The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-14

loose way in which the college was
being run, and ordered a strenuous eff
Tort to remedy it. The action of the
FACULTY upon this, the first serious case
that had com before il, was possibly
the result of its desire TO comply with
the expressed demands of the board.
1t is therefore ordered that Cadet
Ihornwell be reiustated to his rights
and privileges as a cadet in this college.
The action of this class in leaving
the college without exhaueting ali
remedies and making an appeal to the
board for redress of grievances is n
OF great seriousness. No college can
be successfully run at which discipline
is not strictly Observation-Disclosures of all
an institution with such a large num-
Der OF students as we have here and
situated as Clemson College is in the
country. 1t is the purpose and inten-
ton OF the board to require from n
student who may avail himself of the
opportunities that we offer here i'm.
plicit obedience to all lawful authority.
Any combinations having for their OBJ.
Ject the destruction of discipline and
subversion of good will be punished to
the extent of our power. Understand,
we want it distinctly understood, that
the idea which seems TO prevail to some
extent among the cadets that they have
tht right to assemble in mass-meeting
or class'meeting and legislate on col.
lege affairs cannot be too strongly con.
demned. The faculty is clothed with
authority to govern the college under
rules and regulations which are Access
sible to the students, and there is no
excuse for the claim of ignorance OF
the right of appeal to the trustees i'm
any case involving their rights. This
board has on several occasions pre-.
viously shown its willingness and pur-
pose 10 give a patient hearing to the
students and to redress grievances.
We want to stress with all due solemn
ity the feeling of the trustees that,
rather than to submit to mob law TAX.
ing control OF Clemson and having the
students attempt to coerce the faculty
or to resist the college authorities, we
Will lay it down as a general principle
OF the college government here that we
will in future, if necessary, dismiss
the entire student body and begin
anew before we will tolerate the con-
tinuance of any such spirit.
But in the Ease before us, as it is
the first that has come before the board
in The history of the college, we find
that the sophomores did not appeal to
the trustees, which they should have
done, but they left the college without
that due consideration which they
1 hOnII hnUn n.unt, M a,-l
step. 1t may be stated in extenua-
ton OF their otfense that their sense of
justice had been outraged and their hot
and impulsive young blood had led
them TO resort to this revolutionary
action because they were sensible of
the wrong done their classmate and
unwilling to subject themselves to
similar treatment. We sympathize
with the chivalrous feeling which led
them to do this We have sons of our
own, some of us, and were boys our
selves once. Therefore, we are ready
to make due allowances for this
blunder of youth and permit such of
the class as desire to do so to resume
their studies Immediately or at the
beginning of the new session, as .ney
h'eJ SiSSo' ouSh otuilCulS as avail
themselves of this privilege will be re-
ceived IN the college upon the follow
ing conditions: C) They must pre-,
sent a petition to the president of the
college asking reinstatement. (2) They
must make good, by extra labor, the
time lost and the work that is required
in the course, and examinations which
are customary must be passed rs
though nothing had occurred. In
view, however, of the time already lost
and OF the nearness of the end of this
term, such examinations will be re-
CURED until the opening of the next
session.
1t was nearly | o'clock when Sena-
tor Tillman finished reading, and as all
the trustees were in a hurry to get
away to catch n train to Greenville, a
motion to adjourn was quickly put and
carried.