Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-18

ployes, the principal difference being
that the faculty and president have
more authority over the students than
employers over employees and the stu
dents less privileges.
Such then We're the conditions,
Wednesday noon At that time at
tempts were still being made to effect
q settlement. Two meetings were
scheduled for the afternoon, one for a
conference between Professor Roberts
and the girls and the other for meet
ing of the president and faculty, the
students and the alumni.
The boys understood that they would
The met by the president and faculty in
the chapel, at 3 O'Clock in. the afternoon,
and they were there on time. the college
I bell being rung to announce the fact that
the time set for the meeting had arrived.
The faculty. however, did not appear, but
was understood to be in Chemical hall.
A request was sent over to the students
meeting that a committee be appointed to
confer with the faculty and this was done,
but this committee was given no power
to make any concessions, hence no mate
rial change in the situation resulted and
the condition of affairs remained practi-
cally the same as before the meeting was
held.
Some of the alumni in the city under
stood that they We're to be included in this
meeting and that it was the purpose to
have them, the, president and faculty and
the students present at the chapel, but
this did not prove to be the case, as only
students were present at their meeting in
the chapel and the faculty met by itself
The boys were leaving for their homes
on nearly every train during the day and
if this is continued through Thursday
there will not be a great many left at
THE Bricks
The following answer to the petitions
of the men of the college appeared on
the bulletin board on the campus, af-
ter the meeting of the faculty had been
finished: 't'
ITO Committee of Mems Divisions:
after full and respectful considera-
ton of the petition recently received
from the mems division asking for the
reinstatement of the men of the
sophomore class, the faculty in view of
all the interests involved, present and
future is unable to grant it.
Yours very truly,
"CLARENCE III. WHITE,
Secretary to the Faculty.
This threw the burden of the matter
on the shoulders of the boys and they
accepted it with apparent cheerfulness.
According to their position If the facul-
ty took the action as announced in the
above statement they would walk out
and they showed no signs of weaken
ing. 1t had, in fact, been decided to do
this Tuesday evening, but as there
seemed to be one more chance for set
tlement the carrying out of the action
was delayed during the day by the ma
iority. This statement also ended all
the negotiations that have been in pro-
greSS for the past few days and closed
the incident for the present at least.
The exeact position of the girls of
three of the classes seems to be in dis
pute. The sophomore girls have back
ed the boys, but those taking the side
of the faculty claim that those of the
other classes are not ION the strike"
and that they are in sympathy with the
faculty. Those siding with the boys
claim on the other hand that they are
in sympathy with them although they
may take no decided action at present.
Nothing definite resulted from their
conference with Professor Roberts in
the afternoon.
The faculty supporters believe that
there will be students enough left to
carry on the regular college exercises,
including commencement. They seem
to be pretty certain that there will be
girls enough at any rate, and perhaps
a few boys. 1t is understood that q
revised commencement program Is be-
ing prepared to accommodate the pres
ent conditions and that it will be an
nounced in Il few days.