The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-14
THE CLEMSON INQUIRY.
meetinu Of the Board of Trustees
TIaursday---Three Important
Matters Before Them.
cso;ai THE News and Courier.


s-ec;at 10 The News and Courier.
Clemson, College, via Calhoun, May
Ct 3a = u1.-The board OF trustees
s of +ba College met in President Hart
ZOOS ofice at s o'clock tonight to IN
veSSfieate the recent trouble here.
Fleyen Of the thirteen members OF
EEae board are present. as follows
f,ol Simpson, Senator TIIiman,
Messrs Tindal, Donaldson, Norris,
F,,yans. Bradley, Wannamaker, Hardin,
Z C5arris and Sease. Those absent are
Nassrs. Smythe and Bowen.
The board, after brief secret ses,
sion. announced that its session Would
be open to the public and that II was
The intention to sift the whole matter
thoroughly from every Standpoint. As
Senator TiIlTnan expressed IL: we
propose to get at the very marrow OF
the thing if It takes weeks.
There are three specific matters now
before the trustees. The hrstq1estlon
s IS to the appeal of Cadet Thorn
wel3 from the decision OF the faculty
n suspenidng him second, the ques-
fiion Of the reinstatement OF the sopho-
more class. and third, fight is being
made On President Hartzog, for today.
committee Of cadets, claiming TO
renresent the entire student body, pre-
feTred very grave charges against Pres-
;5ant Harszog. asserting that he IS
smost. if not quite, wholly response
I'D -sor, the existing trouble. This COM
gs;ttee ~; 90 of students consists Of Cadets
S1sTs1Sc;a TloI1fhit. q. B Boykn, M. &.
ZeioIar. D. Kohn, S. NJ, Ward, n D.
Tgaiyer' z. Robertson, B. H.
ss.sarfngr and ". E. 6. Black. It was
.sgrsed that all three issues should be
eg;eS tooether; that all the evidence
s.SboT,ld be taken in each case before
Sba +rusteas announced their decision
In any part of 1t.
4r1ssees was the Appeal Of Cadet
Thornwell, through MS fagner, Dr. q.
a. ThornWell 1t is as foAoWs:
Tc the Honorable Board, OF lrusgees
ST Clemson Coliege-Gentlemen: Ed
ward 4. Thornwell, student OF the
Sanhomore class, through his father,
q Thornwell, hereby appeals from
tba decision of the faculty Of the Col
saee, Isss made on the 23d day OF April,
To63 snsnending the said Edward Alll-
s55n ffrhornwell from College to the end
gf the present session, on the follow
ing grounds. to Wit:
EirsT Because it has not been shown
+bs+ +ba said Edward Allison Thorn
we'll has been guilty of any offenee
Z aesiinst any Of the rules or orders OF
s1sea S-e7 paoa1se fhe act charged
bas never heretofore been considered
F,,, - sbe students or treated by the
faculty as an offence, but has peen
generally practiced and concurreo ID.
Because the punishment Wn1c1 Tue
president imposed is unusual and e2-
eessiTe for the offence cnargea-
James 81. ThornweA
Edward Allison Thornweli
IT was agreed that the grounds upon
-rhicl1 the faculty suspended Ihorn-
welI should first be presented to tae
+rnseees. and Prof. Bracket, who was
tba professor in charge OF the chem1-
81 laboratory, and who reported
voune- Thornwell 10 the faculty, was
se ffTss witness. It was agreed that
All the witnesses in the case shoulc oe
i nn ossa. The testimony was taken by
s5e2ographer.
tae room was crowded with the mem
hers of the faculty, students and spec
+a4or- The most intense interest was
fal,en in everything said and done. Il
l~ss .,.,ss realized that Clemson College Is
nassing through crisis, and that the
GOOD nanae and reputation Of more than
r a
POSITION OF THE FACULTY.
The faculty had appointed a commit
fse to present statement glv!ng 9he
history of the entire case inls state
ment was presented and covers a oozen i
sypewritten pages. InIs commle5ee'
after presenting the statement dechn-
ed 10 put up any witnesses, or 70 cross
eyan1ine witnesses who were put Up,
as that would make it appear that the
faculty itself was on trial.
Prof. Brackett gave his evidence as
follows: When a student begins hls
t.onyse in chemistry certain apparatus
- issna3 TO him, for which receipt
i taken. At the end of the year, OF
When the student leaves College, sucf
( sanaratus as is in good condition |:
s 4a,yen back and credit is given there
for. But apparatus broken or damagec
i charged against the student. Wher
he receipts for the apparatus ne IS In
formed that he is personally responsl
bIe for all the apparatus receipted fol
sSY ernect the Bunsen burner and rubber
tubing, which are always kept out OF
tho table. and for which the class /:
held responsible as whole.
In reply to inquiries the followlns
fnrTher statement was made by DIR
prackett: That year after year tes
tnhes and other apparatus have beer
raneatedly missed from the laborato
RES. that the attention of the stu
dents ha- almost Invariably been call