The Washington times., 1902-02-21
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
THREATENED MUT[NY
Trouble Over Suspension of
Captain BoWles.
REFUSED TO OFFER APOLOGY
Friction Between Cadet Officer and
Young Instructor mt Business
High SchOOl-FncuIty Discipline
the boy.

The Business High School is in a state
Of commotion such as it has not known
since the time that Captain Shannon was
discharged from the cadet company at that
institution.
Cadet Benjamin A. Bowles, cadet captain
of Company G, has been suspended from
drill for tie whole Of next week. and in
consequence the determination of the mill
tary company has been seriously threat
ened.
The attitude of the majority of the
pupils to the principal and faculty has
been on the verge of lnutiny, but this lat
ter aspect of he case, however, appears 10
have petered out
,ndet Officer Disciplined.
Captain Bowles was hauled up for an
alleged misdcmeanor and for not apollo
giving to f. Harold Deland. one of the
younger male teachers in the school. for an
offence that the pedagogue claims is very
serious. The other officers of Company &,
besides the majority of the privates, openly
avowed their intention of leaving the com
pany in a body and disbandng the organ
iZation if their captain was suspended or
subjected to accusations regarding his We
racity.
The pupils generally took the matter
up and are strongly denouncing the
teacher who caused the disturbance. as
well as the principal and faculty Indig-
nation meetings have been held in the
alley adjoining the institution and Cap
tain Bowles has been universally coun-
seled not TO apologize.
Wednesday afternoon Captain Bowles
found It necessary to call up one of the
cadets in his company for repeatedly dis
obeying orders. He obtained permission
from Mr. ALLAN Davis, the principal of
the school, to allow him to take the cadet
into the drill hall.
Girls in Session.
When he entered the hall, however. he
found one end of it was being occupied
by the girls caIisthenics class. He bagn
TO talk to the boy in a whisper, and ac-
cording TO the statement of girls who
were in the room at the time, did not
interrupt the class in the slightest
Delahd, the young teacher, a graduate
of the school two or three years back
and who has recently been appointed to
the institution. saw the pair enter the
hall and rushed in to drive them out.
Girls who saw the whole occurrence say
that the newly-made pedagogue abruptly
landed on the boys and ordered them to
get out
The cadet officer protested, stating that
he had permission from Mr.. Deland's su-
perior. the principal, to use the drill hall.
and that in doing so heSwas merely car
rying out his necessary military work
The instructor insisted however. that
the cadets would have to march out of
the room at his bidding or there would
be trouble" Captain Bowles refused to
leave the room. Thereupon, the girls say
the teacher grasped Bowles by the slack
OF his jacket and unceremoniously at
tempted to eject him from the hall.
\ Fracas.
Deland is very little older than the cadet
officer, and typical schoolboy fracas en-
sued.
The trial of strength was finally brought
to temporary pause however, by the
teacher vowing loudly that the soldier
would be suspended from school unless he
Immediately begged his pardon and craved
forgiveness. Captain Bowles has quite a
reputation in the Business High School
and among his friends as being particu-
larry independent.
He advised the instructor that he would
meet him in another territory first
Reports have it that the pair were on
the verge of another eight. The teacher
finally settled upon a compromise Cap
tain Bowles could have until O'Clock
the next morning to consider the matter
turn it over in his mind" as Mr. Deland
said. If he did not apologize by that time
he would be thrown out of the school. -
Mr. Deland declared that he would take
no third course in the matter.
Nine o'clock of the next day came, but
Captain Bowles had sot apologized. The
faculty suspended him.
Suspended by the Faculty.
The military committee of the school.
consisting of Messrs. Allan Davis. the
principal. and Mr.. Charles Hart a mem
Der OF the 'aculty, met yesterday after
noon for the purpose OF irving the case.