The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
TEA POT TEMPEST
IS At ITS HEIGHT
Columbia Faculty and Students
Arrange Truce
BIG MASS MEETING HELD
Students Sign Petition for Reinstate-
ment of Men Suspended BY Fac
ulty for Hazlng In the
Gould Case.
BIG MASS MEETING HELD

New York, December pa truce has
been arranged between the faculty of Co
lumbia university and the sophomore
class, which resented the suspension of
four of their number for participation in
the Kingdom Gould hazing affair, and
which have threatened to quit the uni
versity in a body
The student board represented by the
presidents of the various classes, both
college and science, met Dean Hutton to-
day to discuss he suspension of the four
sophomores aeir decision which was
announced is that suspension will be left
primarily in the hands of the student
board. The conditions under which this
was arranged are:
l. The student board will prohibit haz-
ing in obnoxious forms.
2. Freshmen will be under the surveil-
lance of the sophomores.
3. Any case of freshness of the under
classmen will be brought to the attention
of the board, and they will serve notice
on the students that his actions have
aroused the animosity Of the sophomores,
and they will fix penalty which he must
pay.
4 There will be an under class fight and
the winners will have the right to sum-
mon the officers of the defeated class to
appear at their dinner.
This last is expected to do away with
the capture of freshmen by the second
year men.
President Butler held conference with
Dean Hutton of the school of applied
sciences early In the day, after which
the suspensions were announced. They
were In conference until noon. Immed-
lately after their conference, the student
body held its protesting mass meeting at
Earl hall. About 800 students attended
and expressed their disapproval of the
action of the faculty.
Students Have Meeting.
A mass meeting of all classes Of the
university consisting of over 800 men, was
held in Earl hall this afternoon to take
action on the suspensions by the faculty.
The meeting was presided over by Dun
can III. Browne. president of the college
seniors. He presented a motion from the
board of students representatives to the
effect that the faculty be petitioned TO
reinstate the men suspended This mo-
ton was carried unanimously and all
present signed a written statement ol IT,
which Is to be presented by the student
board to Dean Hutton
President Browne cautioned the men
present to keep cool and not to gossip
about the matter, and he expressed the
opinion that the faculty would agree to
the request, and would reinstate men. A
formal statement issued by President
Nicholas Murray Butler in announcing
the suspensions dealt at length with the
enforcement of college discipline at Co
lumbia. In this connection the state
ment said:
THE university will not permit to pass
unnoticed any annoyance of an individ ual
studant or any attack upon I'm by a
committee or group of other students.
whether this goes by the name or hazing
or otherwise. There Is an elaborate code
of rules at Columbia, the violation of
any one of which will subject the offend
or to academic discipline Every student
is treated as a gentleman and is expect
ed to conduct himself as a gentleman.
Wherever a case has been reported which
involves the persecution Of any individual
freshman by group of sophomores who
could be identified. academic discipline
has followed and will follow with in
creasing severity until the practice is
stopped.