institute if
! they suppose they would come to any
| serious harm during their fourtil-class
J year, We scarcely suppose the patrons
! OF the school expect their boys to have
| their necks OF limbs broken. or to receive
| permanent bodily injury, and Virginia
boy who wishes q military training has
| little choice he must so to the Virginia
| Military Institute to get it, and many
| parents do not know beforehand what
| their boys Will have to undergo And did
not the Board of Visitors 4 few wears ago
adopt and publish the report of commit
tee declaring that haZing had been
| abolished?
The press of the United States from
Main to Louisiana, from New York to
| California has been unanimous in de-
nouncins hazins at Annapolis, and every
word that has been uttered would apply
with equal force to the same abuse at The
Virginia Military Institute. The people
OF Virginia are tired of an idiotic custom
winch is demoraizing both hazed and
hazers and Injurious to the fine old school
they support SO literally and Loyalty.
~ the governing body. the Board OF
visitors. IL may be said that, as they
serve without remuneration, they cannot
De expected 10 give much OF their time
ana attention to the affairs of the Insti-
lote' az the same time, when they ac-
cepted the position they accepted its re-
sponsioilities, and our people have a right
10 expect careful and judicious exercise of
the authority entrusted to them Another
Cit1zeh mas many sympa thizers in his
WISH TO have the school brought into first
class, up-to-date condition. Let the Board
OF visitors look into this: let them con
sloef whether the Institute has not run
III the same old grooves long enough:
"hetiet the pohcy OF continuously recruit
ing the faculty from among the graduates
o. the school is producing the best results.
IN snort. whether an infusion of new blood,
new energy. new methods would not great
~ oenefs the school. Brace up, gentle
men, ana justify the trust reposed in you.
CITIZEN.