The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-14
CLEMSON COLLEGE INVESTIGATION

Continued Yesterday With Ex-
hausting Details---Antagonism
TO President Hartzog
Was the Chief Development Through Ca
def Witnesses---Terms on Which Sophs
Can Return.
Clemson College. May 9.-When the
hoard met this morning Cadet Thorn
we'll, who was suspended, was the hIsV
witness sworn. He SAID ne was IN me
laboratory. While engaged IN his
chemical work, he found he would
need four test tubes and went to the
case TO Get them. AS he was taking
them from the case DR.. Brackett
turned around and asked what he was
doing. He told him he wanted test
tubes and DR.. Bracket asked him
how many. He told him four and the
professor then gave him the required
humber. He said that in taking them
he was simply following custom and
had no intention of violating a college
rule. He had no intention OF doing
anything wrong, and went to the case
to get the tubes in the presence OF the
entire class and Professor Brackett.
Cadet Thornwell told his story IN a
clear. straightforward manner and
stood his cross examination vel. He
said he was taking the test tubes for
use in his class work and thought he
had a right to do so. He said he had
never been warned that he should not
get these test tubes or other chemical
apparatus without DR.. Brackett's per
mission. He had never seen any stu
dent 90 to Dr.. Bracket for these
things. The custom was for each stu
dent to get these things as he needed
them. He testified that after the mat
ter had been acted on by the faculty
DR.. Brackett told him in a congersa-
tion that it was probably partly his
(Brackett's) fault in that he had not
given the class explicit notice against
the custom. He said he had no per
sonal grievance against President
Hartzog.
CADET NoRToN's EVIDENCE.
Cadet Norton sworn said he was in
the class room at the time the Thorn
we'll offence was committed. He did
not regard taking the test tubes a
great offence. He said that Dr.
Bracket had stated that possibly he
was at fault in not giving more explic-
+ notice against taking these test
tubes. He said he thought he had q
right to take these test tubes, as did
every other student.
CADET HALL SWORN.
Cadet Hall was sworn and gave testi-
mony practically the same as Norton IS.
DIR. BRACKET RECALLED.
DR.. Bracket was recalled to the
stand and said in reply to question
by Col. Norris that he may have said
be had never made direct statement
that students must not take chemical
apparatus without bis permission and
said he may have been partly to blame
in this respect. He said he had no
Ill will against any members OF the
faculty and had nothing to do with
the charges that had been preferred
against President Hartzog. He refer
red to a recent editorial in The State
newspaper comparing the standing OF
honor in the South Carolina college
with that of Clemson, and declared |
that the standard of honor at Clemson,
be believed, was as high as that of the
South Caoilna college in its palmiest
days. The States editorial, he de-
clared, was cruel and unjust. He ask
ed if in view of all the testimony that
had been brought out if it was not
inst that the cadet should be rein
stated and the imputatlon removed
from his honor.
Prof. Riggs then addressed the
board. He said he did not want to ap-
pear in the attitude Of defending the
faculty, but he wanted to bring out
some points.
DR.. Thornwell in reply, asked the
board to take all the facts and clrcum-
stances into consideration.
This concluded the arguments IN the
Thornwen case and the next matter
taken up was that Of the sophomores.
The board announced that they have
decided not to receive a petition from
the sophomore class as q body asking
for reinstatement, but that petitions
would be received from individual
members and action taken on such
petitions only il. the case OF individ-
uals.
Cadet Douthet, chairman of the
of students, then took
charge of the case Of the sophomores
and presented an application from
Cadet 4. N. Hill Of Abbeville ask
ing permission to Renter the college.
The letter started out by saying that
Hill asked reinstatement on conditlon
that Thornwell is reinstated. Sena-
tor Tillman said this vas an implied
threat and that it ought not to be re-
ceived.
Cadet Douthet had several petitions
asking for reinstatement, and among
them was one which did not bave the
Objectionable feature. This was read
and accepted and then Douthet pre-
sented lengthy statement setting
forth the position of the sophomores
and iustifying their course. The
sopho,hores have been condemned for
Ieav ng without appealing to the