The age-herald., 1900-12-17
The Affair is Not Altogether
 Without Precedent SOME INTERESTING HISTORY
Men Who Are Now Distinguished Once Took Part in Rev0Its at the Old School-Last
 One We'll Planned

Tuscaloosa, December 16-(SpeciaL)-Th uprising of the students of the University of Alabama against the constituted author ity of the institution is not without prece- dent. But this particular character of in- surrection and revolt is entirely different from the former rebellions that have taken place at the university.
 One of the first rehellions at the univer- sity was one in the year 1S4O, when there took part in it young man who was des- tined to be the oldest member of that same university's board of trustees when it ex- amined into a rebellion held sixty years later. That man was Hon. M. L. Stansel of Carrollton, the oldest member of the board.
 In the years that quickly followed there came about in 1850 anoth.r famous rebel lion, known as the Dolby rebellion, when the entire sophomore class left because | young Dolby was punished by expulsion | from the university. The young men who l went out with Dolby, the cadet whose expu- | sion caused the uprising, were afterwards | reinstated, although a number of those dis missed failed to apply for reinstatement. | One of the most prominent men in the states history, and the only Alabamian | who has ever been made a cabinet officer, was among the number. This was the dis l tinguished Hon. Hilary Herbert The Last the Worst. | Since that time several smaller troubles l came up, and were disposed of, but the most serious of any of these breaches of authority the insurrection started on | Thursday morning, December 6. This was undoubtedly planned by master hand, for | it was one of the most perfectly carried out affairs of its kind which has ever taken place at a southern university. It is under- stood that some of the seniors assisted in arranging the fireworks in the quadrangle, and a feature of this arrangement is said to have been to make the Roman candles and sky rockets train on the door of the commandant.
 When the commandant went to the foot of the stairs he was stopped by barbed wire.
 The president met with a similar fate, and while the officers talked to the boys they were hooted and jeered and peted with ashes and coal. Tine next morning the boys performed their academic duties, but de- clned fatly to further perform the duties imposed on them by the commandant. At this point no punishment was inflicted on the boys CT on any of their leaders, al- though it is alleged that Commandant West ferreted out the names of those who were prominently identified with the scenes that took place on the quadrangle.
 The president of the institution, Dr. Pow CTS, referred the matter to the faculty. They sat some time and came to no conclusion, but on last Monday afternoon the faculty held their celebrated meeting, at which over a half dozen boys were allowed to tes- tify. This is the occasion when they de- sired to lay the blame equally between the president and the commandant Since that time the boys, who had refused to march to church the preceding Sunday and had ignored the military unrebuked, appointed committee of three to see that the best of order prevailed.
 A Czar Appointed.
 And it is said that one of these cadets was recognized as the commanding officer of the students and treated with due difference by the remainder of the cadets. Whenever a cadet wished to come to the city from the university he was required to secure a permit from the commanding officer or
 CzdIs dS AC Ldo pCSli JOCuiilly Cdlieu Dy many of the residents of this place. This is where the strongest card of the boys was played, as they never allowed the slightest disorder to prevail in the bar. racks, and during the whole week of rebel lion against the military department of the university there was absolute order of the most excellent character on the part of the boys.
 Some of the charges reported to have been brought by the boys at the meeting of the faculty Tuesday afternoon were not made nor did the boys demand the presi- dents resignation. However, they stated most positively that they did throw at him and show him disrespect on the eventful night of the sixth. They also charged the president with partiality to some of the boys on account of influence of their pa- rents. Another statement the boys made was that they did not bring their grievances in some manner other than open rebellion because of a lack of confidence in the president. While the boys did not make all of the charges reported to the newspa- per men by the seniors and law students they did prefer charges against both the president and Commandant West.
 The Various Meetings.
 The faculty had the matter before them several days and after discussing the mat ter for some time referred the whole affair to the executive committee. The full exec utive committee could not be here, as Hon. Daniel Pratt was in Florida, so Capt James E. Webb, chairman of the committee, and 1Continued on Third Page).