The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-02
~" STUDENTS IN
a. HOT REBELLION
This Morning They Elected Three
Park Policemen From the "U"
Sacred Precincts.
The Officers Flourished Revolvers,
but the Crowd Was Good Ma
tured and Went Ahead.
Plain Clothes Man Trying to Turn
in Call, Is Tied Up With
Garden Hose.

Hot rebellion at the varsity! 1t Is town
and gown with a vengeance!
Three policemen this morning shared
the fate Of their hapless associate who was
yesterday hustled from the campus by in
dignant students and unceremoniously
boosted upon an Interurban car. This was
because he insisted upon arresting
cycling student who rode upon the walks
bordering the parkway that runs through
the campus.
This morning. while tho board Of re-
gents looked on from the windows Of a
nearby building. three burly park guar
dams M. B. Shelley. Charles Anderson
and Charles Swanson. appeared on the
campus. A fourth officer. E. Anderson,
in plain clothes. lowered about
the edges. The students recog
nized the increase in the po-
lice detail as a challenge and prompt
ly took 1t up. The uniformed men
were hustled and jostled by a good ma
tured mob and pressed inch by inch from
the campus. They made demonstration
with revolvers, but the students knew
there was no danger Of shooting and
merely hooted. The officers hats were
smashed and finally they were landed
upon a street car and sailed away dis
comflted.
Meantime the plain clothes man made
He was discovered and promptly tied to
tree by a laughing crowd, which used
garden hose for the purpose.
The affair was over just ssoOn the
bell for chapel struck. and the students
made their way to chapel to hear what
President Northrup would have to say,
stopping on the way to pay for the hose
which the plain clothes man had cut up in
his efforts to free himself.
President Northrop's Advice
President Northrop. after chapel ex-
ercises. said:
1T is a great deal easier to get into
trouble than it Is to get out, and the
students are not to interfere with the
police. The park board has the techn-
cal right to do as 1T has done. and the
students must not take the affair into
their own hands nor enter into a dispute
with any officer. The board Of regents,
now In session. requests me to say that
they will not tolerate It, Students are
citizens. and should be citizens of the
highest type. and not encourage public
disfavor The public In general is
preJudiced against student disorders, and
we do not desire such comment as was
lately given the University Of California
Six hundred athletic young men bantering
one lonely policeman Is not the best exhf-.
bition of manly courage, and hope these
disorders will not continue
Regents Request
The university regents witnessed the
affair from the window of the presidents
office. and although they prohibited anv
further disorder. they will meet with SUI
pertntendent Berry this afternoon and ask
that the park board relinquish its do
minion over the campus drives. since they
are on state property and are used almost
exclusively by the students.
Superintendent Berry's Position.
According to Park superintendent Ber
ry,- the park board controls the eighty
foot driveway through the campus Every
year the board has maintained this thor
oughfare, planting flower and foliage beds
and, until this year, giving sprinkling
service.
Our idea has been to put the UNIVERSE
ty on a footing with other state institu-
lions IN the way Of outdoor improve
ments," said the superintendent. AT the
other institutions the grounds are beauti-
fully kept, but in spite Of all we have been
able to do, we have never been able to
induce the university students to follow
the paths nor to respect the flower beds
This year there was an extra man avail
able on the park police force, and he was
detailed to the campus. The ordinance
regarding cycling on the walks is plain
but we have not attempted at any time
to enforce 1t to the letter. When the road
way was In bad shape the cyclists had the
liberty Of the walks. but at other times
we have asked them to keep off. That
has made a great deal Of trouble, for it
was necessary for us to warn not only
many students but three professors and
instructors as we'll, and there has been a
good deal Of feeling, though we were well
within our rights.
Now that there has been this trouble
am personally In favor of canceling all
relations between the park board and the
university. The regents are organized so
they could assume responsibility for the
parkway on the campus and it would
not be necessary for us to police any part
of the tract. So long as our officers are
regarded as intruders by students we can
not hope to enforce park ordinances there
without friction
President FoIwelI Acts.
President Folwell Of the park board au-
<horizes T h o ur a to say that he
thinks himself justified under the cir
cumstances In presuming that the board
will approve the action outlined below.
A petition signed mostly by professors
and instructors of the medical college and
officers of the state board Of health. has
been handed him. This petition alleges
that for seven years the signers, some or
ALL have ridden their wheels on the side
walk In front Of the laboratory buildings
and they put in a claim not to be de-
prived Of this privilege.
A large body Of, the, students mostly OF
the medical and engineering departments
are under the mistaken impression that
the park superintendent has no jurisdic-
ton on any part of the campus, and they
have become unduly excited.
Upon the request of the president Of the
board the park superintendent will sus
pend further attempts to enforce the ordi
nance until the next regular meeting o.
%~1r ,>l@ H~l
at g p. M, at which time all persons in
terested can attend and be heard. Mean
time let all cool off. 49,. ~ -,
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