The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
THEATRE AFFAIR
WAS ALL A JOKE
Vegetable Throwing Was a Pre-.
arranged incident.
THE PLAYERS GAVE CONSENT
STUDENTS PETITION FOR REIN
STATEMENT OF soPHS.

over the xegeta ble-throwing at the pre-
sentation of 1.-The Amazons'' is a case
of much ado about nothing, according
to the members of the cast who re-
ceived the liberal donations of celery,
cabbage and like garden truck. Ihe
members of the cast declare that tney
knew what was going to happen pc
fore they went to the Theatre, and
gave their consent that the sopno-
mores should sit in the front row ana
bring their vegetables.
They consider that the conduct OF
the sophomores was an exhioltion Oh
good college spirit, and tnat hothliIs
out of the way was done. Every rns.h7
Der of the association has gone on rec
ord as in sympathy with the so2ao-
mores. Not only these Students Dut
every member of the student body al
most. has declared for the sophomores'
and yesterday they manifested their
feeling by petitioning the Faculty 10
reinstate the suspended boys.
The students do not feel that -ney
are taking a stand against the school
or the faculty in pursuing the course
that they are. Their feeling is dl7
I rected against Editor Pratt, whom
they look upon as being too previous
and the one responsible for the fac-
ulty being dragged into the matter.
Pulled Editors Nose.
This feeling was clearly manifested
Yesterday when one of the sophomores
| seized the editors nasal appendage and
/ led him about the hall, twisting IT IN
/ a vigorous manner. Some combats oc-
Cured when the student body met to
| consider the whole affair. A sophomore
was thrown down the steps by the
props and normals, but several of the
/ latter went through the same stunt,
and the battle was declared off.
| At the meeting, the question of the
hour was handled without gloves for
| nearly three hours, and the final de-
! cision was to stand by the suspended
class who didn't happen to be under
| the ban showed their class loyalty by
| remaining away from classes during
| the day, and they declare their inten-
| ton of staying away until the sus-
pended boys are reinstated.
The proceedings of the day started
when the ten boys picked out as lead
ers of the vegetable contingent ap-
peared at school yesterday morning
They were met by one of the profess
sors, who handed each an official no
tice that he was suspended until the
beginning of the next semester. They
were then told to clear out.
Boys Are Dismissed.
The boys didn't like to be thus sum
| marily dismissed, and they loiterec
about for a while. One of the boy:
| spied Editor Pratt in the general hall
way and made for him. In the pres
ence of a number of the students h
grasped the nose Of the editor and pro
i ceeded to lead him about the hall
i twisting the appendage in a very Wig
/ Orous manner. Editor Pratt tried Il
4 laugh the matter off, but he. lost M
4 time in making himself scarce when m
got a chance to.
After this Incident President Kings
bury appeared on the scene, and round
ing up the suspended "sophs" he es
corted them to the entrance of thu
campus. The ten lined up along tn
fence and remained there until noon.
At IL o'clock President Riser OF tn
student body, called a meeting of al
the college students. including thos
of the arts course. engineering course
mails. When the students started 70
the assembly hall the props and lowe
grade normals attempted to accOmpan,
them to attend the meeting. The col
iege men blockaded the stairway ant
there was a combat. One of the soph
but he was very quickly followed b,
several props, who were bucking tn
line of the college men. The colleg
men then got inside the assembly hal
and fastened the doors. For nearl
three hours the matter was discussed
Elmer Thomas, manager of the Ora
matte association, said;
All a Planned Joke.
1--WE knew that the sophomores wer
coming and they asked me to Civ
them the front row, telling me tina
they were going to bring some vege
tables to shower upon the male mem
bers of the company. l told the mem
bers of the cast what was coming an
they all agreed that the scheme of tn
sophs would add to the fun of the oC
casion. They all said let them com,
} and they were prepared for the veg
etable shower. So far as the associa
5 ton is concerned we do not think tn
boys carried the thing any too far @
2 that anything out of the war oC
/ | CURED
/ Miss Knudsen. one of the member
f of the cast. expressed herself in thi
{ ! manner: We were glad to get TIL
| celery. / tell you we were hungry an
f the celery tasted good. I can say 70
+. the members of the company that W
, enjoyed the vegetable shower as niue
: as the sOphOmOres did. The boys di
{ not throw any vegetables at the girl
f and I don't think that there was any
= thing out of the way in what they did
In the meeting the students genel
r ally expressed themselves as hearth
y IN sympathy with the sophomores an
I IT was their unanimous opinion ths
- they had done nothing that warrante
= their being suspended.
= President Kingsbury and other men
bers of the faculty stated that the a
fa1r had caused such a stir throug