The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
KILLS CHARTER
DAY TRADITION
Professor c. /. Cory and
Policemen Prevent Annual
Rush of the BelligerentS
TAKE EIGHT PRISONERS
Searchlight Finds Them
and the Officers Follow
Out Their Instructions
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call
214S Center Street, March 3.

2lzS Center street, MdIch -o.
There was no rush on Charter day
eve al the University Of California for
the first time since the tradition was
established. Professor c. l. Cory,
chairman Of the Students Affairs Com
mittee, and his imported policemen
from Oakland and elsewhere, aided by
an innovation IN the way Of high
r0Wer searchlight, succeeded in
squelching what threatened TO be a
rush. ia its incipiency- The casualties
are eight students who may be de-
priyed Of the pleasure Of basking more
ia the intellectual sunshine of the uni
versity.
II required just this last solar plexus
blow 10 send the tottering form Of the
ancient Charter day tradition 10 its
QuietUs Il has been putting up a
game fight these last few years. des-
perately clinging TO the hope that the
tide might turn. But now the thing is
as dead as Ramesis III Professor Cory
IS The man Of the hour.
The whole thing was so effectuaIly
handled that the students didn't get
even a chance TO rush. They We're
kept moving all night long. The sOph-
omOres and the freshmen. the ira
ditional enemies on Charter day eve.
saw nothing Of each other The search
light ferreted them out Of every cor
ner. exposed them. betrayed them.
. The sophomOres made the only show
at organization. They assembled at
Shattuck Hall early in the evening.
though there was never more than
forty OF them there. but they were
ready for fight. Every one Of them
wore sweaters and old clothes. There
was a lot Of talk, but an apparent lack
Of action. The rumOrs that a dozen
uniformed police from Oakland were
patrolling the campus had a demoral-
izing effect upon the nerves.
OF the freshmen. there was not
sign the whole night Some said they
were at The Berkeley High School. but
il was as dark as Egypt all evening
down there. Others said the fresh
les" were fortifyfng themselves in Oak
land. Others told stories about seeing
them upon Charter Hill. planting the
class number, '07.
Some time after midnight the sopho-
mores screwed up courage enough TO
80 out into the night They marched
toward the university grounds. There
they were advised 70 make a round
about circuit. This seemed to be good
advice as the searchlight had Just be-
gun 10 put its peering eyes every
where.
As the crowd passed up Bancroft
way the light flashed full upon it, thus
betraying IL 10 Corys minions. The
crowd was not awsFe Of the efficiency
Of the organization. II stood under a
lot OF trees and sent out pickets But
before the pickets could give the lay"
Cory and his policemen were upon
them. Some ran, some did not Cory
said:
Don't run. boys. dent be towards"
But some would not be pacified. They
kept on running. Out Of this crowd
the patrol captured four belligerents.
Ihey were compelled to reveal their
identity under penalty Of arrest. though
neither Cory nor police had authority
70 arrest any one.
The patrol carried on this system of
espionage all night. wherever a stu
dent was caught he was closely ex-
amined before being ordered home.
Cory ordered one student handcuffed.
then searched he was released on
promising 10 go home.
Some OF the students captured were
told 70 pack their trunks after being
apprehended. This was understood to
mean that the Students Affairs Com
mittee intends 10 expeI them. Cory
himself said to-day thar at least eight
men would be dismissed, but since
then other statements have been made
that such harsh measures would not
be adopted Il al depends whether
the authorities cOnstrue the presence
Of the students on the streets to be a
violation Of the spirit Of the recent
manifesto forbidding rushing. As most
Of the students were in old clothes the
authorities are rather inclined to be-
heVe that they would have rushed if
they could That they did not rush
was no fault Of theirs.