The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-13
Faculty Interferes in Fresh
ies-Sophs Troubles.
FLAG WAS TAKEN DOWN TODAY
President Penrose Stopped Proceed
ings When Students Got to De-
stroyins College Property.

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The bent lettering below the wealth
er vane on Whitman Memorial build !
ing spire and the ragged hole in the
back roof of the tower are the only |
evidences left that the Freshmen had
a flag up there. Just before supper
last evening the Sophomores in max
ing rush on the tower broke a large
pane of glass and stepped through
the plastering above chapel. The
| faculty interfered and demanded that
the contest between the classes must
| Immediately cease at the Memorial
| building and that further destruction
of property would be followed by sus-
pension of the guilty parties.
This morning it was decreed that
the flag must be taken down by the
Freshmen and that they would be de-
barred from classes until it was down.
So about noon a member of the class
tore it down by means of a hook fas-
tened to the end of long pole. Ac-
cess to the flag was gained by the
same hole in the tower roof through
which it was put up. A large crowd
of students were interested specta-
tors of the flag lowering. The general
opinion is that there will be further
| contests between the Freshies and
Sophs to settle beyond dispute the
question of the supremacy of the two
classes.
! President Penrose made the action
of the faculty in stopping the proceed
ing at dusk last night the opportunity
for a most sensible talk to the stu
dents at chapel this morning on the
PHILOSOPHY of College Life" He said
in part:
Nothing is more valuable than the
gaining of college spirit. You cannot
get this any other place. You are
here to get education, which is not
merely for advantages in books but
getting into the life of the many.
There is no finer virtue that you will
gain here than what you call college
life The development of class spirit
is an excellent thing By it you will
be prepared to be loyal to the col
lege, to political party, to the church,
to the nation to the world. Good cit
! izenship and loyalty to the common
wealth begin perhaps with class
spirit. So | was sorry yesterday to
| be obliged to interfere between class
spirit and college spirit, but it was
! necessary to interfere l have no OBJ
! lection to display of college spirit so
! long as college property is not dam
aged The student who is loyal to
! his class will be loyal to his college,
and the world of religion and politics
/ when graduated 1t may be said that
the students would and did offer to
pay for all damage, but you will agree
! with me that this will not make resti-
tuition. 1t would not make it right
should you tear my coat from my
back if you would offer to send it to
the tailor. A student has no right to
| destroy college property.
Il am rot making this as an
apology for the action Of the faculty,
but that it may be the occasion for
you to get the correct idea of the
| place of class spirit and college spirit.
| There is a kind of class spirit which
Sldangers and is bad thing. The
| destructiol of college property is
| bad thing 1t tpartakes of the spirit
OF anarchy which is the danger of our
national life, when a student or body
of students for their own temporary
advantage destroy college property.
hope that by these words of mine
the right relationship will be under
stood
| James Hill OF Helix returned to
school today. He was valuable man
in the football team last year and ex-
poets to don a suit tonight.
: The Athenaeum literary society last
night decided that Roosevelt is a
greater president than Mckinley.
| Greenslade and Thomason were on
the winning side, while Robinson and
| Rupp spoke for the negative.
Miss Louise Shields, state secretary
of the Young Women's Christian so
ciety, will speak to the girls of Whit
man college in the parlors of Rey-
nolds hall at 1900 O'Clock this eve
ming
Superintendent R G. Boone, the ia
nous head Of instruction in Cincin-
natl. O., who is visiting in the state
of Washington has consented to lee
ture at Whitman college some time
early in November. |
At the faculty meeting yesterday |
afternoon President Penrose resigned |
as faculty member of the Associated |
Students on account of the pressure
of other duties. Professor Brown was
elected to fill his place.