The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-16
Their Glass Committee
WritetO ThemtoMak
Application.
THEY ACTED. UNDER
a MISAPPREHENSIO
The Faculty Cannot Nov
Deal With the Class as a
4 Body, But Will Welcome
Them as individuals
on Proper Ap-
plication.

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Especial from n Snfr Correspondent
BLAClsBURG. VA. December 15.-A
letter sent by tire faculty Of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute to parents OF the
members OF The junior ciass, who have
left the Institute, giving the action taken
in their sons cases, gives the first off
cinl statement issued by tho faculty. It
Is as folows
ION tho evening OF Friday. December
9Th member Of the Junior class was dis
missed by the fnculty for being one OF
the party engaged In hanging in efiigy
4 the connlandlnt Of cadets on the campus
X on nhe afternoon or December 7th. One
OF tho party had been dropped from our
roll tho day before for an excessive r,in-
/ Der Of demcrits. Early tho next morning.
without any attempt 70 get af' the true
facts. the class met and adopted the fol-
lowing ultlmat tu7n TO tho faculty: Tho
faculty Of Virginia Polytechnic 1nsutute:i
We, the undersigned, Junior class OF Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute. hereby draw
up resoluions as follows: Resolved, That
81 after q proper hearing OF the committee
appointed by the class to represent Mr.
Coulter's case, If then he is not renstated
Internationally by 4:3o Monday evening.
3 December -. 1eA. nr. the junior class,
as a whole, Will .seSer our connection with
the Institute
Among the signatures attached is
your sons name.
"a committee from the class waited
i upon the president ait his residence Sa t
,rday afternoon. They stated that they
came for Information, their grievance
being, first, that 4heir rclasslnato had not
had a fair trial. and. second, that the
punist ment was excessive After an eI-
81 planatlun from he president on tbs IRIS:
i po!nt. they declared that IT. was salts
factory, and that hhey were WILLING 20
admit he had received fair trial As
10 tho second, the president explained the
large views the faculty had been Obliged
to hold In regard 81 the seriousness OF
such an act OF !nsubordination, as the
hanging in eftigy of the head ofSthe mill
tary department, the commanding officer
OF the battalion Of cadets, and the I'M
possibility OF treating it as a Joke. The
acceptance OF such an excuse would. THY
I hold. throw the doors wide open TO every
species OF disorder
Coulter Accessory.
'.The commit:ee. to avoid the view met.
cuntended that Mr.. Coulter mad been
punished as a principal. not as nn access
sory, as he really was. The reply Of the
president was that. from the evidence;
before the faculty, tihere was nothing
to Indicate the rlngleaders or accessories
The committee declared there were ring
leaders and that they could produce them.
& fha president remarked nllat he would
gladly welcome such anIevldcnce3 OF high
4 college spirit, and Il 1t could be clearly
( established from them that they were the
real authors of the act, the usual legal
pracac, OF Furnishing the ringleaaers OF
= mob or riot. more severely than the
followers, would in Ills opinion have
4 large weight with the faculty. as 1T would
certainly with him, and would probably
mitigate the action taken in Mr.. CoulteT's
case.
as$t THE dean Of the faculty, who was also
present, stated thnt 1t would have weight
Wish him The president said that tho
faculty meeting would be held at 4 r. AZ.
Monday, to which he invited the class
president, who was member OF tho conf
mlttee to coma forward with any new
evidence he might accrue. II
'Hrhe commh,kee certainly left him with
the Impression that the plan discussed
and approved by then1 Of producing the
8ringlenders. would be adopted by them
In the act OF leaving the! class pres
ident Mr. Tinsley. observed that he fear
ed the class would leave IN body un-S
less Mr., Coulter was reinstated.
The Issue Joined.
The president emphatlcally declared IL !
the class had had by resolution already
taken such action, the interview was+l
at an end The latter closed by saying
that the question raised was whether the
faculty or tho students We're to control
the college,, AS to the position OF the
faculty OH this question. he added there
= .s,Io nv la
iii reply led him to believe that It was
merely an expression OF his private
opinion.
1T should be observed here that the
class had expected IL not directed as 1t |
afterwards appeared, It's president to de-
y liver its utimutum to Dr.. McBryde at I
this Interview So far from this, not a.
word was said that led him to believe
+ that any class action had been taken.
On Sunday afternoon tho president was
informed by the conlmandant that the [
class had ut its first meeting adopted
some paper signed by a great majority /
Of Its nombers. On Monday at 9:3o a.
NJ. the president sent for Mr.. Tlnsley.l
tho class president, and In the presence
of three members OF the faculty and a
stenographer. asked II what lie had
stated ili tho committee meeting satur-
day afternoon rs to the withdrawal Of
Inc CLASS VAS llS private opinion onty l.
or resolution adopted by the class, He
again replied tint II was his private
opinion only, -
The president then informed him that
the action Of the class and, the existence
OF u paper was universally known
throughout the college, Mr. Tinsley re-
piled that the paperswas In his possess
sion aud he would withhold II until .,after A
the meeting of the faculty, Tho answer
was that this would be to hold II over
tho head OF the faculty. He then said
no could burn 1t. fIeEWas Informed tllat +
unless the class. tlleFauthollty which had Il
IL Continued on Third Tage,)