The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

the cOnQuCI DelnR SHOWN was persisted
IN ne dld not know that 1t would not
result in the defeat of the appropriation
of the Kansas legislature for the state
university. He said he had been
member of the legislature for many
years, and had voted for many apprO-
priations for the Kansas university and
that he believed he expressed the senti-
nents OF the university faculty when
he earnestly asked that the university
students cease their disorder.
When the train bearing the K. u. Ba-
ker and Ottawa students reached Tope-
ka early this morning on the way home
from Atchison it showed the result of
the battle which had been waged from
the time the train left Atchison until
IL arrived in Topeka. Many of the win
d0ws in the cars had been smashed and
several of the students were cut and
with broken glass, and others by meet
ing the fists and canes of the opposing
factions. One student. whose name
could not be learned. it was feared had
been seriously injured by being struck
on the head with q brick The train
was stopped at Meriden and an effort
was made by the train men to quell the
riot but without success.
The friends of Malcolm Garrard in To-
peka are greatly disappointed at the
turn of affairs. He is a brilliant young
man, who has forged to the front by
his own energies He has acted honora-
bers of the Kansas university faculty
and explained his position, and it was
decided that he was eligible His father,
5. c. Garrard, was formerly chief clerk
under Probate Judge Doiman, and is
now clerk in the pension Office
RESULT OF THE CONTEST.
The judges awarded the first place to
Edward Hislop Of Baker university,
of Ottawa university, Ottawa; third
place to Wallace Thompson of Wash
burn college, Topeka There were five
other contestants.
MR.. GARRARD AT HOME.
Malcolm Garrard is visiting at his
home in Topeka today. He viii return
to Lawrence tonight. Mr.. Garrard
came over from Atchison on an early
train this morning after the excursion
train bearing the returning delegates
from the oraterical contest left Atchi-
SON
Garrard began prepare tons for the
state intercollegiate contest immediate
" following the local contest at the
University of Kansas on January 20,
when he was chosen to represent Kan
sas university at the contest pulled off
at Atchison last night, from among six
other students who were in the local
contest at Kansas university.
The fight to prevent Garrard from
participating in the intercollegiate con-
test was not sprung on the k u. peo-
pie until yesterday afternoon at Atchi-
son. although it was planned by the
delegates of the other Kansas colleges
for several weeks.
The Kansas university students were
enraged at the injustice attempted by
the tactics Of the other schools i'll pre-
venting CarTard's participation in the
contest Garrard, who is an under
graduate of Kansas university, and
whose credentials gave him a legal
right to participate in the contest. was
/ shut out at the last minute arbitrarily.
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to participate, having graduated from
| Washburn college.
The constitution of the intercollegiate
association provides that the represen-
4 tative of each of the colleges must be
| an undergraduate of that college. The
I constitution does not provide for the
| contingency of the representative hav-
ing graduated from any other college.
The K. L. faction were sore because
of the fact that the other colleges wait
ed until after it was too late to settle
the technical point as to whether Gar
rard was eligible or not, or to give time
for another orator to prepare to repre-
sent K u. in the contest, before spring
ing the fight on Garrard. From the To-
Gals that have appeared recently in the
college papers it is judged that th'
schools feared the grades that Garrare
might get on delivery would change th'
result of the contest
1T looks to US like the delegates from
the other colleges were afraid the,
would have no show whatever in tn.
contest with Garrard.' said a K. U
man today. 1t looks like they simply
took this unfair method of keeping hin
from the contest. Every one who is ac
quainted with all the facts knows tina
Garrard was eligible"
In talking of the affair at Atchiscl
last night. Mr.. Garrard said to repor
ter for the State Journal:
THE first that I knew of being rules
out of the contest was at o'clock yes
terday afternoon, Immediately after tn
convention of the delegates from tn
nine colleges in the association who's
duty 1t was to look over the credentials
of both delegates and orators The K
y. delegates beyond a doubt proved tina
according to the intercollegiate cOnstItu
ton, I was eligible to enter the contest
and that any other ruling would b.
purely arbitrary and would be proof o
a premediated intent to bar K. L. from
entering the contest.
Later in the evening our delegate
asked the president to call another meet
ing The meeting was called just befor
the curtain went I'D. At this time tn
K. o. boys made another effort to Sc
cure the consent of the convention to al
low me to deliver my grafton and tina
the Judges be instructed to grade me o.
delivery, and then in case L should re
: ceive a place the question of my elgi
bility should then be determined by
board of arbitration whose decision W
would be willing to submit to. At thi
meeting the vote stood to 3 agains
: submitting it to a board of arbitration
The DELEGATES to the convention abSO
/ to secure the grades on delivery tina
: our school might be bic to take tn
matter before the interstate associa
: ton"
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