The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-03-16
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
S0USE BOY IN DITCH
Spence Cox MaItreated Because He
Wouldn't Wear Their Uniform
Ii Is Up to School Board

teen members of the cadet corps. 1t
eliminated at the noon hour Monday.
when the boys took Spruce Cox and
threw him into the icy waters of the
mill company's ditch II half block from
the school house Young Cox is from
Zillah and has been attending the high
school since last December. lie is
boarding himself nj his lodgings and
working his way through school by de-
1 liverng newspapers. He came to North
Yakima because the school here furnish
!! cd him better advantages. being ambi-
/ tious to obtain the best education pos
sibc He is bright looking boy 10
year, of age. At Iillah he belonged to
an organization called the Continentals.
which was uniformed. and he has been
wearing its uniform while attending
school here 1t differs from the uniform
that organization have been trying for
several weeks past to force Cox to re-
move the white stripes from his trous-
ers and the corporals stripes from the
| sleeves of his coat. Cox says he was
ordered by the cadets. in an un"entlc-
manly manner. to remove the stripes
and that he would have complied if he
had been merely requested to do so. He
says he has never taken part in any of
| the drills of the cadets or affiliated with
the organization in any way. always
having been busy carrying his papers
when the drills were held. \ week or
| two ago several members of the cadet
corps visited CoX's room at night. he
| says. and by force removed the stripes
/ from his coat. He replaced them how
Some time ago the cadets held mock
trial. as Cox calls it, on the school
grounds and ordered him to remove the
stripes. He paid no attention to it. He
says he was also notified bv 4 note left
on his desk that he would not he al
lowed to attend school as long as he
was called to the attention of Superin-
tendcnt ,Jolcy. who ordered the boys to
let Cox alone and the superintendent
has since been under the impression that
he was not being disturbed.
After the escapode the seventeen boys
engaged in it were ordered by Mrs
t1i Il Of l, T.,
report to Superintendent .Ioley. He
was absent at the Columbia school at
the time and the boys marched down
town to interview Judge Nichols of the
school board. That gentleman referred
them to the superintendent and they
visited him at his Office later in the at
ternoon. He has suspended them from
school until the board of education meets
this evening. Wednesday, when the mat
ter of punishment will be considered. To
a Herald reporter Superintendent .1ol-
ley said: 1T is such serious breach
of discipline that. while il comes under
my jurisdiction. | desire the assistance
dealing with it. The matter will be con
Sidered at the meeting Wednesday even
ing
In the meantime the boys are all ont
OF school and the affair has created a
decided sensation. Those engaged in it
are: Arthur Caseres, John Richards.
IL Il
Royal Shaw, Victor Hill. Sherry Parker.
Lee Lampson. Charles IIauser, !. Blu
walda, p. Buwalda. Geo. Comett, Manly
Sessions. Earl Green, Arthur Baker and
Clayton Reed
j. X. Cox, the father of the boy. hap
pened to be in the city at the time of
the occurrence. lie is indignant at the
, treatment his son has received and feels
that the boys should be severely pun
, ishcd. Yesterday morning he talked of
having all of them arrested and prose
! cuted to the full extent of the law. but
in the afternoon talked to The Herald
! as follows: IF the school officials ade-
quatelN PUNISH thc boys l don Know
that | will push the prosecution, but I
shall remain here until the board takes
. action on the matter. and if it doesn't
punish them as they deserve I will see
what relief the law will afford. I feel
that an outrage has been perpetrated on
my boy. lie is n good boy and I don't
propose to have him abused or maltreat
ed. | will stay with the case until those
boys get the punishment they deserve
but am inclined to think the school
board will do what is right"
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